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Yusra Mardini is a Syrian competitive swimmer born on March 5, 1998, in Damascus. She resides in Berlin and is a member of the sports team Wasserfreunde Spandau 04. Mardini competes in the butterfly stroke and front crawl disciplines, representing Syria in international events. She has participated in the women's 100 metre freestyle and 100 metre butterfly events at the 2016 Summer Olympics, as well as the women's 100 metre butterfly at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Mardini is affiliated with the Olympic Athlete program and holds the honorific suffix OLY. She speaks Spanish and English and practices Islam. Her sibling is Sara Mardini. Mardini has authored works including *Swimmers* and *Mariposa / Butterfly*.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Swimmers
- Mariposa / Butterfly
- Butterfly
via Open Library + Wikidata
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2021 · cited 6,884x
- LSST: From Science Drivers to Reference Design and Anticipated Data Products
· 2019 · cited 3,504x
- Early childhood development coming of age: science through the life course
· 2017 · cited 2,337x
- The reactome pathway knowledgebase 2022
· 2021 · cited 1,912x
- Global, regional, and national burden of disorders affecting the nervous system, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
· 2024 · cited 1,784x
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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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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
- Member of team
- Wasserfreunde Spandau 04
- Country for sport
- Syria
- Mass
- 53
- Official website
- www.yusra-mardini.com
- Image
- Yusra Mardini (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 168
- Work location
- Berlin
- Residence
- Berlin
Show 6 more facts
- date of birth
- 1998-03-05
- Commons category
- Yusra Mardini
- sports discipline competed in
- front crawl
- social media followers
- 24063
- honorific suffix
- OLY
- affiliation string
- Olympic Athlete
Sources (7)
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Encyclopedic overview
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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