Salum Ageze Kashafali

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Salum Ageze Kashafali
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Kashafali in 2022
Personal information
Born (1993-11-25) 25 November 1993 (age 30)
Goma, Zaire [ citation needed ]
Sport
CountryNorway
SportAthletics
Para-athletics
DisabilityVision impairment
Disability class T12
Event 100 metres
Medal record
Representing Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Men's para-athletics
Paralympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Tokyo 100 m T12
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Paris 100 m T13
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Dubai 100 m T12
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Paris 100 m T13
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Kobe 100 m T13
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Bydgoszcz 100 m T12
Men's athletics
Norwegian Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Hamar 100 m

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]

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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]

Career

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]

Personal life

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]

Achievements

Athletics

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
2019 Bislett Games Oslo, Norway1st100 m10.45 s
Norwegian Athletics Championships Børstad, Hamar Municipality 1st100 m 10.37 s

Para-athletics

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
2019 World Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates1st100 m 10.54 s
2021 European Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland1st100 m 10.70 s
Summer Paralympics Tokyo, Japan1st100 m 10.43 s
2023 World Championships Paris, France1st100 m 10.45 s
2024 World Championships Kobe, Japan3rd100 m 10.79 s
Summer Paralympics Paris, France2nd100 m 10.47 s

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