Salum Ageze Kashafali
Personal information
Born (1993-11-25) 25 November 1993
Goma, Zaire
Sport
CountryNorway
SportAthletics
Para-athletics
DisabilityVision impairment
Disability classT12
Event100 metres
Medal record
Men's para-athletics
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 100 m T12
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Dubai 100 m T12
Gold medal – first place 2023 Paris 100 m T13
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Bydgoszcz 100 m T12
Men's athletics
Norwegian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Hamar 100 m

Salum Ageze Kashafali (born 25 November 1993) is a visually impaired Norwegian Paralympic athlete competing in the T12-classification of 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] This makes him the fastest Paralympian in the 100m ever, regardless of disability.[4]

Salum is visually impaired as a result of Stargardt disease.[5]

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.[6] 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.[7]

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.[8]

Personal life

Salum was born in Goma, Congo on November 23, 1993. When a civil war broke out in Congo, Salum and his family fled the country and ended up in a refugee camp. The family came to Norway in 2003 and had a brief period in Vadsø before they settled in Bergen.[9]

Achievements

Athletics

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
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

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
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

References

  1. ↑ "Salum Ageze Kashafali". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  2. 1 2 Berkeley, Geoff (29 August 2021). "Kashafali reflects on journey from refugee to fastest man in Paralympic history". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "Records Set" (PDF). 2020 Summer Paralympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 September 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  4. ↑ "Kashafali reflects on journey from refugee to fastest man in Paralympic history". www.insidethegames.biz. 2021-08-29. Retrieved 2023-04-03.
  5. ↑ Rowbottom, Mike (30 November 2020). "Mike Rowbottom: Reality checkpoints that tell the tale of Para-athletes". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  6. ↑ "New world record!". IAAF Diamond League. 13 June 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  7. ↑ "2019 World Para Athletics Championships - Results - Men's 100m T12 Final" (pdf). IPC. 15 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  8. ↑ "Men's 100 metres T12 Final" (PDF). 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  9. ↑ Lote, Arve (2019-08-09). "Verdsrekordhaldar Kashafali: – Vi kunne bli og døy, eller vi kunne flykte og ta sjansen". NRK (in Norwegian Nynorsk). Retrieved 2023-04-03.
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