In 2016, the International Olympic Committee used that platform to turn those eyes to something bigger - the refugee crisis. THE FIRST REFUGEE OLYMPIC TEAM The first Refugee Olympic Team consisted of ten athletes who competed across ten events. Rose Lokonyen was one of those athletes. ROSE ...
IOC Refugee Olympic Team Rio 2016 A message of hope and solidarity At the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in October 2015, confronted with the global refugee crisis that has seen millions of people in the world displaced,IOC President Thomas Bach announced the creation of the Refugee Olympi...
The first Refugee Olympic Team was created by the IOC for the Olympic Games Rio 2016 in an endeavour to raise awareness of the magnitude of the refugee crisis. For Tokyo 2020, a much larger team of 29 refugee athletes competing in 12 sports will again send a messag...
NAIROBI, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Tegla Loroupe, the refugee team Chef de Mission for the International Olympic Committee (IOC), said Wednesday that following a successful launch in Rio 2016 Olympics, the bar has been raised for the refugee team heading to Tokyo Games. Loroupe said there will...
Refugee Olympic Team player competes in men's 400m heat---Nyang James Chiengjiek of Refugee Olympic Team reacts after the men's 400m heat at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Aug. 12, 2016. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)
Nawal El Moutawakel, a Laureus Academy Member and the chair of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission for the Rio 2016 Olympics, announced the Refugee Olympic Team as the winners at a press conference, which took place ahead of the Laureus World Sports Awards. ...
Find out how the Refugee Olympic Team for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games was created, with IOC President Thomas Bach saying it sent a "symbol of hope to all refugees."
Based off our media analysis, we discuss whether the Olympics public involvement with the global refugee crisis can be viewed as a form of celebrity humanitarianism, which rather than "helping" communities in the global South, can reproduce the same hierarchies and inequalities.Ryan Turcott...
Mabika (L) wipes her tears next to her refugee compatriot Popole Misenga, during a June 3, 2016, news conference where they were announced as part of the Refugee Olympic Team for the 2016 Olympics in Rio. Syria's Rami Anis Edgard Garrido/REUTERS ...
The Refugee Olympic Team: Rami Anis (male): Country of origin - Syria; host NOC - Belgium; sport - swimming Yiech Pur Biel (male): Country of origin - South Sudan; host NOC - Kenya; sport - athletics, (800m) James Nyang Chiengjiek (male): Country of origin - South Sudan; host...