Noticias y Actualizaciones de Yusra Mardini

Yusra Mardini on why Olympic refugee teams matter now more than ever

"They're going to send a very strong message of hope," said two-time Olympian Yusra Mardini, who com...

Jun 22, 2026 • USA TODAY

Yusra Mardini and the power of sport in ‘the next steps’ of Syria’s new era

Yusra Mardini stepped on a plane back to Germany for the holidays overwhelmed by emotion. News had j...

Dec 25, 2024 • Yahoo! Sports

Syrian Refugee Yusra Mardini’s Story of Hope Is Still Being Written

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 2015, 17-year-old Yusra Mar...

Apr 27, 2023 • Yahoo

Netflix 'The Swimmers' follows refugee Yusra Mardini's path to the Olympics while trying to 'cling' to normality

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yusra Mardini made headlines i...

Nov 23, 2022 • Yahoo

From Syrian Refugee to Two-Time Olympian

Yusra Mardini is an inspiration. At only 17 years old, she fled her war-torn home country of Syria w...

Jul 16, 2024 • Yahoo! Sports

Yusra Mardini Is One of PEOPLE's 25 Women Changing the World: 'Yes, We Are Refugees, But We Can Do Anything'

Mardini, whose strong swimming helped save a boatload of Syrians off the coast of Greece, was chosen...

Nov 04, 2016 • People

Yusra Mardini Appointed UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today announced the appointment of Syrian refugee and Olympic athlete ...

Apr 26, 2017 • Celebrity Causes

Yusra Mardini, Olympian Who Crossed A Sea At 17 To Escape War-Torn Syria

The Olympic Games, considered the pinnacle of sporting competition, got off to a grand start in Pari...

Jul 25, 2024 • NDTV

First-ever Olympic team of refugees competes in Rio

For the first time in Olympic history, a team of refugees will be competing in the 2016 Summer Games...

Aug 05, 2016 • CBS News

‘Refugees don’t leave their countries because of any luxury the world can offer’: Olympic swimmer Yusra Mardini on hostility, hope and changing the narrative

This World Refugee Day, the activist and Olympian challenges long-held misconceptions - and tells us...

Jun 19, 2026 • Women's Health

The Swimmers Interview: Yusra Mardini & Sally El Hosaini Talk True Story

ComingSoon Editor-in-Chief Tyler Treese spoke with The Swimmers director Sally El Hosaini and the su...

Nov 23, 2022 • Yahoo

Yusra Mardini

Olympic swimmer and Syrian refugee Yusra Mardini was appointed the youngest-ever Goodwill Ambassador...

May 14, 2022 • UNHCR

Nathalie Issa Opens Up About Meeting Olympian Yusra Mardini Before Filming Netflix’s The Swimmers

I’d imagine for actors playing a real person is an intimidating task, especially when the person t...

Dec 18, 2022 • Cinema Blend

Extraordinary story of the Olympic refugee athlete who saved 20 people from a sinking dinghy

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yusra Mardini has again been s...

Jun 08, 2021 • Yahoo

Meet the Olympic swimmer, and Syrian refugee, who saved 20 refugees from drowning

Yusra Mardini, a Syrian swimmer, who now represents the team of Refugee Olympic Athletes (ROA) speak...

Aug 05, 2016 • Mashable

Yusra Mardini Retires From Competitive Swimming, Leaves Heroic, Inspiring Legacy

Yusra Mardini, the famed Syrian swimmer who competed at the Olympics for the Refugee Olympic Team an...

Jun 26, 2023 • Swimming World

Visa Welcomes Swimming Athlete Yusra Mardini to Team Visa Rio 2016

Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) today announced the addition of Yusra Mardini to Team Visa Rio 2016. A competitiv...

Jul 11, 2021 • Infobae

How Yusra Mardini Survived a 25-Day Trek From Syria And Became an Olympian

As she struggled to push a disabled dinghy overloaded with refugees through frigid waters off the Tu...

Aug 05, 2016 • NBC News

Olympian Yusra Mardini and director Sally El-Hosaini on the making of 'The Swimmers'

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Nov 22, 2022 • Mashable

Syrian Olympic Swimmer Launches Yusra Mardini Foundation

Yusra Mardini, the Syrian swimmer who competed at the Olympics for the Refugee Olympic Team, has lau...

Jun 22, 2023 • Swimming World

Did Olympic Swimmer Yusra Mardini Flee Syria by Swimming?

As a teenager in 2015, Olympic swimmer Yusra Mardini fled the Syrian civil war, a trip that required...

Jul 25, 2021 • Snopes.com