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Yusra Mardini OLY (Arabic: يسرى مارديني; born 5 March 1998) is a Syrian former competition swimmer and refugee of the Syrian civil war. She was a member of the Refugee Olympic Athletes Team (ROT) that competed under the Olympic flag at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. [1]
Nov 10, 2022 · Find out how the Syrian-born swimmer survived a near-death experience, and why competing at the Rio 2016 Olympics turned her into a beacon of hope for millions around the world.
Jul 27, 2024 · Yusra Mardini, a Syrian refugee, is one such athlete who escaped her war-ravaged nation as a teenager and went on to participate in the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games. Yusra was just 16 years old when she escaped from the civil war in her home in Syria in August 2015.
Jul 19, 2024 · Yusra Mardini: I really love storytelling. Since making her Olympic debut aged 18, Mardini has become a powerful voice for displaced people worldwide. Her dramatic journey from Syria to Europe made headlines during the Rio 2016 Games, and Netflix turned her story into an acclaimed movie.
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Biography. Prior to the war in Syria, Yusra was a competitive swimmer who represented her country in international competitions. As the war intensified, Yusra and her sister left Damascus in early August 2015 and reached Berlin in September 2015.
Apr 13, 2023 · In 2015, sisters and competitive swimmers Yusra and Sara Mardini fled Syria because of conflict. During the dangerous sea crossing from Turkey to Greece, their dinghy’s engine failed. The ...
Olympic swimmer and Syrian refugee Yusra Mardini was appointed the youngest-ever Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency in April 2017, aged just nineteen. By sharing her inspiring story, Yusra has become a powerful voice for forcibly displaced people worldwide.
