
Yusra Mardini OLY is a Syrian swimmer based in Hamburg, Germany, and she was a member of the Refugee Olympic Athletes Team (ROT), which participated under the Olympic flag at the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics in 2016.
Yusra Mardini was named a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador on April 27, 2017, and she also competed with the Refugee Olympic Team in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo (EOR).
Yusra Mardini trained in swimming as a child in Darayya, a Damascus suburb, with the help of the Syrian Olympic Committee. She competed for Syria in the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in the 200-meter individual medley, 200-meter freestyle, and 400-meter freestyle events in 2012. And the Syrian Civil War destroyed Mardini’s home. In August 2015, Mardini and her sister Sara decided to depart Syria.
Yusra Mardini’s father: Who is Mohamed Ezzat Mardini?
Yusra Mardini’s father is Ezzat and he is a swim instructor. There is no much information about her father.
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