Anas Al Khalifa

Anas Al Khalifa (born 1993) is a Syrian paracanoeist, who competed for the Refugee Paralympic Team at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Born in Syria, he now lives in Germany.

Personal life Al Khalifa was born in 1993, in Hama. He fled the country due to the Syrian civil war. He lived in an internment camp for two years, before fleeing to Turkey in 2014. He later travelled through Greece, and in August 2015, Al Khalifa arrived in Germany, where he got a job installing solar panels.

In 2018, Al Khalifa broke his back in a workplace accident, and became reliant on a wheelchair. His brother was killed in Syria in 2020. He competed in the KL1 and VL2 events, finishing sixth in the heats of both events. and was fifth and last in his VL2 semi-final. Later in the year, Al Khalifa came fifth in the KL1 event at the 2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships. He competed for Germany at the championships.