This is a list of track and field athletes who have moved to compete for another national association or federation. Such moves are called transfers of allegiance by the World Athletics. [1]
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 |
"Ho preso la cittadinanza per matrimonio, ma l'atletica non c'entra niente: ho conosciuto mio marito quando non gareggiavo più, mentre lavoravo a un campo estivo. Ci siamo sposati cinque anni fa ma ho aspettato un po' prima di prendere la naturalizzazione"
This is a list of track and field athletes who have moved to compete for another national association or federation. Such moves are called transfers of allegiance by the World Athletics. [1]
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 |
"Ho preso la cittadinanza per matrimonio, ma l'atletica non c'entra niente: ho conosciuto mio marito quando non gareggiavo più, mentre lavoravo a un campo estivo. Ci siamo sposati cinque anni fa ma ho aspettato un po' prima di prendere la naturalizzazione"