Xavi Mo-Ajok

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Xavi Mo-Ajok
Xavi Mo-Ajok 2024 (cropped).jpg
Xavi Mo-Ajok in 2024
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (2002-09-16) 16 September 2002 (age 22)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)60m: 6.69 (Apeldoorn, 2024)
100m: 10.26 (La Chaux-de-Fonds, 2023)
200m: 20.59 (Oordegem, 2022)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Rome 4×100 m relay
European U20 Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Tallinn 4x100 m relay

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]

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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]

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References

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