KASHAFALI Salum Ageze

Norway
Athletics
25 Nov 1993
27
Male
T12
 
Congo
BERGEN
 
Norway

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
ATH Athletics Men's 100m - T12 1 Gold Medal

Records

Record Event Mark Date Location
WR Men's 100m - T12 Final 10.43 29 August, 2021 Tokyo (JPN)
PR Men's 100m - T12 Final 10.43 29 August, 2021 Tokyo (JPN)

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Olympic Stadium - Track
Men's 100m - T12 Round 1 - Heat 1
Finished
Olympic Stadium - Track
Men's 100m - T12 Final
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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RankEventYearLocationResult
World Championships
1100m - T122019Dubai, UAE10.54
European Championships
1100m - T122021Bydgoszcz, POL10.70
7Long Jump - T122021Bydgoszcz, POL6.26
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Teacher
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French, Norwegian, Swahili
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IL Norna Salhus [Norway]
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Jan Hordvik [personal], NOR
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He has competed in able-bodied athletics and won gold medals in the 100m at the 2019 national championships in Norway and in the 60m at the 2015 national indoor championships in Norway. (worldathletics.org, 18 Sep 2020; norwegianamerican.com, 25 Dec 2019; paralympic.org, 13 Jun 2019)
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2019 for Norway, Grand Prix in Nottwil, Switzerland (insidethegames.biz, 09 Aug 2019; nrk.no, 24 May 2019)
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Ahead of the Impossible Games in Oslo, Norway in June 2020 he struggled with an inflammation injury that caused him to miss three weeks of sprint training. (smp.no, 11 Jun 2020)

He was troubled by a hamstring injury during 2018. (worldathletics.org, 18 Sep 2020; paralympic.org, 25 May 2019)
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He took up athletics at age 17 in Bergen, Norway. (paralympic.org, 13 Jun 2019)
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He used to play football but switched to athletics after his vision continued to deteriorate. "It got to the point that I couldn't see anything. So, I tried track and I won my first race." (paralympic.org, 13 Jun 2019)
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To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (aftenposten.no, 25 Sep 2020)
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Winning a gold medal in the T12 100m at the 2019 World Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (friidrett.no, 15 Nov 2019)
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"Everything is possible. It doesn't matter if you cannot see or cannot walk, you can always do something. Get up and train and do enough to succeed." (insidethegames.biz, 09 Aug 2019)
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He was named the 2020 Para Athlete of the Year in Norway by the Norwegian Athletics Association and Male Para Athlete of the Year at the 2020 Norway Sports Gala. (idrettsgalla.no, 10 Jan 2021; nrk.no, 01 Dec 2020; Instagram profile, 05 Jan 2020)

General Interest

Classification
T12, F12 (IPC, 04 Apr 2021)

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment (paralympic.org, 13 Jun 2019)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (paralympic.org, 13 Jun 2019)

Impairment Details
He was diagnosed with Stargardt disease at age 12. The condition causes a loss of central vision. (european-athletics.org, 21 Aug 2019; paralympic.org, 13 Jun 2019; ba.no, 13 Jun 2019)

General
FROM ATHLETICS TO PARA ATHLETICS
Having competed as an able-bodied athlete since 2011 he made the decision to try Para athletics during a period in 2018 when he was struggling with a hamstring injury and his eyesight deteriorated. He was classified as a Para athlete in 2019. "People have been tremendous about me moving to Para athletics. I've had a lot of support. To go from normal athletics to Para athletics, I didn't know how it was going to go. You can't immediately see that I have a vision impairment. You have to look a little bit closer, to follow me a little bit, to see that. Some people thought I was faking. They didn't believe me at first. But most people have been very good and very supportive to me." (friidrett.no, 01 Mar 2021; insidethegames.biz, 30 Nov 2020)

FROM CONGO TO NORWAY
Born in Congo, he and his family moved to Norway when he was 11 to escape a civil war. "It was very hard as I only spoke Swahili and French. It was very difficult to adapt but I came through it in the end with the help of friends around me. Coming to Norway saved my life. My childhood was not about running or playing football, it was about finding food and surviving, so getting here was like winning the lottery and becoming a billionaire. Never in my wildest dreams could I have imagined that I would have a roof over my head and food on the table every day. It was just like a dream." (insidethegames.biz, 09 Aug 2019; nrk.no, 13 Jun 2019)

OCCUPATION
He works as a maths teacher at a junior high school in Bergen, Norway. (insidethegames.biz, 30 Nov 2020; norwegianamerican.com, 25 Dec 2019; european-athletics.org, 21 Aug 2019)

Legend
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Gold Medal
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
PR:
Paralympic Record
WR:
World Record
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