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Yusra Mardini
Syrian swimmer (born 1998) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Birth name | Yusra Mardini |
Born | (1998-03-05) 5 March 1998 (age 26) Darayya, Damascus, Syria |
Occupation | Swimmer |
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
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Country | Syria Refugee Olympic Team |
Sport | Freestyle swimming, Butterfly stroke |
Coached by | Sven Spannekrebs |
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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] On 27 April 2017, Mardini was appointed a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador.[2] She also competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo with the Refugee Olympic Team (EOR).[3] She was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2023, alongside her sister, Sarah.[4]