Tommy Kafri

Tommy Kafri (born Mezei Tamás on 3 October 1976, Budapest) is a retired Hungarian-Israeli sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres.

He competed at the 1997 World Championships (100 metres),[1] the 1998 European Indoor Championships (both 60 and 200 metres),[2][3] the 1998 European Championships (in both 100 and 200 metres),[4][5] the 1999 World Championships (both 100 and 200 metres)[1] and the 2000 Olympic Games (100 metres).[6] He won a single Israeli national title: in the 200 metres in 1996.[7]

In the 4 x 100 metres relay he competed at the 1999 World Championships,[8] the 2000 Olympic Games[6] and the 2001 World Championships without reaching the final.[9]

His personal best times were 10.23 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in July 1999 in Tel Aviv; and 20.89 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved at the 1999 World Championships in Seville.[1] He still holds the Israeli record in the 200 metres, tied with Gideon Jablonka.

He went back to Hungary in 2006, changed his nationality back to Hungarian in 2007.[10]

See also

References
  1. Tommy Kafri at World Athletics
  2. "1998 European Indoor Championships, men's 60 metres first round". Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
  3. "1998 European Indoor Championships, men's 200 metres semi-final". Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
  4. "Men 100m European Championships 1998 Budapest (HUN)". Todor Krastev. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
  5. "Men 200m European Championships 1998 Budapest (HUN)". Todor Krastev. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
  6. "Tommy Kafri". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
  7. "Israeli Championships". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
  8. "Men 4x100m Relay World Championship 1999 Sevilla (ESP)". Todor Krastev. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
  9. "Men 4x100m Relay World Championship 2001 Edmonton (CAN)". Todor Krastev. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
  10. "Transfers of Allegiance: 2006 / 2007" (PDF). IAAF. Archived from the original (pdf) on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2010.


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