
From Refugee to Olympic Athlete: Jamal Valizadeh's Tale
This Is Beirut 2024-06-08 12:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Jamal Valizadeh, a refugee wrestler, overcame hardship to reach the Paris Olympics with the Refugee Olympic Team, driven by a decade-long dream of winning a medal. Sixteen hours of barely paid daily work in Turkey, swimming part of the Mediterranean, and ten years after all that ordeal, the Paris Olympics: for refugee wrestler Jamal Valizadeh, a ...