Olympians that switched Nationalities

performance listing

  1. (10359) Anton Heida (CZE-USA/GYM/1904) competed as an Austrian (so Czech) in July 1904, but he was a US citizen in October of the same year, when he competed in a different style of Gymnastics.
  2. (8400) Daniel Carroll (AUS-USA/RUG/1908,20) represented Australia in 1908, the USA in 1920.
  3. (3451) Julius Wagner (GER-SUI/TOW-ATH-GYM/1906-12) represented Germany in 1906, Switzerland in 1908.
  4. (8.791) Sydney Gooday (GBR-CAN/SWI/1908,20) represented Great Britain in 1908 and Canada in 1920.
  5. (116.9) John Lavery (IRL-GBR/1924-32) represented Ireland in 1924, Great Britain in 1928, although being from Belfast, that did not involve any move.
  6. (29.41) Raoul Josset (FRA-USA/ART/1924,36) represented France in 1924 and the USA in 1936.
  7. (3960) Latif-ur Rehman (IND-PAK/HOC/1948-56) played for India in 1948 and for Pakistan in 1952 and '56.

(8155) Alexandre Tuffèri (FRA-GRE/ATH/1896-1906) (repr. FRA in 1896-1900, GRE in 1906) is now only counted as Greek

Written 2001-02-05 - last modified 2019-12-14

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