| Salum Ageze Kashafali | |
| Birth Date: | 25 November 1993 |
| Birth Place: | Goma, Zaire |
| Country: | Norway |
| Sport: | Athletics Para-athletics |
| Disability: | Vision impairment |
| Disability Class: | T12 |
| Event: | 100 metres |
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]
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]
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]
| 2019 | Bislett Games | Oslo, Norway | 1st | 100 m | 10.45 s |
| Norwegian Athletics Championships | Børstad, Hamar Municipality | 1st | 100 m | 10.37 s |
| Representing | ||||||
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| 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 | |