Birth name Raman Salei Nationality Belarusian Country Azerbaijan | Full name Raman Sergeevich Salei Citizenship Azerbaijan Sport Swimming | |
Born February 27, 1994 (age 23) ( 1994-02-27 ) | ||
Raman Sergeevich Salei (Azerbaijani: Raman Sergeyeviç Salei) – Azerbaijani paralympic-swimmer Belarusian origin. He represented Azerbaijan at the 2016 Summer Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Biography
Roman Salei was born February 27, 1994. In 2013, Roman's elder brother Dzmitry Salei decided to perform for Azerbaijan. According to him, in Azerbaijan, "related to athletes and training conditions much better" and "athletes do not cheat". Dzmitry also offered to go with him – his brother Roman to Azerbaijan, who agreed.
In July 2015 among paralympians in Glasgow, Scotland for the World Swimming Championships Roman won the silver medal in the race at a distance of 50 m freestyle.
At the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro Roman took silver in the 100 meters backstroke. In September 2016 Roman Salei ordered of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev for high achievements at the 2016 Summer Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, and for merits in development of the Azerbaijani sport he was awarded the Order "For Service to the Fatherland" III degree.