Dorcus Ajok

Dorcus Ajok

Personal information
Born	(1994-07-12) 12 July 1994 (age 31) Alebtong, Uganda [1]
Education	Ndejje University [2]
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	800 m, 1500 m

Dorcus Ajok (born 12 July 1994) is a Ugandan middle-distance runner. ^[3] She represented her country in the 800 metres at the 2017 World Championships reaching the semifinals. In addition, she won the gold medal in the 1500 metres at the 2015 Summer Universiade.

Background and Education

Dorcus Ajok was born in Akura sub-county, present day Alebtong District. She is the second of nine children born to Dicken Atworo, a teacher and Margaret Akello, a housewife. ^[4]

She attended Dokolo Primary School before proceeding to Aloi Secondary School for her O Levels (UCE). She later attended Bright College, Lira for her A Levels thereafter joining Ndejje University. ^[5]

In 2019, Ajok was asked to take a testosterone test by her national athletics federation. She was never shown the results of the test, but she was banned by World Athletics from competing in 800 m or 1500 m races without lowering her testosterone under their differences in sex development rules. ^[6]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing   Uganda
2013	Universiade	Kazan, Russia	–	800 m	DQ
			11th	1500 m	4:25.83
2015	Universiade	Gwangju, South Korea	6th (h)	800 m	2:04.70 1
			1st	1500 m	4:18.53
			5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:45.40
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	21st (sf)	800 m	2:02.00
	Universiade	Taipei, Taiwan	3rd	800 m	2:03.22
			2nd	1500 m	4:19.48
			6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:43.38
2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	6th	800 m	2:01.22
2019	Universiade	Naples, Italy	3rd	800 m	2:02.31

¹Disqualified in the semifinals

Personal bests

^[7]

Outdoor

• 800 metres – 2:00.79 (Huelva 2017)
• 1500 metres – 4:16.44 (Kazan 2013)
• One mile – 4:43.1 (Kampala 2014)

References

1. "2018 CWG bio" . Retrieved 29 April 2018.
2. Bakama, James (16 March 2017). "Know your 2017 IAAF stars: Dorcus Ajok". Saturday Vision. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
3. Dorcus Ajok at World Athletics
4. "Star athlete Ajok proud of who she is". www.newvision.co.ug. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
5. "Star athlete Ajok proud of who she is". www.newvision.co.ug. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
6. "'Harmed, outed, scrutinized': How new sex testing rules affect athletes". cnn.com .
7. "Profile of Docus AJOK". All-Athletics.com. Archived from the original on 12 August 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.