Rio 2016: Meet the first team of refugees
Each competitor in the 2016 Olympics has been a personal journey to reach Rio. But for some athletes, including a number of competitors refugees, the road was really change lives ...
Rio 2016 Olympic Games Meet the first ever team refugees
Paul Amotun Lokoro: South Sudan 100m - Paul Amotun Lokoro fled the war in his country South Sudan origin. Years later, the 24-year-old is not only to competition, but thrive in the Olympics. "I want to win a gold medal," he said. "If I win the race, I'll be famous!"
Rio 2016 Olympic Games: Meet the first team ever to refugees
Rose Nathike Lokonyen: South Sudan, 800 m - Fourteen years after leaving South Sudan to Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya, Rose Nathike Lokonyen is set to line up alongside some of the best distance runners out of the world in Rio 2016.
Rio 2016 Olympic Games: Meet the first team ever to refugees
Yiech Pure Biel: South Sudan 800m - Pur Biel also fled the Sudanese civil war, arriving in Kakuma camp in 2005. 21-year-old cited the prospect of Rio 2016 as "a great moment in my life and a story to my children and grandchildren children. "
Rio 2016 Olympic Games: Meet the first team ever to refugees
Rami Anis: Syria, pool - There are six, Rami Anis swam for Syria at the Asian Games in China, but in 2011, he fled his home in Aleppo to escape the bombing
Rio 2016 Olympic Games :. Meet the first team ever to refugees
leaving Syria, reaching Rio -. His new coach believes in Belgium instead Anis in refugee Rio Olympic team in 2016 is a form of "justice"
Rio 2016 Olympic Games: Meet the first team ever to refugees
Yusra Mardini: Swimming, Syria -. Join Rami on the team is 18. Yusra Mardini, another Syrian refugee who now form Germany
Rio 2016 Olympic Games: Meet the first team ever to refugees
youngest athlete refugee - the Mardini coach Sven Spannekrebs (picture left here), will be one of the staff to join the team of refugees to Rio
Rio 2016 Olympic Games :. Meet the first team ever to refugees
Popole Misenga: Democratic Republic of Congo, Judo - Congolese judo athlete Popole Misenga sought asylum in Brazil after the world championships 2013 in Rio. He will be on the official team of the Olympic refugee status for the 2016 Games in the same city
Rio 2016 Olympic Games :. Meet the first team ever to refugees
New Life in Rio - Misenga, 24, married a Brazilian and has a young son from qu he was granted asylum. Rio said it is a "magical place" to live
Rio 2016 :. Meet the first team of refugees
Anjelina Nadai Lohalith: South Sudan, 1500m - Anjelina Lohalith, 21, left his home country when she was only eight years. Although his family remains in South Sudan, she will now participate in Rio in the 1500m Olympic team of Refugees
Rio 2016 Olympic Games:. Meet the first team of refugees
Kinde Yonas Ethiopia, Marathon - 36 years Yonas Kinde left Ethiopia for Luxembourg in 2012 and has immediately pursued his love for running. He quickly became the best long distance runner in the small European country.
Rio 2016 Olympic Games: Meet the first team ever to refugees
James Nyang Chiengjiek: South Sudan 400m - only 13-years old when he left his home, Chiengjiek managed to avoid the fate of child soldiers in South Sudan. It reached Kakuma camp in Kenya in 2002, capitalizing quickly on his athletic talents despite a lack of high-end facilities.
Rio 2016 Olympic Games: Meet the first team ever to refugees
In -delà team - Asemani Raheleh former taekwondo athlete for Iran, was on the list of the Olympic team of refugees - citizenship, but will now compete for Belgium to Rio having been granted [
Rio 2016 Olympic Games: Meet the first team of refugees
Woman behind the team - for many years, the Kenyan marathon runner Tegla Loroupe used athletics to work for peace in Africa. Five of the Olympic team of the refugees are southern Sudanese refugees from its foundation training center and will be chef de mission of the team.
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