Mohammad Amin Alsalami
Syrian athlete (born 1994) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mohammad Amin Alsalami (Arabic: محمد أمين السلامي; born 25 July 1994) is a Syrian long jumper who holds the Syrian national record.[1]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Syrian |
| Born | 25 July 1994 Aleppo, Syria |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Long jump |
| Club | SCC Berlin |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | Long jump: 7.88m (2022) NR |
Early life
From Aleppo, Syria, he is one nine siblings. Initially a sprinter, he was encouraged by a sports teacher to take up long and triple jump as a teenager. After war broke out in Syria his family was displaced a number of times in Syria before fleeing in a dinghy across the Mediterranean Sea and walking across Europe on foot. He ultimately sought refugee status in Germany, settling in Berlin in October 2015.[2][3][4]
Career
He set an indoors personal best of 7.87 metres in 2022. That year, he set an outdoors personal best of 7.88 metres.[5]
He competed as part of the refugee team at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, the first member of the refugee team to compete in a technical event.[6][7][8]
He competed on the IOC Refugee Team in the long jump at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[9][10][11]
References
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