Born: 5th March 1998 (18 years old)
Height: 1.57m (5ft 2in)
Weight: 53kg
Currently lives in Berlin, Germany
Home country is Syria
Sport - freestyle swimming, butterfly stroke.
FACTS about Yusra.
- In 2012, Yusra represented Syria in the 2012 FINA World swimming champs.
- Yusra's house in Syria was destroyed in the Syrian civil war, after this she and her sister fleed Syria in August 2015, they smuggled their way into Greece with 18 other immigrants.
- In June 2016, Yusra was 1 of 10 athletes selected for the ROT.
- Yusra won the 100m butterfly heat at Rio with a time of 1.09,21 and ranked 41st.
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