Soukaina Hajji
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| Born | 4 February 1997 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Middle distance running, Cross Country running | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 800m: 2:00.07 (Rabat, 2025) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Soukaina Hajji (born 4 February 1997) is a Moroccan middle-distance and cross country runner.[1]
Career
[edit]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]
References
[edit]- ^ "Soukaina Hajji". World Athletics. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
- ^ "Morocco Wins 16 Medals at Arab Athletics Championships in Tunis". Morocco World News. 20 June 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
- ^ "Islamic Solidarity Games: Hajji and Rizki lift Morocco to the 800m podium". Yabiladi.com. 8 September 2021. Retrieved 18 Sep 2025.
- ^ "44th World Athletics Cross Country Championships". World Athletics. 18 Feb 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
- ^ "Francophone Games: The women's 1500m podium is 100% Moroccan". yabiladi.com. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 18 Sep 2025.
- ^ "Morocco Triumphs in Athletics at Kinshasa 2023 Francophone Games". Morocco World News. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
- ^ "Jeux de la Francophonie". World Athletics. 31 July 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
- ^ Wafula, Abigael (24 June 2024). "Sarah Moraa wins gold at African Championships but narrowly misses Olympic qualification". PulseSports. Retrieved 18 Sep 2025.
- ^ "Results - Rabat Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. 25 May 2025. Retrieved 18 Sep 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 18 Sep 2025. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
- ^ "20 Moroccan Runners to Compete at Tokyo's 20th World Athletics Championships". Morocco World News. 5 Sep 2025. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
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