Personal information | |
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Born | [1] | 26 June 1990
Occupation | Judoka |
Sport | |
Country | Refugee Olympic Team |
Sport | Judo |
Weight class | –57 kg |
Sanda Aldass (born 26 June 1990) is a judoka from Syria who competed at the 2020 Olympic Games as part of the IOC Refugee Team.
Aldass 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]
Married to Fadi Darwish, she is a mother of three. [8] [3] She is the cousin of fellow judoka Muna Dahouk. [9]