The International Olympic Committee (IOC) confirmed the participation of an Olympic Team of Refugee Athletes in the Tokyo 2020 Games.
After years of training, 29 refugee athletes will be in Tokyo competing in 12 Olympic sports and sending a powerful message of solidarity and hope to the world.
“I am delighted to congratulate each of the athletes nominated to be part of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Refugee Team”said United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi, who is also vice president of the Olympic Refugee Foundation (ORF).
“They are an exceptional group of people who inspire the world”
Surviving war, persecution and the anguish of exile already makes them extraordinary people, but the fact that they now also stand out as athletes on the world sports scene only adds to Olympic pride.
This will be the second time that a Team of Refugee Athletes has participated in the Olympic Games, following the Games in Rio in 2016.
Four of the athletes will arrive from America, more precisely from Brazil, Canada and Trinidad and Tobago.
The list of refugee athletes:
-Anjelina Nadai Lohalith (Athletics)
-Dorian Keletela (Athletics)
-Jamal Abdelmaji Mohammed (@Atletismo)
-James Nyang Chiengjiek (Athletics)
-Paulo Amotun Lokoro (Athletics)
-Rose Nathike Likonyen (Athletics)
-Tachlowini Gabriyesos (Atletismo)
-Aram Mahmoud (Badminton)
-Eldric Sella Rodriguez (Boxing)
-Wessam Salamana (Boxing)
-Saeid Fazloula (Canoeing)
-Ahmad Baddredin Wais (Cycling)
-Masomah Ali Zada (Ciclismo)
-Ahmad Alikaj (Judo)
-Javad Mahjoub (Judo)
-Muna Dahouk (Judo)
-Nigara Shaheen (Judo)
-Popole Misenga (Judo)
-Sanda Aldass (Judo)
-Hamoon Derafshipour (Karate)
-Wael Shueb (Karate)
-Luna Solomon (Shot)
-Yusra Mardini (Swimming)
-Alaa Maso (Swimming)
-Abdullah Sediqi (Taekwondo)
-Dina Pouryounes Langeroudi (Taekwondo)
-Kimia Alizadeh Zenozi (Taekwondo)
-Cyrille Tchatchet II (Pesas)
-Aker Al Obaidi (Lucha)
