Rami Anis Explained

Birth Date:18 March 1991[1]
Birth Place:Aleppo, Syria
Height:1.78m
Weight:78kg
Country: Refugee Olympic Team
Sport:Swimming

Rami Anis (born March 18, 1991)[2] is a Syrian swimmer, who now resides in Belgium, and representing a small Refugee Olympic Team (ROT) under the Olympic flag, at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[3] As war took hold of his home town Aleppo, Anis fled to Turkey then, by dinghy to Greece and on to Belgium.[4]

His uncle Majad, who was a Syrian representative swimmer, inspired him to become a swimmer.

Biography

As bombings and kidnappings in Aleppo became more frequent in 2011, Anis had to leave the city. His family sent him to stay with his older brother in Istanbul, Turkey. In Istanbul he trained at Galatasaray Sports Club. In search of a chance to prove himself, Anis left Turkey aboard an inflatable dinghy and made his way across to the Greek island of Samos. Eventually he reached Belgium where he was granted asylum in December 2015. Today he trains at the Royal Ghent Swimming Club and is coached by Carine Verbauwen.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Refugee Olympic Team. International Olympic Committee. 5 June 2016.
  2. Web site: Rami Anis. rio2016.com. International Olympouc Committee. 23 August 2016. 25 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160825003107/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/rami-anis. dead.
  3. News: Swimmer Yusra Mardini hopes to compete at Rio Games for refugee squad in hopes of inspiring other Syrians.. Fahey. Ciaran. 18 March 2016. The Toronto Star. 0319-0781. 19 March 2016.
  4. Web site: Olympic refugee team: Rami Anis's journey from Aleppo to the Rio 2016 Games . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160801195309/https://www.rio2016.com/en/news/olympic-refugee-team-rami-anis-s-journey-from-aleppo-to-the-rio-2016-games . 2016-08-01 .