Xavi Mo-Ajok
Dutch athlete (born 2002)
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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 × 100 metres relay. He was also a silver medalist in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2021 European Athletics U20 Championships.[1]
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| Nationality | Dutch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 September 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 60 m: 6.69 (Apeldoorn, 2024) 100 m: 10.09 (Hengelo, 2025) 200 m: 20.01 (Madrid, 2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
He was a silver medalist at the 2021 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, in the 4 × 100 metres relay.[2] In 2022, he won the Dutch Indoor Athletics Championships over 200 metres in Apeldoorn.[3]
He represented the Netherlands at the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships in the 4 × 100 metres relay in June 2023 in Silesia, Poland.[4] In July 2023, he reached the final of the 200 metres at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo, Finland, placing eighth overall.[5] In August 2023, he was also included with the Dutch relay pool for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.[6]
In February 2024, he won the Dutch Indoor Athletics Championships over 60 metres in Apeldoorn.[7] He ran as part of the Dutch 4 × 100 m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas in May 2024.[8][9]
He was a silver medalist at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in the 4 × 100 metres relay in Rome, Italy, in June 2024.[10]
He competed at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China in the Men's 4 × 100 metres relay in May 2025.[11][12] He ran a personal best of 10.09 seconds for the 100 metres in Hengelo on 9 June 2025.[13] Alongside Taymir Burnet, Nsikak Ekpo and Elvis Afrifa he was part of the Dutch 4 × 100 metres team which set a new national record of 37.87 seconds to win the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships First Division in Madrid on 28 June.[14] The following day, he won the 200 metres at the event, lowering his personal best to 20.01 seconds (1.8m/s).[15] He finished fifth over 200 metres in the 2025 Diamond League event in Monaco at the 2025 Herculis.[16]
In September 2025, he was a semi-finalist in the 200 metres at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. He also ran in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the championships, winning the bronze medal with the Dutch team.[17][18][19]
In August 2026, he competed for the Netherlands at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, England.[20]
Personal life
He is from Hoogvliet, near Rotterdam. His father is Surinamese; his mother was born in Cabo Verde.[21] He competed as a judoka before concentrating on sprinting.[22][23]
