Tommy Kafri is a retired Hungarian

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

-Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

i sprinter who specialized in the 100

100 metres

The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...

 and 200 metres

200 metres

A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...

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He was born in in Budapest, Hungary, but emigrated to Israel from Hungary in 1986 and became one of the country's top sprinters. He was nickname

Nickname

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d Tommy Turbo, and broke the national record in the 100 metres six times in a span of three years.

He competed at the 1997 World Championships

1997 World Championships in Athletics

The 6th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece between August 1 and August 10, 1997. In this event participated 1882 athletes from 198 participant nations...

 (100 metres

1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres

These are the results of the Men's 100 metres event at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece.-Medalists:-Heats:First 3 of each Heat and the next 9 fastest qualified for the quarterfinals.-Quarterfinals:...

), the 1998 European Indoor Championships

1998 European Indoor Athletics Championships

The 25th European Athletics Indoor Championships were held from Friday, 27 February to Sunday, 1 March 1998 at the Palace of Luis Puig, Valencia, Spain.-Men:-Women:-Medal table:-External links:* - Athletix...

 (both 60 and 200 metres), the 1998 European Championships (in both 100 and 200 metres), the 1999 World Championships

1999 World Championships in Athletics

The 7th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Estadio Olímpico, Seville, Spain, between the August 20 and August 29....

 (both 100 and 200 metres) and the 2000 Olympic Games

Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, 46 events in athletics were contested, 24 for men and 22 for women. There were a total number of 2134 participating athletes from 193 countries.-Men's events:...

 (100 metres). He won a single Israeli national title: in the 200 metres in 1996.

In the 4 x 100 metres relay

4 x 100 metres relay

The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race...

 he competed at the 1999 World Championships, the 2000 Olympic Games and the 2001 World Championships without reaching the final. He was also a member of the Israeli relay team at the 2002 European Championships, but they did not finish their preliminary race.

His personal best times were 10.23 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in July 1999 in Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv

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; and 20.89 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved at the 1999 World Championships in Seville

Seville

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. He still holds the Israeli record

Israeli records in athletics

The following are the national records in athletics in Israel maintained by Israeli Athletic Association .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:ht = hand timing# = not recognised by federationOT = oversized trackA = affected by altitude- External links :...

 in the 200 metres, tied with Gideon Jablonka

Gideon Jablonka

Gideon Jablonka is a retired Israeli sprinter.He competed in the 2000 Olympic 200 metres without reaching the final. He won five national championships...

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In 2007 Kafri changed his nationality back to Hungarian.