How tall is Yusra Mardini?

Yusra Mardini's listed height is 168 cm (5'6"). She is taller than about 93% of women in Syrian Arab Republic.

Where 168 cm sits among women in Syrian Arab Republic

Taller than about 93% of women in Syrian Arab Republic born in 1998 (average 158.6 cm).

About Yusra Mardini

Yusra Mardini is a Syrian former competition swimmer and a refugee of the Syrian civil war. She was born on 5 March 1998 in Damascus, to a Sunni Syrian family. Growing up in Damascus, she trained in swimming with the support of the Syrian Olympic Committee, and in 2012 she represented Syria at the World Swimming Championships in the 25 metre pool.

Her house was destroyed in the Syrian civil war, and she and her sister Sarah decided to flee Syria in August 2015, travelling through Lebanon and Turkey to Greece. She was a member of the first Refugee Olympic Athletes Team, which competed under the Olympic flag at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. On 27 April 2017 she was appointed a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador. She also competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo with the Refugee Olympic Team. In 2023 Time magazine named her, alongside her sister Sarah, among the 100 most influential people in the world.

Mardini is listed at 168 cm (5'6").

Frequently asked

How tall is Yusra Mardini in feet and inches? Yusra Mardini is 5'6" tall, which is 168 cm, 66.1 inches or 1.68 m.

Is Yusra Mardini tall for women in Syrian Arab Republic? At 168 cm she is taller than about 93% of women in Syrian Arab Republic born in 1998, whose average height is 158.6 cm.

Sources

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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