Sporting Witness
Sporting Witness
Tofiri Kibuuka - Africa's paralympic pioneer
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May 28, 2020
9 minutes
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The blind African paralympian Tofiri Kibuuka has the unique distinction of competing successfully for two different countries in two different events. In 1976, Kibbuuka represented Uganda in cross-country skiing at the inaugural winter Paralympics in Sweden. To escape the Idi Amin regime, Kibbuka then took Norwegian nationality and switched to middle-distancing running, taking part in three successive summer Paralympics. A pioneer of blind sport in Africa, he talks to Steve Hankey. The programme is a Whistledown Production.
PHOTO: Tofiri Kibuuka (personal collection)