GENEVA – 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 ... New Netflix film, The Swimmers, tells the remarkable tale of Yusra Mardini, a young Syrian refugee and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador, who escaped conflict and went on to compete in two Olympics. “This is ...
NBC 7 San Diego: Refugee Swimmer Yusra Mardini Wins First Heat at Rio Eighteen-year-old swimmer Yusra Mardini, a Syrian refugee who competes for the refugee team at the Olympics, won her first heat at the Rio Games on Saturday. Mardini posted a 1:09:21 time in the women ... Last summer Yusra Mardini, 18, struggled to push a disabled dinghy overloaded with refugees through frigid waters off the Turkish coast, according to NBC News. A competitive swimmer for most of her ...
yusra mardini swimmer, GhanaWeb: Meet Yusra Mardini: The 17-year-old Olympian who helped save 20 lives at sea In the middle of a stormy stretch of the Aegean Sea, 17-year-old Yusra Mardini looked fear and despair in the eye and refused to back down. Meet Yusra Mardini: The 17-year-old Olympian who helped save 20 lives at sea Last summer, Yusra Mardini was swimming through the Aegean Sea in a last-ditch attempt to survive a perilous sea crossing from Turkey to Greece. This summer, she hopes to swim in the Olympics. Mardini ... NBC New York: How Yusra Mardini Survived a 25-Day Trek From Syria And Became an Olympian How Yusra Mardini Survived a 25-Day Trek From Syria And Became an Olympian
