Omar Elkhatib
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| Nationality | Portuguese | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 October 2001 | ||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Inês Alves | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 400m: 45.22 (Birmingham, 2026) | ||||||||||||||
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Omar Elkhatib (born 19 October 2001) is a sprinter who primarily competes over 400 metres. He ran in the Portuguese 4 x 400 metres relay team who were finalists at the 2025 World Championships and set a new national record.[1]
Biography
Elkhatib is originally from São Tomé and Príncipe. He is a member of Sporting CP in Lisbon.[2] In July 2023, he ran 45.73 second for the 400 metres at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo, Finland as he finished sixth in the final, setting a Portuguese national U23 record.[3]
He competed for Portugal at the World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas.[4] He won the silver medal over 400 metres at the 2024 Ibero-American Championships in Brazil in May 2024, running a personal best 45.46 seconds.[5] He ran in the 4 x 400 metres relay for Portugal at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy, helping the team to a sixth-place finish.[6] He was also a semi-finalist in the 400 metres at the Championships.[7][8]
In March 2025, he ran for Portugal at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, without progressing past the heats.[9] He competed for Portugal at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou, China, helping the men's 4 x 400 metres team qualify for the upcoming world championships.[10]
In August 2025, he set a new personal best of 45.42 seconds for the 400 metres whilst competing in Fribourg, Switzerland.[11] He ran in the men's 4 x 400 metres relay for Portugal at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, helping the team qualify for the final with a national record time of 2:59.70, running alongside Pedro Afonso, João Coelho and Ericsson Tavares, the first time a Portuguese team had run under three minutes.[12][13]
In March 2026, he reached the semi-finals of the 400 metres at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland.[14] He also ran in the men's 4 x 400 metres relay on the last day of the championships, as the Portuguese team placed fifth in the final.[15]
Competing at the 2026 World Athletics Relays in Botswana, he was part of the Portugal men's 4 x 400 metres relay team which set a national record of 2:59.01 on the opening day.[16][17] Later that month, he ran 45.47 seconds to win the gold medal in the 400 metres at the 2026 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics in Peru.[18] Competing at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, England in August, he was a semi-finalist in the 400 metres, lowering his personal best to 45.22 seconds.[19] He also competed in the men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the championships.[20]
References
- ↑ "Omar Elkhatib". World Athletics. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
- ↑ "Europeus de Atletismo: Omar Elkhatib junta-se a João Coelho nas 'meias' dos 400 metros". Flashscore.pt. 8 June 2024. Retrieved 21 Sep 2025.
- ↑ "UNDER-23 NATIONAL RECORD FOR OMAR ELKHATIB". fpatletismo.pt. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 21 Sep 2025.
- ↑ "4X400 METRES RELAY". World Athletics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ↑ "Omar Elkhatib is crowned Ibero-American runner-up in the 400 meters". Ojogo.pt. 12 May 2024. Retrieved 21 Sep 2025.
- ↑ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
- ↑ "Athletics: Omar Elkhatib accelerates towards the semi-finals of the 400 meters at the European Championships". Mais Futbol. June 8, 2024. Retrieved 21 Sep 2025.
- ↑ "European Athletics Championships: João Coelho and Omar Elkhatib eliminated in the 400 meters semifinals". Ojogo.pt. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 21 Sep 2025.
- ↑ "European Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 7 March 2025. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
- ↑ "World Athletics Relays". World Athletics. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
- ↑ "Omar Elkhatib 3rd in the 400 meters in Freiburg". comiteolimpicoportugal.pt. 13 August 2025. Retrieved 21 Sep 2025.
- ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 21 Sep 2025. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
- ↑ "Portugal qualifies for the men's 4x400m final and Brazil, with Alison dos Santos, is disqualified from the 2025 World Athletics Championships". Olympics.com. 20 Sep 2025. Retrieved 21 Sep 2025.
- ↑ "World Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 21 March 2026. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
- ↑ "World Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 22 March 2026. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
- ↑ "World leads fall as 4x400m teams light up first round in Gaborone". World Athletics. 2 May 2026. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
- ↑ "World Athletics Relays". World Athletics. 2 May 2026. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
- ↑ "MAIS QUATRO MEDALHAS PARA PORTUGAL NOS CAMPEONATOS IBEROAMERICANOS". comiteolimpicoportugal.pt. 31 May 2026. Retrieved 2 June 2026.
- ↑ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 10 August 2026. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
- ↑ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 10 August 2026. Retrieved 19 August 2026.