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Russian athletes that have changed nationalities


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Started this thread to see how many have switched since the war and to get a clearer view on the impact the ban has had on not just Russia but the nations their athletes have defected to.  

 

I'm mostly in the dark with this one, so will need some help collating names.  

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just take the starting list of a random wrestling tournament...most of those guys (and girls) are probably Russian born wrestlers despite the Country they represent nowadays...:whistle: :coffee:

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To :PLE 

Aleksandra Maksakova (Dressage) - Olympian

Egor Shchibrik (Show Jumping)

Vladimir Tuganov (Show Jumping)

 

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2 hours ago, phelps said:

just take the starting list of a random wrestling tournament...most of those guys (and girls) are probably Russian born wrestlers despite the Country they represent nowadays...:whistle: :coffee:

Do you have anyone off the top of your head? The only ones I have so far are :ALB Zelimkhan Abakarov and :AUS Georgii Okorokov.  

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14 year old tennis player Alisa Oktiabreva represents Czech Republic now though the decision must have been made by her parents.

 

 

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6 hours ago, Cinnamon Bun said:

Do you have anyone off the top of your head? The only ones I have so far are :ALB Zelimkhan Abakarov and :AUS Georgii Okorokov.  

:ITA Danila Sotnikov, just to name one (but we have a few more coming -including possibly an atomic bomb)...

 

and a few others just switched to our team in the previous months/years.

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10 hours ago, phelps said:

just take the starting list of a random wrestling tournament...most of those guys (and girls) are probably Russian born wrestlers despite the Country they represent nowadays...:whistle: :coffee:

Then again, that was the case long long before Russia decided to invade :p 

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Just now, heywoodu said:

Then again, that was the case long long before Russia decided to invade :p 

yes, of course...but it looks that the current situation might have increased the number of Russian born wrestlers deciding to look for luck elsewhere...

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