Syrian Swimmer Yusra Mardini, Refugee Olympians to Shine in Rio


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A year since fleeing Syria and being forced to swim for her life, Yusra Mardini has become the first athlete to represent the refugee team at Rio 2016. Syrian Mardini, 18, won her women's.


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CNN — It took Yusra Mardini a long time to come around to the notion of being a refugee. From the day the Syrian fled her home in Damascus to the moment she stepped out into Brazil's Maracanã.


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Yusra Mardini delights with butterfly heat win for Refugee Olympic Team | Rio 2016 | The Guardian Yusra Mardini won her heat in 1min 9.21sec, just over a second faster than her nearest.


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Yusra Mardini is the first of the Olympic Refugee Team in action, but the 100m butterfly heats in Rio are a life away from where the Syrian started.. Rio Olympics 2016. Rio 2016: Syrian swimmer.


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Aside from Mardini, two others have been named: Raheleh Asemani, an Iranian taekwondo fighter who is now in Belgium, and Popole Misenga, who sought asylum in Brazil in 2013 while competing in Rio.


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Yusra Mardini, the refugee Olympian who captured hearts at Rio 2016, to have her story told in Hollywood film. The 20-year-old was given a standing ovation at the 2016 Games just one year after.


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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: "The moment I entered the stadium, that changed the way.


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On Saturday, Yusra Mardini, a Syrian refugee now based in Germany, stormed to win her women's 100-metre butterfly heat but failed to qualify for the semi-finals. Despite this, the swimmer.


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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. On 27 April 2017, Mardini was appointed a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador.


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Swimming Games Participations 2 First Olympic Games Rio 2016 Year of Birth 1998 Social Media Olympic Results Biography Prior to the war in Syria, Yusra was a competitive swimmer who represented her country in international competitions.


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The hard work paid off and in June 2016, Mardini was awarded one of the ten team berths to compete at the Games in Brazil. She won her 100m butterfly heat, raking 41st among 45 entrants overall, but the real victory was that she had survived significant odds to compete on this stage at all.