Xavi Mo-Ajok Explained

Xavi Mo-Ajok
Nationality:Dutch
Sport:Athletics
Event:Sprint
Birth Date:16 September 2002
Pb:60m: 6.69 (Apeldoorn, 2024)
100m: 10.26 (La Chaux-de-Fonds, 2023)
200m: 20.59 (Oordegem, 2022)

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

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

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Xavi Mo-Ajok. World Athletics. 12 June 2024.
  2. Web site: European U20 Championships. World Athletics. 12 June 2024. 15 July 2021.
  3. Web site: Dutch Indoor Championships. World Athletics. 12 June 2024. 26 February 2022.
  4. Web site: Hassan and Bol feature on Dutch team for WCH Budapest 23. World Athletics. 12 June 2024. 3 August 2023.
  5. Web site: parool.nl. Sprint veteran Churandy Martina (39) wants to go to the Games with Xavi Mo-Ajok (21): 'It's time for the young boys'. 10 June 2024. 12 June 2024.
  6. Web site: Watch Athletics. Men 4x100m Results - World Athletics Relays Championships 2024. 12 May 2024. 5 May 2024.
  7. Web site: Great performance by TeamNL during the first day of the World Championship relay. Runnersworld. 12 June 2024. 4 May 2024.
  8. Web site: European Athletics Championships. World Athletics. 12 June 2024. 12 June 2024.
  9. Web site: Van judoka tot de snelste man van Nederland: Xavi Mo-Ajok droomt van Olympische Spelen. ad.nl. 12 June 2024. 20 March 2024.
  10. Web site: “oud judoka” Xavi Joy Mo-Ajok van “de Korte” judoka tot snelste man van Nederland. Dekorte.nl. 12 June 2024. 21 March 2024.

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