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) Dan Carroll (AUS-USA/RUG/1908,20)
  3. (3451) Julius Wagner (GER-SUI/TOW-ATH-GYM/1906-12)
  4. (8.791) Sydney Gooday (GBR-CAN/SWI/1908,20)
  5. (116.9) John Lavery (IRL-GBR/1924-32)
  6. (29.41) Raoul Josset (FRA-USA/ART/1924,36)
  7. (3960) Latif-ur Rehman (IND-PAK/HOC/1948-56)
  8. (3080) Akhtar Hussain (IND-PAK/HOC/1948,56)
  9. (15536) Éva Novák-Gérard (HUN-BEL/SWI/1948-56)
  10. (3176) Birte Christoffersen-Hanson (DEN-SWE/DIV/1948,56-60)
  11. (14037) Olga Connolly-Fikotová (CZE-USA/ATH/1956-72)
  12. (1215) Anna Wojtaszek-Pazera (POL-AUS/ATH/1956-64)
  13. (9486) Zimonyi Róbert (HUN-USA/ROW/1948-52,64)
  14. (1685) Hámori Jenő (HUN-USA/FEN/1956,64)
  15. (1682) Keresztes Attila (HUN-USA/FEN/1956,64)
  16. (87.25) Les Hodi (HUN-AUS/BAS/1952,64)
  17. (0.064) Jim Hogan (IRL-GBR/ATH/1964-68)
  18. (-3.42) Alifu Massaquoi (LBR-SLE/ATH/1960,68)
  19. (3071) Halina Richter-Górecka-Herrmann (POL-frg-GER/ATH/1956-68)
  20. (5673) Törő András (HUN-USA/CAS/1960-64,72-76)
  21. (80.49) Hassan Nour-el-Din Aman (EGY-CHA/BOX/1968-72)
  22. (13275) Hans Fogh (DEN-CAN/SAI/1960-76,84)
  23. (5468) Paul Hoekstra (NED-BEL/KAY/1964-68,76)
  24. (55.00) Kuldip Singh Gosal (HKG-CAN/HOC/1964,76)
  25. (6006) Marion Becker (ROU-frg-GER/ATH/1972-76)
  26. (227.1) Yvonne Saunders (JAM-CAN/ATH/1972-76)
  27. (1603) Tauno Käyhkö (FIN-CAN/SKJ/1972,80)
  28. (17088) Angelo Parisi (GBR-FRA/JUD/1972,80-84)
  29. (50.02) Ken Grove (AUS-AUT/DIV/1972,80)
  30. (192.0) Debbie Hill (GBR-ZIM/SWI-DIV/1976-80)

(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 2023-10-11

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