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Soukaina Hajji

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Soukaina Hajji
Personal information
Born (1997-02-04) 4 February 1997 (age 29)
Sport
SportAthletics
Events
Middle distance running, Cross Country running
Achievements and titles
Personal bests800m: 2:00.07 (Rabat, 2025)
1500m: 4:00.62 (Paris, 2026)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Morocco
African Championships
Bronze medal – third place2024 Douala800 m
Jeux de la Francophonie
Silver medal – second place2023 Kinshasa1500m
Silver medal – second place2023 Kinshasa800m
Islamic Solidarity Games
Silver medal – second place2022 Konya800 m
Bronze medal – third place2025 Riyadh800 m
Arab Athletics Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 Tunis800 m

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

Biography

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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]

References

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  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.
  12. ↑ "Results - Paris Diamond League (Meeting de Paris) 2026". Watch Athletics. 28 June 2026. Retrieved 29 June 2026.
  13. ↑ "Results - Rabat Diamond League 2026". Watch Athletics. 31 May 2026. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
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