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List of eligibility transfers in athletics

This is a list of track and field athletes who have moved to compete for another country. Such moves are called transfers of allegiance by the World Athletics.[1]

To countries in Africa

Name of athlete From nation To nation Year
Yasmina Omrani France Algeria
Fabienne Feraez France Benin 2003
Lætitia Bambara France Burkina Faso
Fred Salle Great Britain Cameroon 1986
Sylvie Mballa Éloundou France Cameroon 2005
Georgina Toth Hungary Cameroon
Nusrat Ceesay Great Britain Gambia 2011
Mensah Elliot Great Britain Gambia 2011
Tim Abeyie Great Britain Ghana 2011
Sean Safo-Antwi Great Britain Ghana 2016
Fatmata Fofanah United States Guinea 2006
Gabriela Kouassi France Ivory Coast
Rosvitha Okou France Ivory Coast 2012
Leonard Mucheru Maina Bahrain Kenya 2007
Sultan Tucker United States Liberia
Kia Davis United States Liberia 2008
Brahim Lahlafi France Morocco 2007
Tosin Oke Great Britain Nigeria 2009
Monzavous Edwards United States Nigeria 2014
Mark Jelks United States Nigeria 2014
Nichole Denby United States Nigeria 2014
Lamberte Nyabamikazi Burkina Faso Rwanda 2003
Amy Sène France Senegal
Céline Laporte France Seychelles 2003
Tom Petranoff United States South Africa 1991
Sherwin Vries Namibia South Africa 2003
Yamilé Aldama Cuba Sudan
( United Kingdom		 2004
2011)
Todd Matthews-Jouda United States Sudan 2003
Sarah Bensaad France Tunisia
Florence Ezeh France Togo 2005
Sandrine Thiébaud-Kangni France Togo
Gerald Phiri Great Britain Zambia 2009

To countries in the Americas

Name of athlete From nation To nation Year
Amy Harris Great Britain Antigua and Barbuda 2014
Gustavo Nicolas Pereira Altez Uruguay Brazil 2006
Yvonne Saunders Jamaica Canada 1973
Anton Skerritt Trinidad and Tobago Canada
Steve Agar Dominica Canada 1998
Graeme Fell Great Britain Canada 1983
Karlene Haughton Jamaica Canada 1998
Philomena Mensah Ghana Canada 1999
Martha Adusei Ghana Canada 1999
Melissa Feinstein United States Canada 2000
Nicole Haynes United States Canada 2000
Charles Allen Guyana Canada 2002
Maresa Cadienhead Jamaica Canada 2002
Philipp Rist Switzerland Canada 2002
Dariusz Slowik Poland Denmark Canada 2004
Lieja Tunks Netherlands Canada 2006
Jonathan Brown Great Britain Canada 2008
Lemlem Ogbasilassie Eritrea Canada 2008
Danny Kassap Democratic Republic of the Congo Canada 2008
Justin Rodhe United States Canada 2012
Kareem Streete-Thompson United States Cayman Islands 1999
Jérôme Romain France Dominica 2008
Alvin Harrison United States Dominican Republic 2009[2]
Erison Hurtault United States Dominica 2008
Charles Allen Canada Guyana 2000
Jenea McCammon United States Guyana 2014
Dudley Dorival United States Haiti 1999
Nadine Faustin-Parker United States Haiti
Vanessa Clerveaux United States Haiti
Yvonne Mai-Graham Germany Jamaica 1993
Liliana Allen Cuba Mexico 1998
Bayano Kamani United States Panama
Jose Antonio Parrilla United States Puerto Rico 2000
Allen Simms United States Puerto Rico 2005
Kimberly Barrett Jamaica Puerto Rico 2006
Steve Brown United States Trinidad and Tobago 1997
Aaron Armstrong United States Trinidad and Tobago 2005
Wayne Davis United States Trinidad and Tobago 2011[3]
Kevon Pierre Saint Kitts and Nevis Trinidad and Tobago 2005
Christopher Hercules United States Trinidad and Tobago 2006
Olga Appell Mexico United States 1994
Abdihakem Abdirahman Somalia United States 2000
Ibrahim Mohamed Aden Somalia United States 2001
Michael Aish New Zealand United States 2010
Natasha Alleyne-Gibson Trinidad and Tobago United States 2000
Bolota Asmerom Eritrea United States 2002
Dominique DeGramont Haiti United States 2007
Maggie Chan-Roper Hong Kong United States 2006
Colleen De Reuck South Africa United States 2002
Sandra Farmer-Patrick Jamaica United States 1989
Philemon Hanneck Zimbabwe United States 1999
Eddy Hellebuyck Belgium United States 2000
Mbarak Hussein Kenya United States 2004
Alex Jodidio Netherlands United States 2008
Khalid Khannouchi Morocco United States 2000
David Kimani Kenya United States 2002
Bernard Lagat Kenya United States 2005
Sydney Maree South Africa United States 1984
Adam Montague Australia United States 2006
Miguel Nuci Mexico United States 2007
Christy Opara-Thompson Nigeria United States 1998
Nadia Prasad France United States 2000
Yuliana Pérez Cuba United States 2000
Simeon Sawe Kenya United States 2006
Colleen Scott Jamaica United States 2007
Allen Simms Puerto Rico United States 2008
Stanisława Walasiewicz Poland United States 1947
Chen Yueling China United States 2000
David Macharia Yuot Sudan United States 2007
Atalelech Ketema Ethiopia United States 2012
Benson Osoro Kenya United States 2012
Erich Cordero Cuba United States 2012
Yandy Nelson Alvarez Cuba United States 2012
Betzaira Martinez Mexico United States 2012
Misiker Demissie Bahrain United States 2016
Jeff Jackson United States United States Virgin Islands 1999
Valma Bass Saint Kitts and Nevis United States Virgin Islands 2002

To countries in Asia

Name of athlete From nation To nation Year
Aadam Ismaeel Khamis Kenya Bahrain
Ishaq Isa Abedeen Kenya Bahrain
Bader Khalil Bader Ethiopia Bahrain
Saleh Marzooq Bakheet Ethiopia Bahrain
Sameer Kamal Ali Kenya Bahrain
Yusuf Saad Kamel Kenya Bahrain 2003
Maryam Yusuf Jamal Ethiopia Bahrain 2004
Mushir Salem Jawher Kenya Bahrain 2003
Abel Yagout Jawher Kenya Bahrain 2003
Belal Mansoor Ali Kenya Bahrain
Tareq Mubarak Taher Kenya Bahrain 2005
Hasan Mahboob Kenya Bahrain 2006
Rashid Mohamed Morocco Bahrain 2002
Musa Amer Obaid Kenya Bahrain
Rashid Ramzi Morocco Bahrain
Nadia Ejjafini Morocco Bahrain
Shaheen Faraj Kenya Bahrain
Abdeen Shaka Kenya Bahrain
Mona Salem Jaber Kenya Bahrain
Khamis Sultan Dawood Kenya Bahrain
Yaser Belal Mansour Morocco Bahrain
Abdelhak Zakaria Morocco Bahrain
Brandon Simpson Jamaica Bahrain 2006
Khalid Kamal Yaseen Kenya Bahrain
Bilisuma Shugi Ethiopia Bahrain
Dejenee Regassa Ethiopia Bahrain
Tejitu Daba Ethiopia Bahrain
Shitaye Eshete Ethiopia Bahrain
Kemi Adekoya Nigeria Bahrain 2014
Takeshi Fujiwara El Salvador Japan 2013
Takhir Mamashayev Belarus Kazakhstan 2001
Mohamed Suleiman Somalia Qatar
Onèsphore Nkunzimana Burundi Qatar
Ahmad Hassan Abdullah Kenya Qatar
Saif Saaeed Shaheen Kenya Qatar 2003
James Kwalia Kenya Qatar 2004
Nicholas Kemboi Kenya Qatar 2005
Daham Najim Bashir Kenya Qatar
Gamal Belal Salem Kenya Qatar
Essa Ismail Rashed Kenya Qatar
Majed Saeed Sultan Kenya Qatar
Salem Amer Al-Badri Kenya Qatar
Thamer Kamal Ali Kenya Qatar
Felix Kibore Kenya Qatar 2007
Rashid K. Jamal Ethiopia Qatar
Mubarak Hassan Shami Kenya Qatar
Edrees Kamal Eisa Ethiopia Qatar
Faisal Bader Shebto Kenya Qatar
Moustafa Ahmed Shebto Uganda Qatar 2004
Samuel Francis Nigeria Qatar 2007
Charles Bett Koech Kenya Qatar 2007
Femi Ogunode Nigeria Qatar 2010
Ashraf Amgad El-Seify Egypt Qatar
Du Xianhui China Singapore 2003
Zhang Guirong China Singapore 2003
Juttaporn Krasaeyan China Thailand
Saeed Besweidan Yemen United Arab Emirates 2000
Alia Saeed Mohammed Ethiopia United Arab Emirates 2010
Marian Adullah Mubarak Ethiopia United Arab Emirates 2010
Andrey Abduvaliyev Tajikistan Uzbekistan 1997
Erkinjon Isakov Russia Uzbekistan 1999
Mariya Sokova Russia Uzbekistan

To countries in Europe

Name of athlete From nation To nation Year
Ljudmila Ninova-Rudoll Bulgaria Austria
Mark McKoy Canada Austria 1994
Valentina Fedjuschina Ukraine Austria 1999
Serhiy Osovych Ukraine Austria 2003
Nora Ivanova Turkey Austria 2008
Hanna Skydan Ukraine Azerbaijan 2015[4]
Evans Chebet Kenya Azerbaijan 2016[5]
Andrey Makarov Russia Belarus 1998
Aleksandr Furso Russia Belarus 1999
Takhir Mamashayev Uzbekistan Belarus 2001
Sergey Litvinov Russia Belarus 2004
Mohammed Mourhit Morocco Belgium 1997
Yelena Golesheva-Scheers Russia Belgium 1998
Stefanija Statkuviené Lithuania Belgium 1998
Olivier Sekanyambo DR Congo Belgium 1999
Élodie Ouédraogo Burkina Faso Belgium 2000
Hassan Mourhit Morocco Belgium 2003
Irina Sustelo Portugal Belgium 2005
Atelaw Yeshetela Ethiopia Belgium 2008
Svetlana Bolshakova Russia Belgium 2008
Mira Preradović Serbia and Montenegro FR Yugoslavia Bosnia and Herzegovina 2002
Borivoje Stanić Serbia and Montenegro Bosnia and Herzegovina 2003
Mirjana Kalajdžić Serbia and Montenegro Bosnia and Herzegovina 2003
Predrag Momirović Serbia and Montenegro Bosnia and Herzegovina 2004
Tanja Glicic Serbia and Montenegro Bosnia and Herzegovina 2006
Maja Jancic Serbia and Montenegro Bosnia and Herzegovina 2006
Milan Radulović Serbia and Montenegro Bosnia and Herzegovina 2006
Lucia Kimani Kenya Bosnia and Herzegovina 2007
András Haklits Hungary Croatia 1998
Roland Varga Hungary Croatia 2008
Lisa Nemec United States Croatia
Marianna Zachariadi Greece Cyprus 2008
Dimitrios Chondrokoukis Greece Cyprus 2013[6]
Róbert Štefko Slovakia Czech Republic 2004
Josef Karas Canada Czech Republic 2005
Robert Kiplagat Andersen Kenya Denmark
Wilson Kipketer Kenya Denmark
Larissa Netšeporuk Ukraine Estonia
Eduard Hämäläinen Belarus Finland 1997
Natalia Kilpeläinen Russia Finland 2005
Wilson Kirwa Kenya Finland 1998
Francis Kirwa Kenya Finland 2005
Frantz Kruger South Africa Finland 2007
Abdelkader Bakhtache Algeria France 2006
Eunice Barber Sierra Leone France 1999
Abdellah Béhar Morocco France
Saïd Berioui Morocco France 2009
Abdessemad Bouhattach Morocco France 2003
Mickaël Conjungo Central African Republic France
Ahmed Douhou Ivory Coast France 2002
Lueyi Dovy Gabon France 2002
Sylvie Mballa Éloundou Cameroon France 2002
Hanan Farhoun Morocco France 2006
Fanjantenaina Félix Madagascar France 2009
Bouchra Ghezielle Morocco France 2005
Hind Dehiba Morocco France 2004
Latifa Essarokh Morocco France 1996
Rachid Ghanmouni Morocco France 2010
Fatima Hajjami Morocco France
Abderrahim El Haouzy Morocco France
Numidia Kafri Algeria France
Héni Kechi Tunisia France 2004
Fatiha Klilech-Fauvel Morocco France 2003
Sylwia Korzeniowska Poland France 2010
El Hassan Lahssini Morocco France 2001
Irba Lakhal Morocco France 2002
Driss Maazouzi Morocco France 2000
Rakiya Maraoui-Quétier Morocco France 1998
Margaret Maury Kenya France 2002
Françoise Mbango Etone Cameroon France 2010
Rodica Nagel Romania France
Simon Munyutu Kenya France 2006
Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida Cameroon France
Emmanuel Ngom Priso Cameroon France 2009
Issa-Aimé Nthépé Cameroon France 1999
Teresa Nzola Meso Ba Angola France 2003
Nicole Ramalalanirina Madagascar France 1998
Ferenc Salbert Hungary France
Mohamed Serbouti Morocco France
Ismaïl Sghyr Morocco France 2002
Yvon Sialo-Ngboda Central African Republic France 2007
Melanie Skotnik Germany France 2005
Brahim Lahlafi Morocco France 2006
Jérôme Romain Dominica France 1999
Nouredine Smain Algeria France 2005
James Theuri Kenya France 2006
Cheikh Touré Senegal France 2000
Dauphin Tumatai French Polynesia France 2007
Ibrahima Wade Senegal France 2000
Larbi Zéroual Morocco France 1999
Fabien Bernabe Spain France 2015
Ousmane Diarra Senegal France
Halina Górecka Poland West Germany 1965
Jürgen May East Germany West Germany 1967
Andrzej Badeński Poland West Germany 1974
Józef Szmidt Poland West Germany 1975
Władysław Kozakiewicz Poland West Germany 1984
Wolfgang Schmidt East Germany West Germany 1987
Nischan Daimer Armenia Germany
Andrei Tivontchik Belarus Germany 1994
Alina Astafei Romania Germany 1995
Nastja Ryjikh Russia Germany 1995
Luminita Zaituc Romania Germany 1996
Irina Mikitenko Kazakhstan Germany 1998
Nkechi Madubuko Nigeria Germany
Florence Ekpo-Umoh Nigeria Germany 2000
Alexsey Bogdasin Kazakhstan Germany 2006
Sergey Lytvynov Jr. Belarus Germany 2007
Eleni Gebremehdin-Gebrehiwot Ethiopia Germany 2014
Julia Bleasdale Great Britain Germany 2016
Zola Budd South Africa Great Britain 1984
Great Britain South Africa 1992
Fred Salle Cameroon Great Britain 1992
Birhan Dagne Ethiopia Great Britain 1998
Bobby Farren Ireland Great Britain 1998
Kathy Butler Canada Great Britain 2000
James McIlroy Ireland Great Britain 2000
Irie Hill Germany Great Britain 2000
Kassa Tadesse Ethiopia Great Britain 2001
Samson Oni Nigeria Great Britain 2003
Malachi Davis United States Great Britain 2004
Nathalie Harvey Australia Great Britain 2004
Simon Shirley Australia Great Britain
Nicholas Stuart Canada Great Britain 2005
Gerenshi Tamirat Ethiopia Great Britain 2005
Germaine Mason Jamaica Great Britain 2006
Tomas Abyu Ethiopia Great Britain 2006
Taneisha Robinson-Scanlon Ireland Great Britain 2006
Michael Bingham United States Great Britain 2008
Roald Bradstock United States Great Britain 2009
Tiffany Porter United States Great Britain 2010
Shara Proctor Anguilla Great Britain 2010
Shana Cox United States Great Britain 2011
Julian Reid Jamaica Great Britain 2011
Stefanie Reid Canada Great Britain 2010
Yamilé Aldama Cuba Sudan 2004
Sudan United Kingdom 2011
Zharnel Hughes Anguilla Great Britain 2015
Victoria Dronsfield Sweden Great Britain 2015
Alexandros Terzian Argentina Greece
Mirela Maniani Albania Greece 1997
Simona Staicu Romania Hungary 2000
Éva Miklós Romania Hungary 2003
Attila Farkas Israel Hungary 2004
Tommy Kafri Israel Hungary 2007
Jeff Cassin Canada Ireland 1998
Dermot Donnelly Great Britain Ireland 1998
Sean Wade New Zealand Ireland 1999
Adrienne McIvor Australia Ireland 2000
Stephan Hayward Great Britain Ireland 2001
Alistair Cragg South Africa Ireland 2002
Alkin Westley Canada Ireland 2003
Jolene Elizabeth Byrne United States Ireland 2004
Jerome Krahenbuhl Switzerland Ireland 2004
Samuel Okantey Ghana Ireland 2002
Brendan Reilly Great Britain Ireland 1999
Sarah Reilly Great Britain Ireland 2000
Brian Doyle Great Britain Ireland 2006
Mark Crowley Great Britain Ireland 2008
Kevin Brown Great Britain Ireland 2008
Zoë Brown Great Britain Ireland 2008
Stephen Murphy Great Britain Ireland 2010
Ben Reynolds Great Britain Ireland 2012
Liam Zamel-Paez Australia Ireland 2014
Barbara Sanchez France Ireland 2014
Kevin Batt Australia Ireland 2014
Alex Wright Great Britain Ireland 2015
Katie Kirk Great Britain Ireland 2015
Asaf Bimro Ethiopia Israel 1984
Mark Handelsman South Africa Israel
Aleksey Bazarov Soviet Union Israel
Aleksandr Fingert Soviet Union Israel
Vadim Bavikin Soviet Union Israel 1990
Ayele Seteng Ethiopia Israel 1991
Brian Mondschein United States Israel 2010
Wodage Zvadya Ethiopia Israel 1991
Danny Krasnov Russia Israel 1991
Svetlana Gnezdilov Ukraine Israel 1996
Sergey Lukashok Ukraine Israel
Mukat Derba Ethiopia Israel
Konstantin Semyonov Belarus Israel
Niels Kruller Netherlands Israel 1998
Alex Rosen United States Israel 1998
Aleksandr Averbukh Russia Israel 1999
Irina Lenskiy Russia Israel 1999
Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy Russia Israel 1999
Dan Middleman United States Israel 2000
Anna Tkach Russia Israel 2003
Niki Palli Moldova Israel 2005
Dustin Emrani United States Israel 2009
Jillian Schwartz United States Israel 2010
Girmaw Amare Ethiopia Israel [7]
Aimeru Almeya Ethiopia Israel [8]
Berihun Wuve Ethiopia Israel [9]
Korima Chemtai Kenya Israel 2016[10]
Fiona May Great Britain Italy 1994
Rachid Berradi Morocco Italy
Migidio Bourifa Morocco Italy
Fatna Maraoui Morocco Italy 2003[11]
Mostafa Errebbah Morocco Italy 2001
Magdelín Martínez Cuba Italy 2001
Libania Grenot Cuba Italy 2008
Fabé Dia France Italy 2009
Judit Varga Hungary Italy 2011
Gregory Bianchi Switzerland Italy 2011
Hassane Fofana Ivory Coast Italy 2011[12]
Eseosa Desalu Nigeria Italy 2012[13]
Lamont Marcell Jacobs United States Italy 2012[14]
Jamel Chatbi Morocco Italy 2013[15]
Dariya Derkach Ukraine Italy 2013[16]
Gianni Frankis Great Britain Italy 2016
Antonio Infantino Great Britain Italy 2016[17]
Yusneysi Santiusti Cuba Italy 2016[18]
Ariana Hilborn United States Latvia 2015
Daniel Abenzoar-Foulé France Luxembourg 2001
Mirjam Hess Switzerland Luxembourg 2006
Stojan Manolev Bulgaria North Macedonia 1998
Ilijan Manolev Bulgaria North Macedonia 1998
Tanya Blake Great Britain Malta 2002
Kevin Moore Australia Malta 2011[19]
Charlotte Wingfield Great Britain Malta 2015
Troy Douglas Bermuda Netherlands 1998
Sharon Jaklofsky Australia Netherlands
Tekeye Gebreselassie Ethiopia Netherlands 1998
Miguel Janssen Aruba Netherlands 1998
Nadezhda Wijenberg Russia Netherlands 1999
Caimin Douglas Netherlands Antilles Netherlands 2002
Brian Mariano Netherlands Antilles Netherlands 2011
Churandy Martina Netherlands Antilles Netherlands 2011
Lornah Kiplagat Kenya Netherlands 2003
Saskia Triesschijn Germany Netherlands 2007
Sifan Hassan Ethiopia Netherlands 2013[20]
Solomon Bockarie Sierra Leone Netherlands 2015[21]
Elizeba Cherono Kenya Netherlands 2016[22]
Fernando Ramírez Dominican Republic Norway
Aham Okeke Nigeria Norway
Katarina Sederholm Finland Norway 1998
Jaysuma Saidy Ndure Gambia Norway 2007
Amalie Iuel Denmark Norway 2015[23]
Yared Shegumo Ethiopia Poland 2004
Christophe Fernandes France Portugal 2003
Nelson Évora Cape Verde Portugal 2002
Naide Gomes São Tomé and Príncipe Portugal 2002
Francis Obikwelu Nigeria Portugal 2002
Yazaldes Nascimento São Tomé and Príncipe Portugal 2007
Roman Guliy Ukraine Portugal 2009
Vera Barbosa Cape Verde Portugal 2009[24]
Tsanko Arnaudov Bulgaria Portugal 2010[25]
Lorène Bazolo Republic of the Congo Portugal 2016[26]
Sergiu Ursu Moldova Romania 2003
Natalya Tsyganova Ukraine Russia 1994
Tatyana Shikolenko Belarus Russia 1996
Lev Lobodin Ukraine Russia 1996
Lyudmila Dzigalova Ukraine Russia 1998
Andriy Nemchaninov Ukraine Russia 1998
Valentin Kulbatskiy Ukraine Russia 1998
Boris Kaveshnikov Uzbekistan Russia 2000
Vladimir Malyavin Turkmenistan Russia
Oksana Yarygina Uzbekistan Russia
Tatyana Polnova Turkey Russia 2002
Anton Savkin Uzbekistan Russia 2000
Vitaliy Sidorov Ukraine Russia 2000
Aleksey Kurdenko Belarus Russia 2001
Viktor Chistiakov Australia Russia 2007
Igor Alekseyev Belarus Russia 2008
Olga Chernogorova Belarus Russia 2008
Rashida Khayrudinova Uzbekistan Russia 2008
Ivan Lukyanov Moldova Russia 2014
Darko Radakovic Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbia 2014
Biljana Cvijanović Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbia 2014
Galina Cistjaková Russia Slovakia
Dmitrij Vaľukevič Belarus Slovakia 2005
Britta Bilač Germany Slovenia 1992
Uros Zver Netherlands Slovenia 1998
Merlene Ottey Jamaica Slovenia 2002
Fabio Ruzzier Italy Slovenia 2002
Milos Sakic Serbia and Montenegro FR Yugoslavia Slovenia 2002
Marija Martinovic-Šestak Serbia and Montenegro Slovenia 2006
Yousef El Nasri Morocco Spain
Frank Bicet Cuba Spain
Sandra Myers United States Spain 1987
Marlene Estévez Cuba Spain 1998
Griselda González Argentina Spain 1998
Cora Olivero Argentina Spain 1998
Niurka Montalvo Cuba Spain 1999
Virginia Martínez Cuba Spain 1999
Norfalia Carabalí Colombia Spain 2000
Alice Matějková Czech Republic Spain 2000
Roberto Moya Cuba Spain 2001
Glory Alozie Nigeria Spain 2002
Aliuska López Cuba Spain 2003
Yesenia Centeno Cuba Spain 2003
Joan Lino Martínez Cuba Spain 2004
Olga Koungorova Russia Spain 2005
Juliet Itoya Nigeria Spain
Ruth Ndoumbe Nigeria Spain
Mohamed Elbendir Mauritania Spain 2006
Jackson Quiñónez Ecuador Spain 2006
Ayad Lamdassem Morocco Spain 2007[27]
Luis Felipe Méliz Cuba Spain 2008
Frank Casañas Cuba Spain 2008
Alemayehu Bezabeh Ethiopia Spain 2008
Digna Luz Murillo Colombia Spain 2010
Abdelaziz Merzougui Morocco Spain 2010[28]
Trihas Gebre Ethiopia Spain 2014[29]
Yioser Toledo Cuba Spain 2014
Indira Torrero Cuba Spain 2014
Housame Eddine Benabbou Morocco Spain 2014
Yidiel Contreras Cuba Spain 2015[30]
Nana Jacob Italy Spain 2015[31]
Ludmila Engquist Russia Sweden 1996
Alhaji Jeng Gambia Sweden 1999
Mustafa Mohamed Somalia Sweden
Alfred Shemweta Tanzania Sweden 1998
Nil de Oliveira Brazil Sweden 2010
Abeba Aregawi Ethiopia Sweden 2013
Meraf Bahta Eritrea Sweden 2014
Daniel Woldu Eritrea Sweden 2014
Robel Tsiha Eritrea Sweden 2018[32]
Julie Baumann Canada Switzerland 1991
Nelly Sébastien France Switzerland 1998
Chantal Dallenbach France Switzerland 2000
Alexander Martínez Cuba Switzerland 2006
Ali Hakimi Tunisia Switzerland 2007/2010
Alex Wilson Jamaica Switzerland 2010[33]
Brahian Peña Dominican Republic Switzerland 2012[34]
Tadesse Abraham Eritrea Switzerland 2014[35]
Metin Durmuşoğlu Bulgaria Turkey 1998[36]
Tatyana Polnova Russia Turkey 1998[36]
Oksana Andrusina-Mert Russia Turkey 1998[36]
Sibel Özyurt Ethiopia Turkey 1998[36]
Nuray Tizita Sürekli Ethiopia Turkey 1998[36]
Metin Sazak Turkmenistan Turkey 1998[36]
Nora Ivanova-Güner Bulgaria Turkey 1999
Svetla Mitkova-Sınırtaş Bulgaria Turkey 1999
Elvan Abeylegesse Ethiopia Turkey 1999[36]
Anzhela Atroshchenko Belarus Turkey 1999
Ebru Kavaklıoğlu Russia Turkey 1999
Mirela Dulgheru-Renda Romania Turkey 1999
Aysen Barak Russia Turkey 2000
Svetlana Kanatova Kandemir Russia Turkey 2004
Selim Bayrak Ethiopia Turkey 2008[37]
Sultan Haydar Ethiopia Turkey 2008[38]
Karin Melis Mey South Africa Turkey 2008
Alemitu Bekele Ethiopia Turkey 2009
İlham Tanui Özbilen Kenya Turkey 2011[39]
Ramil Guliyev Azerbaijan Turkey 2013[40]
Tarık Langat Akdağ Kenya Turkey 2013[40]
Ali Kaya Kenya Turkey 2013[41]
İrfan Yıldırım Ukraine Turkey 2013[41]
Şeref Osmanoğlu Ukraine Turkey 2013
Yasmani Copello Escobar Cuba Turkey 2014
Jak Ali Harvey Jamaica Turkey 2015
Meryem Akda Kenya Turkey 2015[42]
Yasemin Can Kenya Turkey 2016[43]
Yunier Pérez Cuba Turkey 2017
Polat Kemboi Arıkan Kenya Turkey

To countries in Oceania

Name of athlete From nation To nation Year
Youcef Abdi Algeria Australia 2000
Zid Abou Hamed Syria Australia
Sisay Bezabeh Ethiopia Australia 2000
Viktor Chistiakov Russia Australia 1999
Daniela Costian Romania Australia 1990
Ambrose Ezenwa Nigeria Australia 2006
Tatiana Grigorieva Russia Australia 1998
Hans Lotz Germany Australia
Dmitri Markov Belarus Australia 1999
Mizan Mehari Ethiopia Australia 1999
Peter O'Donoghue New Zealand Australia
Sara Salmon Germany Australia 2007
Silvana Trampuz Italy Australia
Gemechu Woyecha Qatar Australia
Gus Nketia Ghana New Zealand
Denis Petushinskiy Russia New Zealand 1998
Biljana Petrovich Yugoslavia New Zealand 1998
Emanuele Fuamatu Australia Samoa 2009

See also

  • List of sportspeople who competed for more than one nation
  • Naturalized athletes of Italy

References

Citations

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