Mohammad Amin Alsalami ( ar, محمد أمين السلامي; born 25 July 1994) is a Syrian long jumper who holds the Syrian
national record.
Early life
From
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, Syria, he is one nine siblings. Initially a sprinter, he was encouraged by a sports teacher to take up long and triple jump as a teenager. After war broke out in Syria his family was displaced a number of times in Syria before fleeing in a dinghy across the
Mediterranean Sea and walking across Europe on foot. He ultimately sought refugee status in Germany, settling in
Berlin in October 2015.
Career
He set an indoors personal best of 7.87 metres in 2022. That year, he set an outdoors personal best of 7.88 metres.
He competed as part of the refugee team at the
2023 World Athletics Championships
The 2023 World Athletics Championships ( hu, 2023-as atlétikai világbajnokság), the nineteenth edition of the World Athletics Championships, are scheduled to be held from 19 August to 27 August 2023 in Budapest, Hungary.
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Budapest, the first member of the refugee team to compete in a technical event.
In May 2024, he was confirmed on the
IOC Refugee Team for the
2024 Paris Olympics
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References
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1994 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Aleppo
Syrian refugees
Syrian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Syrian male athletes
Athlete Refugee Team at the World Athletics Championships
Refugee Olympic Team at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics