Mohamed Khouaja

{{Short description|Libyan sprinter (born 1987)}}

{{BLP sources|date=January 2021}}

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{{Medal|Competition|Mediterranean Games}}

{{Medal|Gold | 2009 Pescara | 400 m}}

{{Medal|Competition|African Championships in Athletics}}

{{Medal|Gold|2010 Nairobi|400 m}}

{{Medal|Competition|IAAF Continental Cup}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2010 Split|4x400 metres relay}}

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Mohamed Ashour Khouaja (born 1 November 1987) is a Libyan sprinter, specialising in the 400 metres.

He finished seventh in his semi-final heat of the men's 400 metres at the 2009 World Championships, his first World Championship. He won the gold medal in the 2009 Mediterranean Games 400 metres final, and is the current Libyan national record holder over 400 metres; he set the record when he won gold in the 2010 African Championships in Nairobi.

International competitions

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colspan="6"|Representing {{LBA}}
2005

|African Junior Championships

|Radès, Tunisia

|9th (h)

|100 m

|10.94

rowspan=2|2007

|rowspan=2|Pan Arab Games

|rowspan=2|Cairo, Egypt

|12th (h)

|200 m

|21.63

10th (h)

|400 m

|49.14

rowspan=5|2009

|rowspan=2|Arab Championships

|rowspan=2|Damascus, Syria

|6th

|200 m

|21.12

bgcolor=silver|2nd

|400 m

|45.35

rowspan=2|Mediterranean Games

|rowspan=2|Pescara, Italy

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|400 m

|45.77

7th

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:10.00

World Championships

|Berlin, Germany

|22nd (h)

|400 m

|46.43

rowspan=3|2010

|African Championships

|Nairobi, Kenya

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|400 m

|44.98

rowspan=2|Continental Cup

|rowspan=2|Split, Croatia

|8th

|400 m

|45.991

bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:02.621

rowspan=2|2011

|African Games

|Maputo, Mozambique

|18th (h)

|400 m

|48.66

Pan Arab Games

|Doha, Qatar

|12th (h)

|400 m

|48.84

rowspan=2|2012

|rowspan=2|African Championships

|rowspan=2|Porto Novo, Benin

| –

|200 m

|DNF

10th (sf)

|400 m

|46.82

2014

|African Championships

|Marrakech, Morocco

|5th

|400 m

|45.40

rowspan=2|2015

|World Championships

|Beijing, China

|43rd (h)

|400 m

|46.50

African Games

|Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo

|24th (h)

|400 m

|47.822

1Representing Africa

2Did not start in the semifinals

Personal bests