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Sanda Aldass
Sanda Aldass (Arabic: ساندا الدس; born 26 June 1990) is a judoka from Syria who competed at the 2020 Olympic Games as part of the IOC Refugee Team. BiographyAldass fled Damascus in her homeland, Syria, in 2015, having previously been a member of Syria’s national judo team.[2][3] After arriving in the Netherlands, she spent six months in a refugee camp without her family. She has credited her desire to keep fit and training for judo helped her with the mental health difficulties that came from her circumstances.[4][5] She was eventually reunited with her son and her husband, Fadi Darwish, who is also her judo coach, and the family settled in Almere, Netherlands.[6] They had two more children, and her husband's training credentials were successfully recognised in the Netherlands.[2][3] In 2019, Aldass joined the International Judo Federation Support Program, through which she took part in the Grand Slam events.[6][2] Aldass competed at the 2020 Olympic Games in the Women's 57 kg and the Mixed team events. In the individual event she faced Marica Perisic from Serbia.[6][7] Personal lifeMarried to Fadi Darwish, she is a mother of three.[8][3] She is the cousin of fellow judoka Muna Dahouk.[9] References
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