Person
- Born
- 1998-03-05
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Key facts
- Native name
- يسرى مارديني
- Born
- Yusra Mardini , ( 1998-03-05 ) 5 March 1998 (age 28) , Darayya , Damascus , Syria
- Occupation
- competition swimmer
- Years active
- 2012–2022
- Height
- 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
- Country
- Syria
- Sport
- Freestyle swimming , Butterfly stroke
- Coached by
- Sven Spannekrebs and Radwan Obeidat
- Olympic finals
- member of Refugee Olympic Team 2016 and 2020
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Key dates
- Born
- 5 March 1998
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Syria
- Place of birth
- Damascus
- Sibling
- Sara Mardini
- Occupation
- swimmer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Islam
- Field of work
- national sports team
- Sport
- competitive swimming
Article
Yusra Mardini (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 first ever 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. She also competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo with the Refugee Olympic Team (EOR). She was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2023, alongside her sister, Sarah.
Early life
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1998 births21st-century Syrian sportswomenLiving peopleRefugee Olympic Team at the 2016 Summer OlympicsRefugee Olympic Team at the 2020 Summer OlympicsRefugees of the Syrian civil warSportspeople from DamascusSwimmers at the 2016 Summer OlympicsSwimmers at the 2020 Summer OlympicsSyrian autobiographersSyrian emigrants to GermanySyrian expatriate sportspeople in Germany