Career
Elkhatib is originally from São Tomé and Príncipe. He is a member of Sporting CP in Lisbon. [2] In July 2023, he ran 45.73 second for the 400 metres at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo, Finland as he finished sixth in the final, setting a Portugese national U23 record. [3]
He competed for Portugal at the World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas. [4] He won the silver medal over 400 metres at the 2024 Ibero-American Championships in Brazil in May 2024, running a personal best 45.46 seconds. [5] He ran in the 4 x 400 metres relay for Portugal at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy, helping the team to a sixth place finish. [6] He was also a semi-finalist in the 400 metres at the Championships. [7] [8]
In March 2025, he ran for Portugal at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, without progressing past the heats. [9] He competed for Portugal at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou, China, helping the men's 4 x 400 metres team qualify for the upcoming world championships. [10]
In August 2025, he set a new personal best of 45.42 seconds for the 400 metres whilst competing in Fribourg, Switzerland. [11] He ran in the men's 4 x 400 metres relay for Portugal at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, helping the team qualify for the final with a national record time of 2:59.70, running alongside Pedro Afonso, João Coelho and Ericsson Tavares, the first time a Portuguese team had run under three minutes. [12] [13]
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