President Barack Obama meets with Refugee Olympian

President Barack Obama spoke with Refugee Olympic Team swimmer Yusra Mardini at the Leaders’ Summit on the Global Refugee Crisis at the United Nations in New York on Tuesday.

Mardini delivered a 2 minute, 43 second speech introducing Obama to the General Assembly.

“This [Olympic] experience has also given me a voice and an opportunity to be heard,” she said in her speech.

Obama then opened his remarks by thanking Mardini, who swam the 100m butterfly (VIDEO) and 100m freestyle in Rio.

“Yusra, we could not be prouder of you — not just for the great introduction, but more importantly, for your courage and your resilience and the great example that you’re setting for children everywhere, including…