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
The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, was an international multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the International Paralym ...
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
Stargardt disease is the most common inherited single-gene retinal disease. In terms of the first description of the disease, it follows an autosomal recessive inheritance pattern, which has been later linked to bi-allelic ABCA4 gene variants (S ...
.
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
The 2019 World Para Athletics Championships was a Paralympic track and field event organised by the World Para Athletics subcommittee of the International Paralympic Committee. It was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 7 to 15 November 2019 ...
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
The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, was an international multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the International Paralym ...
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
The 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships was a track and field competition for athletes with a disability open to International Paralympic Committee (IPC) affiliated countries within Europe and a refugee team with one athlete. This was ...
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
Para-athletics
References
External links
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1993 births
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Democratic Republic of the Congo emigrants to Norway
Democratic Republic of the Congo people with disabilities
Sportspeople from Bergen
Norwegian male sprinters
Paralympic athletes (track and field) with a vision impairment
World record holders in para-athletics
Norwegian Athletics Championships winners
Paralympic athletes for 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
21st-century Norwegian people
Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships
World Para Athletics Championships winners