List of sportspeople who competed for more than one nation

This is a list of sports persons who have moved to compete for another country. 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 moved to the country they represented 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 more than one country due to their birthplace, parentage, ancestry (i.e., at least one grandparent), and/or residence. Some notable examples:
  • Current England international Owen Hargreaves. Because he was a United Kingdom citizen born outside the country (specifically in Canada), he was eligible to play for any of the four Home Nations—England, Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales. His birth in Canada made him eligible for that country, and his residence in Germany would have made him eligible for that country also.
  • Current 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).

Alpine skiing

Name of athlete	From nation	To nation
Marc Girardelli	Austria	Luxembourg
Elfi Eder	Austria	Grenada

Archery

Name of athlete	From nation	To nation
Natalia Valeeva	Moldova	Italy

Athletics

See List of nationality transfers in athletics

Badminton

Name of athlete	From nation	To nation
Pi Hongyan	China	France
Xu Huaiwen	China	Germany
Mia Audina	Indonesia	Netherlands
Yao Jie	China	Netherlands
Xin Xu Bing	China	Spain

Baseball

Name of athlete	From nation	To nation
Sharnol Adriana	Netherlands Antilles	Netherlands
Ivanon Coffie	Netherlands Antilles	Netherlands
Yurendell DeCaster	Netherlands Antilles	Netherlands
Chairon Isenia	Netherlands Antilles	Netherlands
Andruw Jones	Netherlands Antilles	Netherlands
Jair Jurrjens	Netherlands Antilles	Netherlands
Eugene Kingsale	Aruba	Netherlands
Calvin Maduro	Aruba	Netherlands
Diegomar Markwell	Netherlands Antilles	Netherlands
Shairon Martis	Netherlands Antilles	Netherlands
Hensley Meulens	Netherlands Antilles	Netherlands
Sidney Ponson	Aruba	Netherlands
Randall Simon	Netherlands Antilles	Netherlands
Hainley Statia	Netherlands Antilles	Netherlands

Basketball

Name of athlete	From nation	To nation
Henry Domercant	United States	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Priest Lauderdale	United States	Bulgaria
Howard Carter	United States	France
Marko Pesic	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Germany
Joe Vogel	United States	Lebanon
Chris McGuthrie	United States	Netherlands
Chris Mims	United States	Netherlands
Hakeem Olajuwon	Nigeria	United States
Jeff Nordgaard	United States	Poland
Warner Nattiel	United States	Switzerland

Biathlon

Name of athlete	From nation	To nation
Alexei Aidarov	Belarus	Ukraine
Olena Zubrilova	Ukraine	Belarus
Nathalie Santer	Italy	Belgium

Bobsleigh

Name of athlete	From nation	To nation
Lascelles Brown	Jamaica	Canada
César Gonzalez	Dominican Republic	Netherlands

Boxing

Name of athlete	From nation	To nation
Miguel Dias	Cape Verde	Netherlands
Richel Hersisia	Netherlands Antilles	Netherlands
Hüsnü Koçabas	Turkey	Netherlands
Orhan Delibas	Turkey	Netherlands

Bridge

Name of athlete	From nation	To nation
George Rosenkranz	Hungary	Mexico
Fred Gitelman	Canada	United States
Michael Rosenberg	United Kingdom	United States

Canoeing

Name of athlete	From nation	To nation
Michael Kolganov	Uzbekistan	Israel
Josefa Idem	Germany	Italy
Michał Śliwiński	Ukraine	Poland
Marcel Glavan	Romania	Spain

Chess

See List of nationality transfers in chess

Cricket

Name of athlete	From nation	To nation
Flavian Aponso	Sri Lanka	Netherlands
Faoud Bacchus	Guyana (Template:WINc)	United States
Peter Cantrell	Australia	Netherlands
Nolan Clarke	Barbados	Netherlands
Sammy Guillen	Trinidad and Tobago (Template:WINc)	New Zealand
Clayton Lambert	Guyana (Template:WINc)	United States
Adeel Raja	Pakistan	Netherlands
Kepler Wessels	Template:Country data South Africa old South Africa	Australia

Cross-country skiing

Name of athlete	From nation	To nation
Mikhail Botvinov	Russia	Austria
Jan Jacob Verdenius	Netherlands	Norway
Johann Mühlegg	Germany	Spain
Antonina Ordina	Soviet Union	Sweden

Curling

Name of athlete	From nation	To nation
Shari Leibbrandt-Demmon	Canada	Netherlands

Cycling

Name of athlete	From nation	To nation
Andrei Tchmil	Moldova	Belgium
Jaanus Kuum	Soviet Union	Norway
Steffen Wesemann	Germany	Switzerland
Guido Trenti	Italy	United States

Equestrian

Name of athlete	From nation	To nation
Jos Lansink	Netherlands	Belgium
Samantha McIntosh	United Kingdom	Bulgaria
Franke Sloothaak	Netherlands	Germany
Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum	United Kingdom	Germany
Jessica Kürten	United Kingdom	Ireland
Sven Rothenberger	Germany	Netherlands
Eddy Stibbe	Netherlands	Netherlands Antilles
Jean-Claude Vangeenberghe	Belgium	Ukraine

Fencing

Name of athlete	From nation	To nation
Igor Tikhomirov	Russia	Canada

Field hockey

Name of athlete	From nation	To nation
Gaby Garreta	Argentina	Belgium
Vitali Kholopov	Belarus	Belgium
Laurence Docherty	Scotland	Netherlands

Figure skating

Main article: Country hopping in figure skating

Name of athlete	From nation	To nation
Vadim Akolzin	Russia	Israel
Marina Anissina	Russia	France
Vazgen Azrojan	Ukraine	Russia
Vazgen Azrojan	Russia	Armenia
Daniil Barantsev	Russia	United States
Tanith Belbin	Canada	United States
Yelena Berezhnaya	Russia	Latvia
Yelena Berezhnaya	Latvia	Russia
Sergei Davydov	Russia	Belarus
Paul Duchesnay	Canada	France
Isabelle Duchesnay	Canada	France
Oleg Fediukov	Russia	United States
Kristin Fraser	United States	Azerbaijan
Mathew Gates	United Kingdom	United States
Anastasia Grebenkina	Russia	Armenia
Egor Golovkin	Russia	Canada
Kyoko Ina	Japan	United States
Rena Inoue	Japan	United States
Tamar Katz	United States	Israel
Yuko Kawaguchi	Japan	Russia
Dmitri Khromin	Russia	Poland
Sergei Kotov	Ukraine	Israel
Victor Kraatz	Germany	Canada
Igor Lukanin	Russia	Azerbaijan
Tatiana Malinina	Russia	Uzbekistan
Arseni Markov	Russia	Canada
Victoria Maxiuta	Russia	Ukraine
Tatiana Navka	Ukraine	Belarus
Tatiana Navka	Belarus	Russia
Julia Obertas	Ukraine	Russia
Igor Pashkevich	Russia	Azerbaijan
Denis Petukhov	Russia	United States
Sergei Sakhnovski	Soviet Union	Israel
Aljona Sawtschenko	Ukraine	Germany
Roman Serov	Russia	Israel
Julia Shapiro	Russia	Israel
Michael Shmerkin	Soviet Union/Russia	Israel
Gorsha Sur	Russia	United States
Peter Tchernyshev	Russia	United States
Alexei Tikhonov	Soviet Union	Japan
Alexei Tikhonov	Japan	Russia
Daria Timoshenko	Russia	Azerbaijan
Utako Wakamatsu	Japan	Canada
Trifun Zivanovic	United States	Yugoslavia

Football (soccer)

See List of nationality transfers in football

Gymnastics

Name of athlete	From nation	To nation
Anna Dogonadze	Georgia	Germany
Katia Pisetsky	Ukraine	Israel
Anna Pobokova	Russia	Netherlands

Handball

Name of athlete	From nation	To nation
Katja Nyberg	Finland	Norway
Lena Olsson Rosenberg	Sweden	Norway
Irina Pusic	Croatia	Netherlands

Ice hockey

Name of athlete	From nation	To nation
Dave Livingston	United States	Netherlands
John MacDonald	Canada	Netherlands

Judo

Name of athlete	From nation	To nation
Jenny Gal	Netherlands	Italy

Sailing

Name of athlete	From nation	To nation
Mitch Booth	Australia	Netherlands

Skeleton

Name of athlete	From nation	To nation
Dirk Matschenz	Germany	Netherlands
Melanie Riedl	Germany	Netherlands

Softball

Name of athlete	From nation	To nation
Breedge Quinn	Ireland	Germany

Speed skating

Name of athlete	From nation	To nation
Emese Antal	Romania	Austria
Emese Hunyady	Hungary	Austria
Marnix ten Kortenaar	Netherlands	Austria
Zsolt Zakarias	Romania	Austria
Bart Veldkamp	Netherlands	Belgium
André Vreugdenhil	Netherlands	Belgium
Pim Berkhout	Netherlands	Czech Republic
Maarten Blanken	Netherlands	Czech Republic
Erik Bouwman	Netherlands	Czech Republic
Hans van Helden	Netherlands	France
Zsolt Baló	Romania	Hungary
Henriët Bosker	Netherlands	Switzerland
Ronald Bosker	Netherlands	Switzerland

Squash

Name of athlete	From nation	To nation
Natalie Grainger	South Africa	England United States
Peter Nicol	Scotland	England
Vanessa Atkinson	England	Netherlands
Annelize Naudé	South Africa	Netherlands
Carla Khan	England	Pakistan

Swimming

Name of athlete	From nation	To nation
Vadim Alexeev	Soviet Union	Israel
Judith Haspel	Austria	Israel
Dan Kutler	United States	Israel
Mitja Zastrow	Germany	Netherlands
Nina Zhivanevskaya	Russia	Spain

Table tennis

Name of athlete	From nation	To nation
Liu Song	China	Argentina
Chen Weixing	China	Austria
Li Qiangbing	China	Austria
Liu Jia	China	Austria
Feng Zhe	China	Bulgaria
Zhang Peng	China	Canada
Tan Ruiwu	China	Croatia
Ju Lin	China	Dominican Republic
Wu Xue	China	Dominican Republic
Li Xue	China	France
Xian Yi Fang	China	France
Wu Jiaduo	China	Germany
Yan Su	China	Germany
Tan Wenling	China	Italy
Yang Min	China	Italy
Ni Xia Lian	China	Luxembourg
Elena Timina	Russia	Netherlands
Li Jiao	China	Netherlands
Li Jie	China	Netherlands
Wang Jianfeng	China	Norway
Li Qian	China	Poland
Wang Zeng Yi	China	Poland
Xu Jie	China	Poland
He Zhi Wen	China	Spain
Jiao Yongli	China	Spain
Shen Yanfei	China	Spain
Wang Wei	China	Spain
Gao Jun	China	United States
Wang Chen	China	United States

Tennis

Name of athlete	From nation	To nation
Jelena Dokic	Yugoslavia	Australia
Robert Smeets	Netherlands	Australia
Libor Pimek	Czechoslovakia	Belgium
Bob Falkenburg	United States	Brazil
Patricia Hy-Boulais	Hong Kong	Canada
Jaroslav Drobný	Czechoslovakia	Egypt United Kingdom
Tatiana Golovin	Russia	France
Anna Smashnova	Soviet Union	Israel
Romina Oprandi	Switzerland	Italy
Jelena Dokic	Australia	Serbia and Montenegro
Martina Hingis	Czechoslovakia	Switzerland
Ivan Lendl	Czechoslovakia	United States
Molla Mallory	Norway	United States
Martina Navratilova	Czechoslovakia	United States
Monica Seles	Yugoslavia	United States
R. Norris Williams	Switzerland	United States
Greg Rusedski	Canada	United Kingdom

Triathlon

Name of athlete	From nation	To nation
Kate Allen	Australia	Austria
Tracy Looze	Australia	Netherlands

Volleyball

Name of athlete	From nation	To nation
Chaïne Staelens	Belgium	Netherlands
Kim Staelens	Belgium	Netherlands
Irina Donets	Russia	Netherlands

Weightlifting

Name of athlete	From nation	To nation
Nader Sufyan Abbas	Bulgaria	Qatar
Said Saif Asaad	Bulgaria	Qatar
Jaber Saeed Salem	Bulgaria	Qatar
Halil Mutlu	Bulgaria	Turkey
Naim Süleymanoğlu	Bulgaria	Turkey