Salum Ageze Kashafali

Norwegian Paralympic athlete (born 1993)

Personal information

Born

(1993-11-25) 25 November 1993 (age 30)
Goma, Zaire

Sport

Country

Norway

Sport

Athletics
Para-athletics

Disability

Vision impairment

Disability class

T12

Event

100 metres

Medal record

Men's para-athletics

Paralympic Games
	2020 Tokyo	100 m T12
World Championships
	2019 Dubai	100 m T12
	2023 Paris	100 m T13
	2024 Kobe	100 m T13
European Championships
	2021 Bydgoszcz	100 m T12
Men's athletics
Norwegian Championships
	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. He won the gold medal in the men's 100 metres T12 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, "Japan." He also set a T12 world record of 10.43 seconds. This makes him the "fastest Paralympian in the 100m ever," regardless of disability.

Salum is visually impaired as a result of Stargardt disease.

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. 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.

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.

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.

Achievements※

Athletics※

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
2019	Bislett Games	Oslo, Norway	1st	100 m	10.45 s
2019	Norwegian Athletics Championships	Børstad, Hamar Municipality	1st	100 m	10.37 s

Para-athletics※

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
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
2021	Summer Paralympics	Tokyo, Japan	1st	100 m	10.43 s
2023	World Championships	Paris, France	1st	100 m	10.45 s

References※

^ "Salum Ageze Kashafali". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
^ Berkeley, Geoff (29 August 2021). "Kashafali reflects on journey from refugee to fastest man in Paralympic history". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
^ "Records Set" (PDF). 2020 Summer Paralympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 September 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
^ "Kashafali reflects on journey from refugee to fastest man in Paralympic history". www.insidethegames.biz. 2021-08-29. Retrieved 2023-04-03.
^ Rowbottom, Mike (30 November 2020). "Mike Rowbottom: Reality checkpoints that tell the tale of Para-athletes". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
^ "New world record!". IAAF Diamond League. 13 June 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
^ "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.
^ 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.

External links※

Salum Kashafali at World Athletics
Salum Kashafali at Diamond League
Salum Kashafali at Paralympic.org
Salum Kashafali at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)

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