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2024 Refugee Olympic Team Watch Guide

Mark your calendars and join us in cheering on the Refugee Olympic Team!

Here is your watch guide for the 2024 Refugee Olympic Team, detailing the athletes' participation in various events from Friday, July 26 to Sunday, August 10.

You can learn more about the Refugee Olympic Team athletes at olympics.com/ioc/refugee-olympic-team.

The image is a watch guide for the 2024 Refugee Olympic Team by UNHCR, detailing the athletes' participation in various sports from Friday, July 26 to Sunday, August 10. The image also includes the UNHCR logo and a link to learn more about the athletes at olympics.com/ioc/refugee-olympic-team.

Films Featuring Refugee Athletes

We Dare to Dream (2023)

The story of refugee athletes from Iran, Syria, South Sudan and Cameroon who swim, run and fight their way to opportunity and safety in host nations across the world. Spanning a breadth of backgrounds, personal stories and Olympic sports, the film reveals their lives and hopes as they train to compete on the world stage, showing the fire and the drive of young people forced to leave their families, homes and countries of birth to build new lives out of nothing. Executive Producer, Angelina Jolie.

The Swimmers (2022)

Two Syrian sisters flee their war-torn home in Damascus, swim for hours in choppy Mediterranean seas to reach Greece as asylum seekers before going on to compete at the Rio Olympic Games.

Rise (2022)

After his family flees Nigeria to Greece, Giannis Antetokounmpo, two-time NBA MVP and first-time Olympian in 2024, must get drafted to the NBA to secure his family's future.

Runner (2020)

A refugee marathon runner strives to raise his new country’s flag at the Olympics showing that it is possible to endure severe hardship and still craft a meaningful life.

Run (2020)

Filmed over three years and three continents, the documentary RUN tells a story of exceptional human spirit and its ability to overcome.

Inspired By Sport: Rock Climbing (2020)

How the challenge of rock climbing can bring personal transformation and inspire confidence for young refugee women from Sudan, Chad and Iraq. Features Embark, a rock-climbing program in Utah.

Taking Refuge: Target Tokyo (2020)

Original series following three refugees on a brave journey to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics in the air rifle competition.

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