Salum Ageze Kashafali
Kashafali in 2022 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 25 November 1993 Goma, Zaire |
| Sport | |
| Country | Norway |
| Sport | Athletics Para-athletics |
| Disability | Vision impairment |
| Disability class | T12 |
| Event | 100 metres |
Salum Ageze Kashafali (born 25 November 1993) is a Norwegian Paralympic athlete who competes in the T12 classification of sprinting events. He is a Paralympic champion and silver medallist, two-time world champion and a European champion in the 100 metres. Kashafali won the gold medal in the men's 100 metres T12 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and the silver medal in the men's 100 metres T13 event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
Kashafali holds world records in the T12 and T13 classification of the 100 metres, with a time of 10.43 set at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and a time of 10.37 set at the Bislett Games in 2023 respectively. The latter record makes him the fastest Paralympian in the 100 metres event in history, regardless of disability.
Kashafali is visually impaired as a result of Stargardt disease.