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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.
Nov 10, 2022 · We take a look at Yusra Mardini’s incredible life story, from near-death experience to two-time IOC Refugee Olympic Team athlete, and why she is now an inspiration for millions around the world. 4 min By Olympics.com
Dec 15, 2023 · Yusra Mardini: ‘I’m a symbol of hope’. The refugee, Olympian, model, student and philanthropist is on a mission to give displaced people a brighter future. Yusra Mardini © Stefan...
Apr 13, 2023 · By Cate Blanchett. April 13, 2023 6:32 AM EDT. In 2015, sisters and competitive swimmers Yusra and Sara Mardini fled Syria because of conflict. During the dangerous sea crossing from Turkey to...
Jul 23, 2021 · For refugee athlete Yusra Mardini, when she walked out under the IOC Refugee Olympic Team flag at the Opening Ceremony in Rio 2016 it was quite simply life-changing. Speaking in conversation with five-time Olympic champion Katie Ledeck y on Olympic Day, the 22-year-old swimmer reflected:
Jul 24, 2021 · (2016 Getty Images) Yusra Mardini was back in Olympic water on Saturday (24 July). Five years after Mardini was a part of the inaugural IOC Refugee Olympic Team, the Syrian native and German resident competed in the 100m butterfly at Tokyo 2020. It was another chapter in her inspiring story.
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. In August 2015, Yusra fled the Syrian Civil War with her sister Sara.
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