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Xavi Mo-Ajok

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Xavi Mo-Ajok
Xavi Mo-Ajok in 2024
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (2002-09-16) 16 September 2002 (age 22)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventSprint
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)60m: 6.69 (Apeldoorn, 2024)
100m: 10.26 (La Chaux-de-Fonds, 2023)
200m: 20.59 (Oordegem, 2022)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Netherlands
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Rome 4×100 m relay
European U20 Championships
Silver medal – second place 2021 Tallinn 4x100 m relay

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.[1]

Career

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He was a silver medalist at the 2021 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tallinn in the 4 x 100 metres relay.[2] In 2022, he became Dutch indoor champion over 200 metres in Apeldoorn.[3] In 2023, he was included with the Dutch relay pool for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.[4]

In February 2024, he became Dutch indoor champion over 60 metres in Apeldoorn.[5] He ran as part of the Dutch 4x100m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas in May 2024.[6][7]

He was a silver medalist at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in the 4 x 100 metres relay in Rome in June 2024.[8]

Personal life

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He is from Hoogvliet, near Rotterdam. He competed as a judoka before concentrating on sprinting.[9][10]

References

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  1. ^ "Xavi Mo-Ajok". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  2. ^ "European U20 Championships". World Athletics. 15 July 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Dutch Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 26 February 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Hassan and Bol feature on Dutch team for WCH Budapest 23". World Athletics. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Men 4x100m Results - World Athletics Relays Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Great performance by TeamNL during the first day of the World Championship relay". Runnersworld. 4 May 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  8. ^ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Van judoka tot de snelste man van Nederland: Xavi Mo-Ajok droomt van Olympische Spelen". ad.nl. 20 March 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  10. ^ ""oud judoka" Xavi Joy Mo-Ajok van "de Korte" judoka tot snelste man van Nederland". Dekorte.nl. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.