Tommy Kafri (born Mezei Tamás on 3 October 1976, Budapest) is a retired Hungarian- Israeli sprinter who specialized in the

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and

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. He competed at the 1997 World Championships (

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), the 1998 European Indoor Championships (both 60 and 200 metres), the 1998 European Championships (in both 100 and 200 metres), the 1999 World Championships (both

and

) and the

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(

). He won a single Israeli national title: in the 200 metres in 1996. In the

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he competed at the 1999 World Championships, the

and the 2001 World Championships without reaching the final. His personal best times were 10.23 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in July 1999 in Tel Aviv; and 20.89 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved at the 1999 World Championships in Seville. He still holds the Israeli record in the 200 metres, tied with

Gideon Jablonka Gidon Jablonka ( he, גדעון יבלונקה, born 30 October 1977) is a retired Israeli sprinter. Gidon Jablonka competed in the 2000 Olympic 200 metres without reaching the final. He won five national championships. In the 4 x 100 metres rel ...

. He went back to Hungary in 2006, changed his nationality back to Hungarian in 2007.

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* 1976 births Living people Israeli male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Israel Jewish track and field athletes Hungarian Jews Hungarian male sprinters Athletes from Budapest {{Hungary-athletics-bio-stub

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