Yusra Mardini

An haifi Mardini ne acikin iyalin Sunni na Siriya. Ya girma a Damascus, Siriya, Mardini ya horar dayin iyo tare da goyon bayan Kwamitin Wasannin Olympics na Siriya. In 2012, she represented Syria in the 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) 200 metre individual medley, 200 metre freestyle and 400 metre freestyle events.

An lalata gidan Mardini a Yaƙin basasar Siriya . Mardini da 'yar'uwarta Saratu sun yanke shawarar tserewa daga Siriya a watan Agusta shekarar 2015. Sun isa Lebanon, sannan Turkiyya, inda suka shirya a shigo da su cikin jirgin ruwa zuwa Girka tare da wasu baƙi 18, kodayake jirgin ya kasance ba fiye da mutane 6 ko 7 ba ne zasuyi amfani dashi. Bayan Motar ta daina aiki kuma jirgin ya fara ɗaukar ruwa a cikin Tekun Aegean, Yusra, Sarah, da wasu mutane biyu da suka iya yin iyo sunyi tsalle cikin ruwa kuma suka tura kuma suka ja jirgin cikin ruwa sama da awanni 3 har sai kungiyar ta isa tsibirin Lesbos. Daga nan sai suka yi tafiya da ƙafa ta Turai zuwa Jamus, inda suka zauna a Berlin a watan Satumbar 2015. Iyayenta da ƙanwarta, Shahed, suma sun tsere daga Siriya kuma suna zaune a Jamus.