Salum Ageze Kashafali
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Born | Goma, Zaire[citation needed] | 25 November 1993|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Norway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics Para-athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability | Vision impairment | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | T12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 100 metres | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Salum Ageze Kashafali (born 25 November 1993) is a visually impaired Norwegian Paralympic athlete competing in T12-classification sprinting events.[1] He won the gold medal in the men's 100 metres T12 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[2] He also set a T12 world record of 10.43 seconds.[2][3]
Career[]
In 2019, he 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.[4] 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, he 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.[5]
In 2021, he won the gold medal in the men's 100 metres T12 event at the 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships held in Bydgoszcz, Poland.[6]
Personal life[]
He is visually impaired as a result of Stargardt disease.[7]
Achievements[]
Athletics[]
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 |
Para-athletics[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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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 |
References[]
- ^ "Salum Ageze Kashafali". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Berkeley, Geoff (29 August 2021). "Kashafali reflects on journey from refugee to fastest man in Paralympic history". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Records Set" (PDF). 2020 Summer Paralympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 September 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ "New world record!". IAAF Diamond League. 13 June 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "2019 World Para Athletics Championships - Results - Men's 100m T12 Final" (pdf). IPC. 15 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
- ^ "Men's 100 metres T12 Final" (PDF). 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Rowbottom, Mike (30 November 2020). "Mike Rowbottom: Reality checkpoints that tell the tale of Para-athletes". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
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External links[]
- Salum Kashafali at World Athletics
- Salum Kashafali at European Athletic Association (archived)
- Salum Kashafali at Diamond League
- Salum Kashafali at Paralympic.org
- Salum Kashafali at IPC.InfostradaSports.com
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Democratic Republic of the Congo emigrants to Norway
- Sportspeople from Bergen
- Norwegian male sprinters
- Paralympic athletes with a vision impairment
- World record holders in Paralympic athletics
- Norwegian Athletics Championships winners
- Paralympic athletes of Norway
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Paralympic gold medalists for Norway