{"id":50269,"date":"2023-05-10T09:44:40","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T07:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/?p=50269"},"modified":"2025-09-19T14:35:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T14:35:51","slug":"interview-with-paralympic-champion-and-world-record-holder-salum-kashafali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/sports\/interview-with-paralympic-champion-and-world-record-holder-salum-kashafali\/","title":{"rendered":"Entrevista con la campeona paral\u00edmpica y plusmarquista mundial Salum Kashafali"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- post header -->\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumn\">\n    <div class=\"col breadcrumb\">\n        <a href=\"\/es\/\">Inicio<\/a>\/\n        <a href=\"\/es\/category\/sports\/\">Deportes<\/a>\/\n        Entrevista con la campeona paral\u00edmpica y plusmarquista mundial Salum Kashafali\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row rowPostHeaderImage headerImageAnim\">\n    <div class=\"scrollAnim\" \n        id=\"postHeaderImage\"\n         style=\"width:100%;position:relative;overflow:hidden;        aspect-ratio:2        ;\" >\n    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\n        class=\"\"\n        src=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Header_2.png\" style=\"transition: 0.35s all;height:100%;width:100%;        object-position: 50% 0%; object-fit: cover;\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n    \n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide rowPostHeader\">\n    <div id=\"postHeaderText\" class=\"col tcenter\" >\n        <div class=\"cat\"><a class=\"secondary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/category\/sports\/\">Deportes<\/a><\/div>\n        <div id=\"headerSocialIcons\" class=\"headerSocialIcons tleft\">\n            <a class=\"facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Fes%2Fsports%2Finterview-with-paralympic-champion-and-world-record-holder-salum-kashafali%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/sharing\/share-offsite\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Fes%2Fsports%2Finterview-with-paralympic-champion-and-world-record-holder-salum-kashafali%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"x\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/sports\/interview-with-paralympic-champion-and-world-record-holder-salum-kashafali\/&#038;text=\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Fes%2Fsports%2Finterview-with-paralympic-champion-and-world-record-holder-salum-kashafali%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <h1 class=\"\" >\u201cLa discapacidad es capacidad\u201d<\/h1>\n        <div class=\"articleintro\" >Entrevista con la campeona paral\u00edmpica y plusmarquista mundial Salum Kashafali<\/div>\n        <div class=\"date\">10 de mayo de 2023 <\/div>\n\n        <div id=\"\" class=\"headerSocialIconsMobile tcenter mobile\">\n            <a class=\"sharing\" id=\"mobileshare\" onclick='navigator.share({ \"title\": &quot;Interview with Paralympic Champion and World Record Holder Salum Kashafali&quot;, \"text\": &quot;Meet Salum Kashafali, the fastest 100m male para-athlete! Diagnosed with Stargardt disease at the age of 23, Salum was forced to change his athletic career once he became visually impaired. Now, at the age of 29, Salum holds the world record for the T12 100m event with a time of 10.43s. Determined to better the lives of those in his home country, Salum donates the money he wins through competitions to schools in Congo.\\nBorn in Goma, Congo, Salum Kashafali fled to Norway in 2003 because of the civil war. At the age of 17, Salum found a love for athletics and started to make his mark on the sporting world at a national level. After being diagnosed with Stargardt disease (a loss of central vision) at the age of 23, Salum struggled to find purpose in continuing to train as a professional athlete. Determined to never give up, he is the fastest male 100m T12 athlete of all time, holding the world record. CATch Up had the opportunity to chat with Salum on his athletic career and his project in Congo. Find out more below!\\n&quot;, \"url\": \"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/sports\/interview-with-paralympic-champion-and-world-record-holder-salum-kashafali\/\" })'  target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/sports\/interview-with-paralympic-champion-and-world-record-holder-salum-kashafali\/\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/sharing\/share-offsite\/?url=https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/sports\/interview-with-paralympic-champion-and-world-record-holder-salum-kashafali\/\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"x\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Fes%2Fsports%2Finterview-with-paralympic-champion-and-world-record-holder-salum-kashafali%2F&#038;text=\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Fes%2Fsports%2Finterview-with-paralympic-champion-and-world-record-holder-salum-kashafali%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_2b\" ><span class=\"textStyle_intro\">Conozca a Salum Kashafali, el paraatleta masculino m\u00e1s r\u00e1pido en 100 metros. Diagnosticado con la enfermedad de Stargardt a los 23 a\u00f1os, Salum se vio obligado a cambiar su carrera atl\u00e9tica cuando qued\u00f3 discapacitado visual. Ahora, a los 29 a\u00f1os, Salum ostenta el r\u00e9cord mundial de los 100 metros lisos con un tiempo de 10,43 segundos. Decidido a mejorar la vida de los habitantes de su pa\u00eds, Salum dona el dinero que gana en las competiciones a las escuelas del Congo.<\/span>\n<br\/>Nacido en Goma (Congo), Salum Kashafali huy\u00f3 a Noruega en 2003 a causa de la guerra civil. A los 17 a\u00f1os, Salum se aficion\u00f3 al atletismo y empez\u00f3 a dejar huella en el mundo del deporte a nivel nacional. Tras serle diagnosticada la enfermedad de Stargardt (p\u00e9rdida de la visi\u00f3n central) a los 23 a\u00f1os, Salum luch\u00f3 por encontrar sentido a seguir entren\u00e1ndose como atleta profesional. Decidido a no rendirse nunca, es el atleta masculino de 100 metros T12 m\u00e1s r\u00e1pido de todos los tiempos y ostenta el r\u00e9cord mundial. CATch Up tuvo la oportunidad de charlar con Salum sobre su carrera atl\u00e9tica y su proyecto en el Congo. M\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n a continuaci\u00f3n.<br\/>\n<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row image multi 1 -->\n<div class=\"row rowImages2 spacing\">\n\t<div class=\"\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t    <div class=\"bgimage\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.78618421052632  ; background-image: url('https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Grid1-e1683556340855.png'); background-size: cover;background-position: 50% 0%;width:100%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t    <div class=\"bgimage\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.79755283648498  ; background-image: url('https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Grid2-e1683556320686.png'); background-size: cover;background-position: 50% 0%;width:100%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row two columns -->\n<div class=\"row rowTwoColumnsWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div ><strong class=\"textStyle_description\">Conoce a Salum Kashafali al estilo FOREVER.FASTER.<\/strong>\n<br\/><strong>\u00bfEntrenar en invierno o en verano?<\/strong><br\/>\n<br\/>Salum: Verano<br\/>\n<br\/><strong>\u00bfDulce o salado? <\/strong><br\/>\n<br\/>Salum: Dulce<br\/>\n<br\/><strong>\u00bfSu dulce favorito?<\/strong><br\/>\n<br\/>Salum: Helado o chocolate<br\/>\n<br\/><strong>\u00bfCu\u00e1l es su artista favorito? <\/strong><br\/>\n<br\/>Salum: Burna Boy<br\/>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div ><br\/><strong>Una canci\u00f3n que puedes escuchar una y otra vez.<\/strong><br\/>\n<br\/>Salum: \u00a1Cualquier cosa de Bob Marley!<br\/>\n<br\/><strong>\u00bfGatos o perros? <\/strong><br\/>\n<br\/>Salum: Perros<br\/>\n<br\/><strong>\u00bfPasatiempos aparte del deporte?<\/strong><br\/>\n<br\/>Salum: Puzzles<br\/>\n<br\/><strong>\u00bfProducto PUMA favorito?<\/strong><br\/>\n<br\/>Salum: Tiene que ser los picos<br\/>\n<br\/><strong>\u00bfHay alg\u00fan atleta de PUMA que sea un modelo para ti? <\/strong><br\/>\n<br\/>Salum: Usain Bolt, \u00a1por supuesto!<br\/>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_2b\" ><span class=\"textStyle_intro\">\u201cEL TALENTO SIN DEDICACI\u00d3N NO TE LLEVAR\u00c1 LEJOS\u201d.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row two columns -->\n<div class=\"row rowTwoColumnsWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div ><br\/><strong>\u00bfCu\u00e1les son sus objetivos para este a\u00f1o?<\/strong><br\/>\n<br\/>Salum: Quiero correr m\u00e1s r\u00e1pido que el a\u00f1o pasado y ganar el Campeonato del Mundo.<br\/>\n<br\/><strong>Usted es la paral\u00edmpica m\u00e1s r\u00e1pida de todos los tiempos y bati\u00f3 un r\u00e9cord mundial en su primera competici\u00f3n como paraatleta. \u00bfC\u00f3mo se est\u00e1 preparando para los Campeonatos del Mundo de este a\u00f1o en Par\u00eds?\u00a0<\/strong><br\/>\n<br\/>Salum: Me estoy preparando para el campeonato del mundo simplemente haciendo entrenamientos diarios. \u00a1Hay que hacerlo! Tambi\u00e9n como bien, duermo bien y hago que el entrenamiento sea lo m\u00e1s \u00f3ptimo posible.<br\/>\n<br\/><strong>\u00bfTiene alg\u00fan ritual previo a la competici\u00f3n?<\/strong><br\/>\n<br\/>Salum: \u00a1S\u00ed! El d\u00eda antes de las competiciones siempre como pollo y arroz. Y por la ma\u00f1ana, un poco de sand\u00eda. Estas son algunas de las cosas que hay que hacer, y si no las tengo, siempre las llevo conmigo. O simplemente exprimo la sand\u00eda para sacar el zumo.<br\/>\n<br\/><strong>\u00bfC\u00f3mo afronta los d\u00edas malos?<\/strong><br\/>\n<br\/>Salum: No dejo que me definan ni lo que hago a diario. Reconozco que forman parte del ser humano. As\u00ed que las dejo estar.<br\/>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div ><br\/><strong>Tambi\u00e9n hemos le\u00eddo que es profesora de matem\u00e1ticas. \u00bfC\u00f3mo compagina la ense\u00f1anza con la formaci\u00f3n? <\/strong><br\/>\n<br\/>Salum: Antes era profesor de matem\u00e1ticas, pero ahora gracias a PUMA puedo ser atleta a tiempo completo. Ahora es mucho m\u00e1s f\u00e1cil compaginar mi vida diaria: cuando trabajaba, eran unas cinco-seis horas y encima ten\u00eda que entrenar tres-cuatro horas. Era demasiado cansado. Y los ni\u00f1os hacen mucho ruido. Di clases de 8\u00ba a 10\u00ba durante dos a\u00f1os.<br\/>\n<br\/><strong>\u00bfC\u00f3mo o por qu\u00e9 se aficion\u00f3 al atletismo?<\/strong><br\/>\n<br\/>Salum: Sent\u00ed que pertenec\u00eda all\u00ed. Sent\u00ed que era un lugar al que pod\u00eda ir, sentir curiosidad e intentar ser lo mejor posible. Es un lugar donde puedo divertirme y desarrollarme. Es como un patio de recreo. No importa la raza, la religi\u00f3n, todo el mundo puede reunirse y divertirse.<br\/>\n<br\/><strong>\u00bfSiempre le ha gustado correr o tambi\u00e9n practica otros deportes?<\/strong><br\/>\n<br\/>Salum: Tambi\u00e9n juego al f\u00fatbol.<br\/>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row image multi 1 -->\n<div class=\"row rowImages2 spacing\">\n\t<div class=\"\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t    <div class=\"bgimage\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.86281588447653  ; background-image: url('https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Grid4-e1683557557114.png'); background-size: cover;background-position: 50% 0%;width:100%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t    <div class=\"bgimage\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.84  ; background-image: url('https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Grid3-e1683557594600.png'); background-size: cover;background-position: 50% 0%;width:100%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_2b\" ><span class=\"textStyle_intro\">\u201cDISCAPACIDAD ES CAPACIDAD\u201d.\u201d<\/span>\n<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row two columns -->\n<div class=\"row rowTwoColumnsWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div ><br\/><strong>\u00bfQu\u00e9 consejo dar\u00eda a un joven aspirante a paraatleta?<\/strong><br\/>\n<br\/>Salum: El talento sin dedicaci\u00f3n no te llevar\u00e1 lejos. La dedicaci\u00f3n y el talento deben ir de la mano.<br\/>\n<br\/><strong>A los 23 a\u00f1os le diagnosticaron la enfermedad de Stargardt. \u00bfC\u00f3mo afront\u00f3 esta situaci\u00f3n y el cambio en su carrera deportiva? \u00bfSiempre supo que quer\u00eda seguir siendo atleta y correr en pista?<\/strong><br\/>\n<br\/>Salum: No, en realidad lo dej\u00e9 durante un a\u00f1o. No quer\u00eda ser atleta. No quer\u00eda hacer atletismo en absoluto. Ya no me ve\u00eda haciendo atletismo. As\u00ed que durante un a\u00f1o me dije: voy a volver a lo b\u00e1sico, a ense\u00f1ar o a buscar otras cosas que hacer en la vida. Volv\u00ed al atletismo porque un d\u00eda me di cuenta de que todav\u00eda puedo venir a un deporte y ser todo lo buena que puedo ser. No quer\u00eda parar mi vida porque me pasara algo. No quer\u00eda dejar que eso controlara mi vida. Quiero controlar mi vida. No quiero que me controle lo que me pas\u00f3. As\u00ed que quise volver al deporte e intentar demostrar a todo el mundo que la discapacidad es capacidad. La gente me dec\u00eda que nunca podr\u00edas volver a correr. Nunca podr\u00e1s estar en un campeonato, no podr\u00e1s hacer esto o aquello. Quer\u00eda demostrar a todo el mundo que estaba equivocado y fortalecerme para demostrar que pod\u00eda hacerlo.<br\/>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div ><br\/><strong>Vas a donar el dinero que has ganado en tu concurso a escuelas de Kongo. Puedes contarnos algo m\u00e1s sobre este incre\u00edble proyecto?<\/strong><br\/>\n<br\/>Salum: Cuando crec\u00eda, antes de venir a Noruega cuando ten\u00eda unos diez a\u00f1os, nunca tuve la oportunidad de ir a la escuela y aprender; ni siquiera sab\u00eda escribir mi propio nombre. En mi tierra se constru\u00edan m\u00e1s c\u00e1rceles que escuelas. Fue muy duro crecer en ese lugar. As\u00ed que me promet\u00ed a m\u00ed mismo cuando llegu\u00e9 a Noruega, que si alguna vez consegu\u00eda un trabajo, conseguir\u00eda el dinero e intentar\u00eda donar todo lo que pudiera. As\u00ed que me convert\u00ed en atleta. Lo primero que dije fue que el primer sueldo que cobrara, lo donar\u00eda. Y ah\u00ed empec\u00e9, a construir escuelas para que la gente pueda crecer con la mentalidad de cuanto m\u00e1s aprendemos, m\u00e1s ganamos. Puedes tener ropa bonita, puedes tener zapatos bonitos, puedes tener muchas cosas bonitas. Pero si no tienes educaci\u00f3n, si no tienes una mente sana, no vas a llegar a ninguna parte. S\u00f3lo quer\u00eda dar a esa gente la oportunidad de tomar sus propias decisiones.<br\/>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_default\" ><h2>Acerca de Salum Kashafali<\/h2>\n<p>\ud83d\udc5fNombre: Salum Ageze Kashafali<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc5fNacionalidad: RD del Congo\/Noruega<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc5fEdad: 29<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc5fDeporte: para-atletismo, clase de discapacidad T12<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc5fEventos: 100m<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc5fR\u00e9cord del mundo: T12 100m, tiempo de 10.43s<\/p>\n<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row social embed -->\n<div class=\"row rowEmbed1 spacing\">\n        <div class=\"col\">\n         <blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CqzyQ1aow0Q\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CqzyQ1aow0Q\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">Una publicaci\u00f3n compartida por Salum A. Kashafali (@salumkashafali)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote> <script async type='text\/plain' class='optanon-category-C0004' src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row image multi 1 -->\n<div class=\"row rowImages2 spacing\">\n\t<div class=\"\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t    <div class=\"bgimage\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.69230769230769  ; background-image: url('https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Sidebar.png'); background-size: cover;background-position: 50% 0%;width:100%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t    <div class=\"bgimage\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.69230769230769  ; background-image: url('https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Sidebar2-1.png'); background-size: cover;background-position: 50% 0%;width:100%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- row headline -->\n<div class=\"row headlineBlock rowSingleColumnWide\">\n    <div class=\"col\" style=\"margin-bottom: 2px;\">\n        <h2 >Seguir leyendo<\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"row articleMulti2 spacing\">\n\t    <div class=\"col articleTeaser\" >\n\t\t\t<a class=\"hoverzooma  scrollAnim\" href=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/sports\/forever-faster-interview-with-paralympic-puma-athlete-marlene-van-gansewinkel\/\" \n\t\t\t     tabindex=\"-1\" \n\t\t\t    id=\"49204\"\n\t\t\t     style=\"width:100%;position:relative;overflow:hidden;\t\t\t    aspect-ratio:1\t\t\t    ;\" >\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\n\t\t\t    class=\"hoverZoom\"\n\t\t\t    src=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Header-13.png\" style=\"transition: 0.35s all;height:100%;width:100%;\t\t\t    object-position: 50% 0%; object-fit: cover;\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/category\/sports\/\" class=\"secondary2\" style=\"margin-top: 17px;\">Deportes<\/a>\n\t        <h4>Siempre m\u00e1s r\u00e1pido: Entrevista con la atleta paral\u00edmpica de PUMA Marlene van Gansewinkel<\/h4>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"description shortExcerpt\">\n\t\t\t\tConozca a Marlene van Gansewinkel, \u00a1la mujer m\u00e1s r\u00e1pida sobre una pala! Nacida sin la parte inferior de la pierna izquierda ni la parte inferior del brazo izquierdo, Marlene tiene un impresionante palmar\u00e9s como atleta paral\u00edmpica. Marlene consigui\u00f3 dos medallas de oro en las pruebas femeninas de 100 m T64 y 200 m T64 en los Juegos Paral\u00edmpicos de Verano de 2021 en Tokio, Jap\u00f3n. Ahora tiene los ojos puestos en los Campeonatos del Mundo de este a\u00f1o en Par\u00eds.\nCATch Up tuvo la oportunidad de charlar con Marlene sobre sus h\u00e1bitos de entrenamiento, objetivos y consejos para otros aspirantes a para-atletas. Echa un vistazo a esta inspiradora entrevista.\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/sports\/forever-faster-interview-with-paralympic-puma-athlete-marlene-van-gansewinkel\/\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-trp-gettext=\"\">leer la historia<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t    <div class=\"col articleTeaser\" >\n\t\t\t<a class=\"hoverzooma  scrollAnim\" href=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/sports\/interview-with-puma-athlete-and-new-zealand-national-football-player-meikayla-moore\/\" \n\t\t\t     tabindex=\"-1\" \n\t\t\t    id=\"48977\"\n\t\t\t     style=\"width:100%;position:relative;overflow:hidden;\t\t\t    aspect-ratio:1\t\t\t    ;\" >\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\n\t\t\t    class=\"hoverZoom\"\n\t\t\t    src=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/header-Meikayla-Moore.jpg\" style=\"transition: 0.35s all;height:100%;width:100%;\t\t\t    object-position: 50% 0%; object-fit: cover;\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/category\/sports\/\" class=\"secondary2\" style=\"margin-top: 17px;\">Deportes<\/a>\n\t        <h4>Entrevista con Meikayla Moore, atleta PUMA y jugadora de la selecci\u00f3n nacional de f\u00fatbol de Nueva Zelanda<\/h4>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"description shortExcerpt\">\n\t\t\t\tMeikayla Moore es una experimentada defensa que ha jugado en clubes de Alemania, Inglaterra y, ahora, Escocia. Esta atleta PUMA de 26 a\u00f1os juega actualmente en el Glasgow City de la Premier League femenina escocesa y forma parte de la selecci\u00f3n nacional de Nueva Zelanda (las Football Ferns). Meikayla es tambi\u00e9n una apasionada defensora de los derechos LGBTQ+ y utiliza su plataforma para concienciar e inspirar a los dem\u00e1s.\nSu genial peinado mullet es tan \u00fanico y atrevido como su estilo de juego en el campo de f\u00fatbol. Durante su visita a la sede de PUMA, tuvimos la suerte de charlar con ella. Averigua lo que significa para ella formar parte de la Copa Mundial, coorganizada por su pa\u00eds de origen, y por qu\u00e9 es importante para ella ser un miembro abierto de la comunidad LGBTQ+.\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/sports\/interview-with-puma-athlete-and-new-zealand-national-football-player-meikayla-moore\/\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-trp-gettext=\"\">leer la historia<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conozca a Salum Kashafali, el paraatleta masculino m\u00e1s r\u00e1pido en 100 metros. Diagnosticado con la enfermedad de Stargardt a los 23 a\u00f1os, Salum se vio obligado a cambiar su carrera atl\u00e9tica cuando qued\u00f3 discapacitado visual. Ahora, a los 29 a\u00f1os, Salum ostenta el r\u00e9cord mundial de los 100 metros lisos con un tiempo de 10,43 segundos. Decidido a mejorar la vida de los habitantes de su pa\u00eds, Salum dona el dinero que gana en las competiciones a las escuelas del Congo.<br \/>\nNacido en Goma (Congo), Salum Kashafali huy\u00f3 a Noruega en 2003 a causa de la guerra civil. A los 17 a\u00f1os, Salum se aficion\u00f3 al atletismo y empez\u00f3 a dejar huella en el mundo del deporte a nivel nacional. Tras serle diagnosticada la enfermedad de Stargardt (p\u00e9rdida de la visi\u00f3n central) a los 23 a\u00f1os, Salum luch\u00f3 por encontrar sentido a seguir entren\u00e1ndose como atleta profesional. Decidido a no rendirse nunca, es el atleta masculino de 100 metros T12 m\u00e1s r\u00e1pido de todos los tiempos y ostenta el r\u00e9cord mundial. CATch Up tuvo la oportunidad de charlar con Salum sobre su carrera atl\u00e9tica y su proyecto en el Congo. M\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n a continuaci\u00f3n.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":50301,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_top_article":false,"is_featured_article":true,"EasyPostViewCounter":1925,"meta-headline":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"class_list":["post-50269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"fullData":{"ID":50269,"post_author":"16","post_date":"2023-05-10 09:44:40","post_date_gmt":"2023-05-10 07:44:40","post_content":"<!-- wp:puma\/row-post-header {\"image\":{\"width\":1140,\"height\":640,\"file\":\"2023\/05\/Header_2.png\",\"filesize\":360284,\"sizes\":{\"medium\":{\"file\":\"Header_2-300x168.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":168,\"mime-type\":\"image\/png\",\"filesize\":38695},\"large\":{\"file\":\"Header_2-1024x575.png\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":575,\"mime-type\":\"image\/png\",\"filesize\":334601},\"thumbnail\":{\"file\":\"Header_2-150x150.png\",\"width\":150,\"height\":150,\"mime-type\":\"image\/png\",\"filesize\":19312},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"Header_2-768x431.png\",\"width\":768,\"height\":431,\"mime-type\":\"image\/png\",\"filesize\":193569},\"trp-custom-language-flag\":{\"file\":\"Header_2-18x10.png\",\"width\":18,\"height\":10,\"mime-type\":\"image\/png\",\"filesize\":810}},\"image_meta\":{\"aperture\":\"0\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"0\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"0\",\"iso\":\"0\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"0\",\"keywords\":[]},\"id\":50301,\"alt\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"description\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Header_2.png\",\"title\":\"Header_2\",\"aspect_ratio\":1.78125,\"focalPointLeft\":0.5,\"focalPointTop\":0},\"headline\":\"\\u0022Disability is ability\\u0022\",\"content\":\"Interview with Paralympic Champion and World Record Holder Salum Kashafali\"} \/--><!-- wp:puma\/row-text-single {\"content\":\"\\u003cspan class=\\u0022textStyle_intro\\u0022\\u003eMeet Salum Kashafali, the fastest 100m male para-athlete! Diagnosed with Stargardt disease at the age of 23, Salum was forced to change his athletic career once he became visually impaired. Now, at the age of 29, Salum holds the world record for the T12 100m event with a time of 10.43s. Determined to better the lives of those in his home country, Salum donates the money he wins through competitions to schools in Congo.\\u003c\/span\\u003e\\n\\u0026lt;br\/\\u0026gt;Born in Goma, Congo, Salum Kashafali fled to Norway in 2003 because of the civil war. At the age of 17, Salum found a love for athletics and started to make his mark on the sporting world at a national level. After being diagnosed with Stargardt disease (a loss of central vision) at the age of 23, Salum struggled to find purpose in continuing to train as a professional athlete. Determined to never give up, he is the fastest male 100m T12 athlete of all time, holding the world record. CATch Up had the opportunity to chat with Salum on his athletic career and his project in Congo. 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I don\u2019t want to be controlled by what happened to me. So, I wanted to come back to the sport and try and show everybody that disability is ability. People told me that you can never run again. You can never be in a championship, you can\u2019t do this or that. I wanted to prove everybody wrong and strengthen myself to show I could do it.\\u0026lt;br\/\\u0026gt;\\n\",\"contentRight\":\"\\u0026lt;br\/\\u0026gt;\\u0026lt;strong\\u0026gt;You are donating the money you\u2019ve won in your competition to schools in Kongo. Can you tell us a bit more about this amazing project?\\u0026lt;\/strong\\u0026gt;\\u0026lt;br\/\\u0026gt;\\n\\u0026lt;br\/\\u0026gt;Salum: When I was growing up, before I came to Norway when I was around ten years old, I never got the opportunity to go to school and learn \u2013 I couldn\u2019t even write my own name. Where I am from, they were building more jails than schools. It was really hard to grow up in that place. 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Diagnosticado con la enfermedad de Stargardt a los 23 a\u00f1os, Salum se vio obligado a cambiar su carrera atl\u00e9tica cuando qued\u00f3 discapacitado visual. Ahora, a los 29 a\u00f1os, Salum ostenta el r\u00e9cord mundial de los 100 metros lisos con un tiempo de 10,43 segundos. Decidido a mejorar la vida de los habitantes de su pa\u00eds, Salum dona el dinero que gana en las competiciones a las escuelas del Congo.\nNacido en Goma (Congo), Salum Kashafali huy\u00f3 a Noruega en 2003 a causa de la guerra civil. A los 17 a\u00f1os, Salum se aficion\u00f3 al atletismo y empez\u00f3 a dejar huella en el mundo del deporte a nivel nacional. Tras serle diagnosticada la enfermedad de Stargardt (p\u00e9rdida de la visi\u00f3n central) a los 23 a\u00f1os, Salum luch\u00f3 por encontrar sentido a seguir entren\u00e1ndose como atleta profesional. Decidido a no rendirse nunca, es el atleta masculino de 100 metros T12 m\u00e1s r\u00e1pido de todos los tiempos y ostenta el r\u00e9cord mundial. CATch Up tuvo la oportunidad de charlar con Salum sobre su carrera atl\u00e9tica y su proyecto en el Congo. M\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n a continuaci\u00f3n.","status":"publish","password":"","name":"Entrevista con el campe\u00f3n paral\u00edmpico y plusmarquista mundial Salum Kashafali","modified":"2025-09-19 14:35:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19 14:35:51","content_filtered":"","parent":0,"type":"post","mime_type":"","template":"","category":[18],"datetime_local":"10 de mayo de 2023, 7:44","date_local":"10 de mayo de 2023","time_local":"7:44","slug":"interview-with-paralympic-champion-and-world-record-holder-salum-kashafali","url":"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/sports\/interview-with-paralympic-champion-and-world-record-holder-salum-kashafali\/","featured_image":{"width":1140,"height":640,"file":"2023\/05\/Header_2.png","filesize":360284,"sizes":{"medium":{"file":"Header_2-300x168.png","width":300,"height":168,"mime-type":"image\/png","filesize":38695},"large":{"file":"Header_2-1024x575.png","width":1024,"height":575,"mime-type":"image\/png","filesize":334601},"thumbnail":{"file":"Header_2-150x150.png","width":150,"height":150,"mime-type":"image\/png","filesize":19312},"medium_large":{"file":"Header_2-768x431.png","width":768,"height":431,"mime-type":"image\/png","filesize":193569},"trp-custom-language-flag":{"file":"Header_2-18x10.png","width":18,"height":10,"mime-type":"image\/png","filesize":810}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]},"id":50301,"alt":"","caption":"","description":"","url":"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Header_2.png","title":"Encabezado_2","aspect_ratio":1.78125,"focalPointLeft":0.5,"focalPointTop":0},"headline":"Interview with Paralympic Champion and World Record Holder Salum Kashafali","categories":[{"term_id":18,"name":"Deportes","slug":"sports","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":18,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":859,"filter":"raw","url":"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/category\/sports\/"}],"theCategory":{"term_id":18,"name":"Deportes","slug":"sports","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":18,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":859,"filter":"raw","url":"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/category\/sports\/"},"isFeaturedArticle":true,"isTopArticle":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}