Xavi Mo-Ajok
.jpg) Xavi Mo-Ajok in 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Dutch | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 September 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 60m: 6.69 (Apeldoorn, 2024) 100m: 10.09 (Hengelo, 2025) 200m: 20.01 (Madrid, 2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Xavi Mo-Ajok (born 16 September 2002) is a Dutch sprinter. He has won Dutch national indoor titles over 60 metres and 200 metres. He won silver at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in the men's 4 x 100 metres relay. He was also a silver medalist in the men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2021 European Athletics U20 Championships.[1]
Career
[edit]He was a silver medalist at the 2021 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, in the 4 x 100 metres relay.[2] In 2022, he won the Dutch Indoor Athletics Championships over 200 metres in Apeldoorn.[3]
He represented the Netherlands at the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships in the 4x100 metres relay in June 2023 in Silesia, Poland.[4] In July 2023, he reached the final of the 200 metres at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo, Finland, placing eighth overall.[5] In August 2023, he was also included with the Dutch relay pool for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.[6]
In February 2024, he won the Dutch Indoor Athletics Championahips over 60 metres in Apeldoorn.[7] He ran as part of the Dutch 4x100m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas in May 2024.[8][9]
He was a silver medalist at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in the 4 x 100 metres relay in Rome, Italy, in June 2024.[10]
He competed at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China in the Men's 4 × 100 metres relay in May 2025.[11][12] He ran a personal best of 10.09 seconds for the 100 metres in Hengelo on 9 June 2025.[13] Alongside Taymir Burnet, Nsikak Ekpo and Elvis Afrifa he was part of the Dutch 4 x 100 metres team which set a new national record of 37.87 seconds to win the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships First Division in Madrid on 28 June.[14] The following day, he won the 200 metres at the event, lowering his personal best to 20.01 seconds (1.8m/s).[15]
Personal life
[edit]He is from Hoogvliet, near Rotterdam. He competed as a judoka before concentrating on sprinting.[16][17]
References
[edit]- ^ "Xavi Mo-Ajok". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "European U20 Championships". World Athletics. 15 July 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Dutch Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 26 February 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "European Team Championships". 25 June 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
- ^ "European Athletics U23 Championships". World Athletics. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
- ^ "Hassan and Bol feature on Dutch team for WCH Budapest 23". World Athletics. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Sprint veteran Churandy Martina (39) wants to go to the Games with Xavi Mo-Ajok (21): 'It's time for the young boys'". parool.nl. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Men 4x100m Results - World Athletics Relays Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ "Great performance by TeamNL during the first day of the World Championship relay". Runnersworld. 4 May 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Men's 4x100 Metres Relay - World Athletics Relays Championships 2025". Watch Athletics. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
- ^ "Atletiekunie maakt selectie WK estafette bekend". Atletiek.nl. 22 April 2025. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
- ^ Roeske, Eric (10 June 2025). "FBK Games leveren altijd: volop Nederlandse successen (recap)". Hardloop Netwerk. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
- ^ Broadbent, Chris (28 Jun 2025). "Double Dutch! The Netherlands win men's and women's 4x100m races with national records". Eurorpean Athletics. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
- ^ "Iapichino and Fabbri contribute to Italy's victory at European Team Championships". worldathletics.org. 29 June 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ "Van judoka tot de snelste man van Nederland: Xavi Mo-Ajok droomt van Olympische Spelen". ad.nl. 20 March 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ ""oud judoka" Xavi Joy Mo-Ajok van "de Korte" judoka tot snelste man van Nederland". Dekorte.nl. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
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