Tag: Yusra Mardini
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Yusra Mardini Interview | Syrian Olympic Refugee Swimmer
Yusra Mardini is a Syrian swimmer currently living in Germany. 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. In this interview with MySwimPro CEO Fares Ksebati, Yusra shares how she is training during the quarantine in Germany,…
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Syrian Swimmer Splashes into Stardom
Yusra Mardini nearly drowned trying to escape the war in Syria. A year later, she was competing in the Olympics. Here’s her story. https://youtu.be/gL9MIojZwj8
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Refugee to Rio: Syrian swimmer splashes into stardom
The story of Syrian swimmer Yusra Mardini who took the 2016 Rio Olympics by storm is to be told in a Hollywood movie and a memoir that she hopes will inspire others and challenge negative perceptions of refugees. READ THE FULL STORY: http://news.trust.org/item/2018042600…
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Special Interview Yusra Mardini, UNHCR Supporter and Olympic Swimmer
Special Interview Yusra Mardini, UNHCR Supporter and Olympic Swimmer
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Under Armour Signs Syrian Refugee, Olympian Yusra Mardini to Endorsement Deal
Yusra Mardini’s incredible story has taken another turn, as the Syrian refugee and Olympic swimmer recently signed an endorsement deal with Under Armour. “I shouldn’t be alive today,” Mardini says in a promotional video released by Under Armour. “I should have been one of the many faceless refugees who died along the way. But I…
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Refugee Olympic Team: Where are they now?
They came, they saw, their stories inspired the world. Ten athletes — victims of unimaginable hardship, forced to leave their homes in South Sudan, Congo, Ethiopia and Syria — united under a single flag. IOC President Thomas Bach called them “a symbol of hope” in a time of crisis. The Human Rights Watch claimed their…
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Yusra Mardini, A Young Refugee, Finds Safety in Her New Home
The United Nations Department of Public Information has launched a new animated video on the dramatic story of Yusra Mardini, a young refugee from conflict-torn Syria who achieved her dream to compete in the Olympics last year. Yusra Mardini was appointed as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the UN…
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Syrian Swimmer Yusra Mardini appointed UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador
Olympic swimmer Yusra Mardini, a Syrian who fled across the Mediterranean, was today appointed a Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency and pledged to work harder to inspire refugees around the world. Mardini, 19, who competed in last summer’s games in Rio de Janeiro as a member of the first-ever Refugee Olympic Team,…