Personal information | |
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Born | Goma, Zaire [ citation needed ] | 25 November 1993
Sport | |
Country | Norway |
Sport | Athletics Para-athletics |
Disability | Vision impairment |
Disability class | T12 |
Event | 100 metres |
Medal record |
Salum Ageze Kashafali (born 25 November 1993) is a Norwegian Paralympic athlete who competes in the T12 classification of sprinting events. [1] He is a Paralympic champion and silver medallist, two-time world champion and a European champion in the 100 metres. Kashafali won the gold medal in the men's 100 metres T12 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and the silver medal in the men's 100 metres T13 event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. [2] [3]
Kashafali holds world records in the T12 and T13 classification of the 100 metres, with a time of 10.43 set at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and a time of 10.37 set at the Bislett Games in 2023 respectively. [4] [5] [6] [7] The latter record makes him the fastest Paralympian in the 100 metres event in history, regardless of disability.
Kashafali is visually impaired as a result of Stargardt disease. [8]
In 2019, Kashafali competed both in able-bodied and para-athletic competitions. In June 2019, he set a new world record of 10.45s in the 100 metres T12 event at the Bislett Games held in Oslo, Norway. [9] In August 2019, at the 2019 Norwegian Athletics Championships, he won the gold medal in the men's 100 metres with a time of 10.37s.
At the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Kashafali won the gold medal in the men's 100 metres T12 event with a time of 10.54s. This meant that he qualified to represent Norway at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan. [10]
In 2021, Kashafali won the gold medal in the men's 100 metres T12 event at the 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships held in Bydgoszcz, Poland. [11]
Kashafali was born in Goma on November 25, 1993. [12] When a civil war broke out in Congo, Kashafali and his family fled the country and ended up in a refugee camp. [13] The family came to Norway in 2003 and lived a brief period in Vadsø before settling in Bergen. [14]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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2019 | Bislett Games | Oslo, Norway | 1st | 100 m | 10.45 s |
Norwegian Athletics Championships | Børstad, Hamar Municipality | 1st | 100 m | 10.37 s |
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Norway | |||||
2019 | World Championships | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 1st | 100 m | 10.54 s |
2021 | European Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 1st | 100 m | 10.70 s |
Summer Paralympics | Tokyo, Japan | 1st | 100 m | 10.43 s | |
2023 | World Championships | Paris, France | 1st | 100 m | 10.45 s |
2024 | World Championships | Kobe, Japan | 3rd | 100 m | 10.79 s |
Summer Paralympics | Paris, France | 2nd | 100 m | 10.47 s |
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