List of sportspeople who competed for more than one nation
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This is a list of sportspeople who have competed for more than one nation. Not included in this list are:
- Players who could choose to play for a new country after the dissolution of their former country. This mainly affected players from the former Soviet Union, such as Viktor Onopko, and the former Yugoslavia, such as Davor Šuker.
- Players who represented the country they moved to in childhood. Frequently, the home countries of such players are former colonies of their future countries (such as Patrick Vieira, born in Senegal but moved to France in childhood). Another example of such a player was Marcel Desailly, a Ghana-born player who was adopted in childhood by a French diplomat and raised in France.
- Players who could have chosen to represent another country due to their birthplace, parentage, ancestry (i.e., at least one grandparent), and/or residence. Some notable examples:
- Former England international Owen Hargreaves's birth in Canada made him eligible for that country, he was eligible to play for England through his father and Wales through his mother, and his residence in Germany would have made him eligible for that country also.
- Former German international Kevin Kurányi, who chose Germany (parentage) over Brazil (birthplace), Panama (parentage) and Hungary (ancestry).
- Former USA international Earnie Stewart, who chose the USA (parentage) over the Netherlands (birthplace and parentage).
- However, players who actually represented one country, either at junior or senior level, before representing a second country are included, even if they qualify by ancestry. For example:
- In football, Nigel Quashie represented England at U-21 level, but qualified for Scotland via his Scottish grandfather, and played for the Scotland senior side.
- In rugby union, Diego Domínguez played for Argentina at senior level before playing for Italy, for which he qualified via a grandparent. Similarly, Clyde Rathbone represented South Africa at U-21 level before opting for Australia at senior level, and Isaac Boss represented New Zealand at U-19 level before choosing Ireland at senior level; both also qualified for their new countries via a grandparent. Daniel Vickerman represented South Africa at U21 level, but then went on to play 63 times for Australia, including two Rugby World Cup finals.
Alpine skiing
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Archery
edit| Name of athlete | From nation | To nation |
|---|---|---|
| Gabriela Schloesser |  Mexico
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 Netherlands
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| Khatuna Lorig |  Georgia[2]
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 United States
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| Natalia Valeeva |  Moldova
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 Italy
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Athletics
editAuto racing
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Badminton
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Baseball
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Basketball
edit| Name of athlete | Previous national team | New nation team |
|---|---|---|
| Vassil Evtimov |  France
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 Bulgaria
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| Ermal Kuqo |  Turkey
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 Albania
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| Anton Gavel |  Slovakia
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 Germany
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| Hakeem Olajuwon |  Nigeria (junior)
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 United States
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| Jericho Cruz |  Northern Mariana Islands U20
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 Philippines
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| Philippines
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 Guam
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| Charlie Villanueva | United States U16
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 Dominican Republic
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Biathlon
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Bobsleigh
edit| Name of athlete | From nation | To nation |
|---|---|---|
| Lascelles Brown |  Jamaica
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 Canada
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| Canada
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 Monaco
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| Chris Spring |  Australia
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Canada
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Boxing
edit| Name of athlete | From nation | To nation |
|---|---|---|
| Kostya Tszyu |  Soviet Union
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Australia
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| Dariusz Michalczewski |  Poland
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Germany
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| Lennox Lewis | Canada
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 Great Britain
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| Graham Moughton | United Kingdom
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 Denmark /  Bermuda
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| Debendra Thapa |  India
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 Nepal
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Bridge
editParenthetical date spans such as (1935–1937) or (1935–1935) report first and last representative appearances in World and European championship tournaments, according to the World Bridge Federation and European Bridge League shared database (WBF People Finder or EBL Player Lookup). This list does not cover, say, US immigrant participation in United States Bridge Championships competition to determine US representatives—so to speak, transfers of national eligibility not consummated by play as national representatives.
Single dates imply one known representative international appearance, such as one-time play in the now-biennial Bermuda Bowl tournament.[7]
Canoeing
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Chess
editCricket
editOnly those who played for more than one International Cricket Council (ICC) member are listed.
- Andri Berenger is the only cricketer to play for 3 countries (SL-U19, UAE and Qatar)
Cross-country skiing
edit| Name of athlete | From nation | To nation |
|---|---|---|
| Mikhail Botvinov |  Russia
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 Austria
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| Katerina Smutna |  Czech Republic
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Austria
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| Ivan Babikov | Russia
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Canada
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| Johann Mühlegg | Germany
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 Spain
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| Antonina Ordina | Soviet Union
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 Sweden
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Cue sports
edit| Name of athlete | From nation | To nation |
|---|---|---|
| Stefan Mazrocis |  England
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Netherlands
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| Netherlands
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England
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Curling
edit| Name of athlete | From nation | To nation |
|---|---|---|
| Enrico Pfister |  Switzerland
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Philippines
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| Marc Pfister | Switzerland
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Philippines
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Cycling
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Diving
edit| Name of athlete | From nation | To nation |
|---|---|---|
| Huang Qiang |  China
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 Malaysia
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| Kevin Chávez | Mexico
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Australia
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| Li Shixin | China
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Australia
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| Alexander Bondar |  Ukraine
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Russia
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| Irina Lashko | Russia
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Australia
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| Australia
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Russia
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| Uschi Freitag | Germany
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Netherlands
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| Igor Myalin | Russia
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 Uzbekistan
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Draughts
edit| Name of athlete | From nation | To nation |
|---|---|---|
| Alexander Baljakin |  Belarus
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Netherlands
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Equestrianism
editFencing
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Field hockey
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Figure skating
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Football (soccer)
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Women's football (soccer)
editGolf
edit| Name of athlete | From nation | To nation |
|---|---|---|
| Mark McNulty |  Zimbabwe
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 Ireland
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| Rory Sabbatini |  South Africa
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Slovakia
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| Yuka Saso[41] | Philippines
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 Japan
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Gymnastics
editHandball
editIce hockey
editUntil German courts were forced to rule on the eligibility of Miroslav Sikora in 1987, it was forbidden to compete for more than one nation in IIHF events.[42]
Men's ice hockey
edit- * = Only represented this nation at the Canada Cup or World Cup of Hockey and did not affect IIHF or Olympic eligibility
- ^ = Eligibility contested in only appearance
Women's ice hockey
edit| Name of athlete | Previous national team | New national team |
|---|---|---|
| Laura Cortez | Philippines
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 United Arab Emirates
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| Veronika Konecna | Slovakia
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United Arab Emirates
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| Hannah Miller | Canada
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China
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| Laura-Ann Murphy | South Africa
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 Iceland
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| Kimberly Newell | Canada
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China
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| Jessica Wong | Canada
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China
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Judo
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Karate
edit| Name of athlete | From nation | To nation |
|---|---|---|
| Junior Lefevre |  Belgium
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 Croatia
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Lacrosse
edit| Name of athlete | From nation | To nation |
|---|---|---|
| Max Seibald | United States
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 Israel
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Lawn Bowls
edit| Name of athlete | From nation | To nation |
|---|---|---|
| Morgan Moffat |  Scotland
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 New Zealand
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Luge
edit| Name of athlete | From nation | To nation |
|---|---|---|
| Miroslav Zajonc | Czechoslovakia
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Canada
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| Canada
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United States
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Motorcycling
edit| Name of athlete | From nation | To nation |
|---|---|---|
| Travis Pastrana | United States
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 Puerto Rico
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| Puerto Rico
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United States
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Netball
edit| Name of athlete | Previous national team | New national team |
|---|---|---|
| Leana de Bruin | South Africa
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New Zealand
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| Irene van Dyk | South Africa
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New Zealand
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Nordic combined
edit| Name of athlete | From nation | To nation |
|---|---|---|
| Georg Krog |  Norway
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United States
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| Jan Schmid | Switzerland
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Norway
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Pool and snooker
edit| Name of athlete | From nation | To nation |
|---|---|---|
| Alex Pagulayan | Philippines
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Canada
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| Eden Sharav | Scotland
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Israel
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| Kurt Maflin | England
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Norway
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| Wu Jia-qing |  Chinese Taipei
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China
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Rowing
edit| Name of athlete | From nation | To nation |
|---|---|---|
| Igor Lucić |  Serbia
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 Azerbaijan
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| Luka Đorđević | Serbia
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Azerbaijan
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| Hanna Prakatsen | Belarus
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Russia
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| Russia
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Uzbekistan
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Rugby League
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Rugby Union
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Sailing
edit| Name of athlete | From nation | To nation |
|---|---|---|
| Philipine van Aanholt |  Netherlands Antilles
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 Aruba
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| Carolijn Brouwer | Netherlands
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Belgium
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| Mitch Booth | Australia
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Netherlands
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| Maksim Oberemko | Ukraine
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Russia
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Shooting
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Short track speed skating
edit| Name of athlete | From nation | To nation |
|---|---|---|
| Sofia Prosvirnova | Russia
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Denmark
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| Choi Min-Kyung |  South Korea
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France
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| Viktor Ahn | South Korea
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Russia
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Skeleton
edit| Name of athlete | From nation | To nation |
|---|---|---|
| Sean Greenwood | Canada
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Ireland
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| Dirk Matschenz | Germany
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Netherlands
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Ski jumping
editSki orienteering
edit| Name of athlete | From nation | To nation |
|---|---|---|
| Olga Novikova | Russia
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 Kazakhstan
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Snowboarding
edit| Name of athlete | From nation | To nation |
|---|---|---|
| Vic Wild | United States
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Russia
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Softball
edit| Name of athlete | Previous national team | New nation team |
|---|---|---|
| Amber Freeman[116][117] | United States
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Philippines
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Speed skating
edit| Name of athlete | From nation | To nation |
|---|---|---|
| Emese Hunyady |  Hungary
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Austria
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| Bart Veldkamp | Netherlands
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Belgium
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| Hans van Helden | Netherlands
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France
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| Elizaveta Golubeva | Russia
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Kazakhstan
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| Kristina Silaeva | Russia
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Kazakhstan
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Squash
edit| Name of athlete | From nation | To nation |
|---|---|---|
| Natalie Grainger | South Africa
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England United States
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| Peter Nicol | Scotland
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England
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Surfing
edit| Name of athlete | From nation | To nation |
|---|---|---|
| Wendy Botha | South Africa
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Australia
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Swimming
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Table tennis
editTaekwondo
edit| Name of athlete | From nation | To nation |
|---|---|---|
| Aaron Cook | Great Britain
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 Isle of Man
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| Isle of Man
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Moldova
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| Zoran Prerad |  Yugoslavia
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 Bosnia and Herzegovina
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| Omar Salim | United States
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Hungary
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Triathlon
edit| Name of athlete | From nation | To nation |
|---|---|---|
| Margot Garabedian | France
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 Cambodia
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Tennis
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Volleyball
editWater polo
edit| Name of athlete | Previous national team | New national team |
|---|---|---|
| István Gergely | Slovakia
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Hungary
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| Bogdan Rath |  Romania
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Italy
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| Felipe Perrone |  Brazil
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Spain
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| Spain
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Brazil
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| Pietro Figlioli | Australia
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Italy
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| Danijel Premuš | Croatia
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Italy
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| Goran Volarević | Croatia
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Italy
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| Slobodan Soro | Serbia
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Brazil
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| Denis Šefik | Serbia
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 Montenegro
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| Xavier García | Spain
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Croatia
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Weightlifting
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Wrestling
editMultiple sports
edit| Name of athlete | Previous nation | Previous sport | After nation | After sport |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aleksandar Đurić |  Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Canoeing |  Singapore
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Association football |
| Jeet Toshi | India
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Mixed martial arts (MMA) |  Bahrain
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Boxing |
| Bianca Basílio | Brazil
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Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Submission wrestling | Bahrain
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Mixed martial arts (MMA) |
| Wayne Madsen | South Africa
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Field hockey | Italy
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Cricket |
| Ofisa Tonu'u | New Zealand
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Rugby union |  Samoa
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Cricket |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Kilian Albrecht at Sports Reference
- ^ Lorig represented Unified Team (then known as Khatuna Kvrivichvili) in the 1992 Summer Olympics.
- ^ Lee, David (13 May 2023). "SEA Games 2023: From US to China and France, Cambodia's naturalised athletes face scrutiny". The Straits Times. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ "QI Xuefei, Française !". ffbad.com. 7 November 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Fenomena pemain pindah negara". BBC. 18 August 2007. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- ^ "Beiwen Zhang: Pursuing Dreams Single-Mindedly". bwfworldsuperseries.com. 7 April 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- ^ Some entries in international Teams or Pairs tournaments have represented WBF geographical zones such as North America, rather than any "bridge nation" such as Canada. A change of zones qualifies in the spirit of this table, which lists the nationalities rather than the zones without reference to the national/zonal details.
- ^ "Rixi Markus". WBF.
Austria and Great Britain won Ladies and Women world team championships with Rixi Markus and she enjoys the greatest historical reputation among their players. - ^ "Laszlo Decsi". WBF. 2011-09-29.
Francis, Henry G.; Truscott, Alan F.; Francis, Dorthy A., eds. (2001). The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (6th ed.). Memphis, TN: American Contract Bridge League. p. 607. ISBN 0-943855-44-6. OCLC 49606900.
Historia de los Campeonatos Sudamericanos Libres [1948–2005 table]. See 1955, "Ladislao Desci". confsudbridge.org. Retrieved 2011-09-25.
Hungary and Brazil won Open team championships of Europe and South America with Décsi; the former prior to the first world championship tournament (1937), the latter prior to South America's first participation in a world championship tournament (1958). - ^ "Michael Rosenberg". WBF.
- ^ "Sam Lev". WBF. 2011-10-01.
- ^ "Zia Mahmood". WBF. 2011-10-01.
- ^ "Bjorn Fallenius". WBF. 2011-09-29.
Fallenius played for one team representing USA (2004) and played with Americans in many transnational events. Since then he has played for at least one team representing Sweden. See also Cavendish Invitational regarding his move to New York City. - ^ "Mark Molson". WBF. 2011-09-29.
- ^ "Geoff Hampson". WBF. 2014-06-27.
- ^ "Fred Gitelman". WBF. 2014-06-27.
- ^ "Franck Multon". WBF.
- ^ a b 2009 if the European Champions Cup is interpreted as a tournament among national representatives.
"Franck Multon". WBF.
"Pierre Zimmermann". WBF. - ^ a b c d e f Zimmermann has been the employer, captain, and one of six players for many 'Zimmermann' teams in transnational events. Regarding the move to Monaco, see this report on the Bridgetopics website. Archived 12 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Fulvio Fantoni". WBF. 2010-10-01.
- ^ "Claudio Nunes". WBF. 2010-10-01.
- ^ "Geir Helgemo". WBF. 2014-06-27.
- ^ "Tor Helness". WBF. 2010-10-01.
- ^ "Fritzi Gordon". WBF. 2011-09-29.
- ^ "Boris Koytchou". WBF. 2014-06-27.
- ^ Rosenkranz played on Mexico teams in the World Team Olympiad 1972, 1980, 1988, 1996, and on 'USA2' in the 1983 Bermuda Bowl.
"George Rosenkranz". WBF.
"Jorge Rosenkranz". WBF. - ^ "Loula de Zogheb". WBF. 2011-09-29.
- ^ "Irina Levitina". WBF. 2014-06-27.
- ^ "Pierre Zimmermann ". WBF. 2011-08-08.
- ^ "Alan Truscott". WBF. 2014-06-27.
- ^ "Benito Garozzo". WBF. 2014-06-27.
Between his play on open and senior teams, Garozzo represented Italy as coach of youth teams in European and World competition 1994 to 1996. - ^ "Jaggy Shivdasani". WBF. 2014-06-27.
- ^ "Jacek Pszczoła ". WBF. 2014-06-27.
The WBF database shows that Pszczoła has represented USA in teams competition only as coach, 2005 and 2008. - ^ Simon Anthony at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Harry Isidor "Hans" Nahar - International Appearances". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ^ After his debut, FIFA disqualified Tiago Silva to play for Bulgaria.
- ^ Represented Germany at U-18, U-19 & U-20 levels before choosing the Philippines at senior level.
- ^ Represented the Philippines in 1917 at senior level before choosing Spain at senior level, whom he represented from 1921–1923. Also represented Catalonia from 1915–1924.
- ^ Junior Laurencin at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "John Marshall - International Appearances". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
- ^ Li, Matthew (17 January 2022). "Yuka Saso to no longer carry PH flag in LPGA". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ Podnieks, Andrew (9 May 2016). "Not where you're from". IIHF.com. Archived from the original on 18 May 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ *Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press.
- ^ Represented both New Zealand and Samoa in internationals.
- ^ After representing Australia at league, Thorn represented New Zealand at rugby union.
- ^ Represented Australia after representing New Zealand.
- ^ New Zealand born Mason represented Tonga, by heritage, before representing Australia.
- ^ Played test Rugby League for Fiji before playing for Australia at league, then union, then league again.
- ^ Also represented
England at rugby union.
- ^ Played international rugby union for Samoa before and after switching to and from League.
- ^ Represented both Argentina and Australia at senior level. Also played test rugby for South American Jaguars and representative rugby for Tahiti
- ^ Represented both Argentina and Australia at senior level.
- ^ Played tests for Argentina before playing for Italy.
- ^ Represented Argentina at u19 and u21 level.
- ^ a b Represented Australia before representing Italy.
- ^ Represented Australia before representing Ireland.
- ^ Represented Australia internationally at 7's.
- ^ Played international rugby league for Australia.
- ^ Played for Australia at under-19 level before choosing Italy at senior level.
- ^ Although Steve was born in Australia from Tongan heritage, he represented Australia at U20 level before switching allegiance and representing Tonga at senior international level.
- ^ Represented Australia in Rugby League.
- ^ Barbieri's brother Michael played test rugby for Canada.
- ^ Capped by NZ before returning and capped by England.
- ^ Played test Rugby League for Fiji and Australia.
- ^ Played for France at under-21 level before attending university in the United States and playing American football there. After a brief NFL career, he returned to rugby union and represented the USA at senior level.
- ^ Represented South Africa at 7s and toured with the Springboks but never played a test match
- ^ Represented South Africa at 7s
- ^ Represented New Zealand at senior level in both rugby union and rugby league before representing Croatia at senior level in union.
- ^ a b Represented
New Zealand at rugby league.
- ^ Waldrom's brother Scott represented New Zealand at senior level in a non-international match.
- ^ Played for New Zealand at under-19 level before choosing Ireland at senior level.
- ^ Played test rugby for NZ before playing for Wales
- ^ Represented both NZ and Japan at test level.
- ^ Represented NZ at test level in rugby league.
- ^ a b His Samoan father, Brayn Williams, represented New Zealand at test level.
- ^ Represented New Zealand at under-21 level, then represented Samoa at senior level, and still later represented New Zealand at senior level.
- ^ Represented NZ at test level before switching back to Samoa and playing test rugby for Samoa.
- ^ a b Represented Samoa before switching allegiance to New Zealand.
- ^ Bachop played for Samoa before playing for NZ later returning to play for Samoa.
- ^ Va'aiga Tuigamala played international rugby union for New Zealand before playing international rugby league for Samoa then playing international rugby union for Samoa.
- ^ Manu's four elder brothers all represented Samoa.
- ^ Gage later returned to South Africa and represented South Africa.
- ^ Captained SA 7's before playing and captaining Ireland.
- ^ Played for South Africa at U19 level. His brother played for South Africa in a non-cap match and his cousin has been capped for South Africa.
- ^ Played for South Africa at U21 and U23 level.
- ^ Played for South Africa at U21 and for Emerging Springboks.
- ^ a b Played test cricket for South Africa.
- ^ Played Rugby League and U21 union for South Africa.
- ^ His grandson, Patrick Lambie, has been capped for South Africa.
- ^ Mellish later returned to South Africa and represented South Africa.
- ^ Played for South Africa at U19.
- ^ Played for South Africa at U20.
- ^ Played as captain test cricket for South Africa.
- ^ Represented both Scotland and South Africa at test level.
- ^ South African born from Scottish stock, Aitken represented Scotland at the Hong Kong Sevens while studying at Oxford University before returning to SA and representing SA at international level.
- ^ Played for SA at school and U19/21 level.
- ^ Roland's brother Marc captained the South African sevens team.
- ^ Played for South Africa at U21 level.
- ^ Won the U21 World Cup with South Africa in 2002.
- ^ Captained South Africa at under-21 level before choosing Australia at senior level.
- ^ Captained South Africa in test rugby before playing for Australia.
- ^ Played for South Africa at under-21 level before choosing Australia at senior level.
- ^ Stewart was born while his South African parents were on holiday in Canada. He learnt his rugby in SA, then played for Canada, then returned and played for South Africa.
- ^ Lentz played U21 rugby for SA before playing for the US.
- ^ Played 7's for SA before playing 15's for the US.
- ^ Captained the South African schools side.
- ^ Timani brother represented Tonga.
- ^ Also represented New Zealand at rugby league.
- ^ NZ born Vuna played international rugby league for Tonga before switching to union and Aus.
- ^ Born in the USA but raised in England, Corbisiero represented both the USA and England at U19 level, then played for England at U20 level before choosing England at senior level.
- ^ Garvey represented both Zim and SA at World Cups
- ^ Adam Kwieciński's results database: Thomas Cano
- ^ Adam Kwieciński's results database: Tom Reaper
- ^ Adam Kwieciński's results database: Markus Schiffner
- ^ Adam Kwieciński's results database: Dionis Vodnyev
- ^ "Philippine Blu Girls climb to 13th in world softball rankings".
- ^ "Blu Girls advance in Asia Cup tilt". Manila Standard.
- ^ Swam for
Northern Ireland at Commonwealth Games level while representing both nations
- ^ During the most of her tennis career, the maiden name Gajdošová was used. From 2009 to 2011, she changed her married name to Groth after her marriage to fellow tennis player Sam Groth. Between 2016 until her retirement in 2017, she changed her married name to Wolfe.
- ^ Dokic represented Australia once again after Serbia and Montenegro split and separate independent countries.
- ^ Competed as part of the Cuba women's national volleyball team from 1992–2000 Summer Olympics
- ^ Competed as part of the Cuba men's national volleyball team
- ^ Competed as part of the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- ^ Represented Nauru at the Commonwealth Games. Competed for Samoa after successfully applied for Samoan citizenship to participate at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona due to Nauru not having an Olympic committee at that time. Later represented his home country Nauru 1993, 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics.