| Hajar Eddou | |
| Full Name: | Hajar Eddou Hajar Edaou Hajer Edhou Hajar Eddaou |
| Native Name: | Arabic: هجر الضو[1] |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | 100 metres 200 metres |
| Height: | 168 cm[2] |
| Weight: | 56 kg |
| Updated: | 1 January 2024 |
Hajar Eddou (Arabic: هجر الضو; born 15 August 1999), also spelled Hajar Edaou, Hajer Edhou, or Hajar Eddaou, is a Moroccan sprinter specialising in the 100 metres and 200 metres. She is a six-time Moroccan Athletics Championships winner and championship record-holder in the 100 m and 200 m. She was promoted to the bronze medal in the 100 m at the 2021 Arab Athletics Championships following the doping disqualification of the original winner.
At the 2017 Arab Athletics Championships, Eddou was a member of the gold medal-winning Moroccan 4 × 400 m team.[3] Eddou's first international experience in individual events was at the 2019 Summer Universiade in the 100 m and the 200 m, where she finished 40th and 34th respectively.
Eddou competed in the 100 m at the 2021 Arab Athletics Championships, placing 4th behind initial Iraqi race winner Dana Hussain. However, in February 2023 Eddou was promoted to the bronze medal position following the doping disqualification of Hussein due to a positive drugs test.[4]
Eddou attempted the 100 and 200 double again at the 2022 Mediterranean Games, making the finals in both events. With a 6th-place finish, her better placing was in the 100 m, but her time of 23.73 in the 200 m for 7th was a personal best. At the 2022 Islamic Solidarity Games, Eddou competed in the 100 m, where she advanced to the finals with a wind-aided 11.23 performance in the first round and a 3rd-place finish in her semifinal.[5] [6] In the finals, she placed 5th behind Edidiong Odiong, Farzaneh Fasihi, Maboundou Koné, and Hajar Al-Khaldi. Her time was a wind-legal personal best of 11.20 seconds, but the mark could not be officially ratified due to the photo finish computer timer malfunctioning.
In 2023, Eddou represented Morocco in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 2023 Arab Games. With Eddou on the anchor leg, the team won the silver medal behind Bahrain.
| Event | Mark | Place | Competition | Venue | Date | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11.46 | 23 July 2022 | ||||||
| 11.20 | 5th | ||||||
| 23.44 | 24 July 2022 |