Soukaina Hajji
Moroccan athlete (born 1997)
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Soukaina Hajji (born 4 February 1997) is a Moroccan middle-distance and cross country runner.[1]
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1500m: 4:00.62 (Paris, 2026)
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| Born | 4 February 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Events | Middle distance running, Cross Country running | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 800m: 2:00.07 (Rabat, 2025) 1500m: 4:00.62 (Paris, 2026) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
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 Kinshasa, 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]
In May 2026, she ran a personal best 4:04.79 in the 1500 metres at the 2026 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat and lowered it to 4:00.62 on 28 June at the 2026 Meeting de Paris.[12][13]
