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Yusra Mardini

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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). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2024). Yusra Mardini is the 175th most popular swimmer (down from 142nd in 2024), the 190th most popular biography from Syria (down from 185th in 2019) and the most popular Syrian Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Yusra Mardini ranks 175 out of 709. Before her are Debbie Meyer, Eleanor Holm, Caeleb Dressel, Shirley Stobs, Julius Frey, and Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher. After her are Krisztina Egerszegi, Raymond Thorne, John Konrads, Amedee Reyburn, Anthony Nesty, and Valerie Davies.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1998, Yusra Mardini ranks 41. Before her are Dayot Upamecano, Cristian Romero, Central Cee, Christian Pulisic, Merih Demiral, and Faiq Bolkiah. After her are Patricia Janečková, Aitana Bonmatí, Lance Stroll, Casper Ruud, Manuel Locatelli, and G Hannelius.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Yusra Mardini ranks 190 out of 210. Before her are Maximos IV Sayegh (1878), Abdulbaset Sieda (1956), Abu Mohammad al-Adnani (1977), Ghada Shouaa (1972), Bassel Khartabil (1981), and Razan Zaitouneh (1977). After her are Samar Yazbek (1970), Yasser Seirawan (1960), Assala Nasri (1969), Randa Kassis (1970), Hevrin Khalaf (1984), and Naser Khader (1963).

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Among SWIMMERS In Syria

Among swimmers born in Syria, Yusra Mardini ranks 1. After her are Ayman Klzie (1993).

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