Dzmitry Salei

Dima (Facebook profile, 09 Nov 2020)

Winning gold in the S13 100m butterfly at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing, People's Republic of China. (Athlete, 04 Mar 2019)

Belarusian ice hockey player Ruslan Salei. (Athlete, 04 Mar 2019)

He has received the title of Master of Sport of International Class in Belarus. (paradefsport.by, 27 Dec 2019; Athlete, 04 Mar 2019)

In recognition of his performance at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, he received the Order for Service to the Fatherland [third grade] in Azerbaijan. (president.az, 21 Sep 2016)

His younger brother Raman Salei has represented Azerbaijan in Para swimming and competed at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, and the world championships in 2019. He represented Belarus earlier in his career and competed at the 2010 World Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands. (sportpanorama.by, 12 Sep 2019; president.az, 21 Sep 2016)

To win gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Athlete, 18 Feb 2021)

He was born with a vision impairment. (Athlete, 15 Jul 2015)

BROTHERLY BRONZE
At the 2019 World Championships in London, England, he and his younger brother Raman Salei, who represented Azerbaijan, were both awarded bronze medals in the S12 50m freestyle after finishing with exactly the same time [24.32s]. (sportpanorama.by, 12 Sep 2019; paralympic.org, 11 Sep 2019)

REPRESENTING AZERBAIJAN
He competed for Belarus at the Paralympic Games in 2008 and 2012, but switched to represent Azerbaijan ahead of the 2014 European Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands, and competed at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. He has since switched back and swam for Belarus again at the 2018 European Championships in Dublin, Ireland. (paradefsport.by, 20 Aug 2018; insidethegames.biz, 04 Aug 2014; pressball.by, 03 Dec 2013)