Soukaina Hajji

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Soukaina Hajji
Soukaina Hajji (cropped).jpg
Personal information
Born (1997-02-04) 4 February 1997 (age 28)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Middle distance running, Cross Country running
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)800m: 2:00.07 (Rabat, 2025)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
African Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Douala 800 m
Jeux de la Francophonie
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Kinshasa 1500m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2023 Kinshasa800m
Islamic Solidarity Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Konya 800 m
Arab Athletics Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Tunis 800 m

Soukaina Hajji (born 4 February 1997) is a Moroccan middle-distance and cross country runner. [1]

Career

Hajji won the gold medal over 800 metres At the 2021 Arab Athletics Championships in Tunis. [2] She was a silver medalist in the 800 metres at the delayed 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey, in August 2022, running a time of 2:02.78. [3]

Hajji competed for Morocco at the 2023 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Bathurst, Australia, helping Morocco to a seventh place finish in the Mixed Cross Country Relay. [4] She won the bronze medal over 1500 metres at the 2023 Francophone Games in Kinsasha, Democratic Republic of Congo. [5] [6] She also won a silver medal in the 800 metres at the Games. [7]

She won the bronze medal behind Kenyan's Sarah Moraa and Lilian Odira at the 2024 African Championships in Douala, Cameroon, over 800 metres. [8]

She competed over 800 metres at the 2025 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat, part of the 2025 Diamond League, in May 2025, running a personal best 2:00.07. [9]

She competed for Morocco at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, but did not qualify for the semi-finals. [10] [11]

References

  1. "Soukaina Hajji". World Athletics. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  2. "Morocco Wins 16 Medals at Arab Athletics Championships in Tunis". Morocco World News. 20 June 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  3. "Islamic Solidarity Games: Hajji and Rizki lift Morocco to the 800m podium". Yabiladi.com. 8 September 2021. Retrieved 18 Sep 2025.
  4. "44th World Athletics Cross Country Championships". World Athletics. 18 Feb 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  5. "Francophone Games: The women's 1500m podium is 100% Moroccan". yabiladi.com. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 18 Sep 2025.
  6. "Morocco Triumphs in Athletics at Kinshasa 2023 Francophone Games". Morocco World News. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  7. "Jeux de la Francophonie". World Athletics. 31 July 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  8. Wafula, Abigael (24 June 2024). "Sarah Moraa wins gold at African Championships but narrowly misses Olympic qualification". PulseSports. Retrieved 18 Sep 2025.
  9. "Results - Rabat Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. 25 May 2025. Retrieved 18 Sep 2025.
  10. "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 18 Sep 2025. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  11. "20 Moroccan Runners to Compete at Tokyo's 20th World Athletics Championships". Morocco World News. 5 Sep 2025. Retrieved 18 August 2025.