Iraqi refugee wrestler Aker Al Obaidi makes the IOC Refugee Olympic Team for Tokyo 2020
  • Title Iraqi refugee wrestler Aker Al Obaidi makes the IOC Refugee Olympic Team for Tokyo 2020
  • Publication Date 8th June 2021
  • Languages GER
  • Location Austria
  • Press Release https://olympics.com/ioc/news/29-refugee-athletes-to-send-a-message-of-solidarity-and-hope-to-the-world-at-the-olympic-games-tokyo-2020
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    The IOC offers the following Video News Release to all news agencies, broadcasters and online news platforms free of charge. STORY SCRIPT: Austria-based wrestler Aker al Obaidi has been given the chance to compete at his first Olympics, for the IOC Refugee Olympic Team in Tokyo 2020. Aker had to leave his family and flee Mosul, having to take the hazardous journey through Europe to get to Austria: “You lived in fear of war, of death, of being injured. I lived through three wars as a child. You are always afraid.”
  • Games Edition Tokyo 2020
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