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Sporting Witness: Tofiri Kibuuka - Africa's paralympic pioneer

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28/05/2020 GMT

Tofiri Kibuuka - Africa's paralympic pioneer

BBC World Service - Sporting Witness, Tofiri Kibuuka - Africa's paralympic pioneer

The blind athlete who competed in both the winter and summer Paralympic games.

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)

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