Russian athletes that have changed nationalities

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Two chess players with big positions in the FIDE Ranking.

 

Sanan Sjugirov (31st) will play for  and Nikita Vitiugov (25th) will play for 

[Monzanator 4,609]

14-year old tennis hopeful Ksenia Efremova has switched to

 

 

 

 

[Dmitry 92]

Denis Taradin who already won Olympic license in kiteboarding competes for

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Gleb Mosesov alpine skiing to  

[Dmitry 92]

104 chess players from Russia have changed their nationality in 2023. The biggest names are  Alexandra Kosteniuk,  Sanan Sjugirov,  Alexey Sarana,  Vladimir Fedoseev,  Nikita Vitiugov,  Alexandr Predke,  Kirill Alekseenko,  Maksim Chigaev,  Alexander Motylev,  Anton Demchenko,  Pavel Tregubov,  Nikita Petrov,  Evgeny Alekseev.

 

88 did it in 2022 including  Evgeny Romanov and  Alina Kashlinskaya, 10 in 2021.

https://www.sports.ru/chess/1115746343-104-rossijskix-shaxmatista-smenili-grazhdanstvo-v-2023-m-pyatero-peres.html

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It was revealed some time ago and it's official from next week. Tennis player Alexander Shevchenko will switch to . Don't expect his wife doing the same though

 

 

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  On 1/27/2024 at 2:27 PM, Monzanator said:

It was revealed some time ago and it's official from next week. Tennis player Alexander Shevchenko will switch to . Don't expect his wife doing the same though

 

 

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Good luck learning the national anthem.

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I don't think any of the Russians who became Kazakhs bothered to learn the new national anthem with maybe the exception of Shvedova who even attends Kazakh ice hockey league games

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Elina Avanesyan (WTA #78) born in Russia to Armenian parents will represent

 

https://sportball24.com/en/post/elina-avanesyan-budet-vystupat-za-armeniyu/

[Dmitry 92]

Valeriy Gontar (cross-country skiing) has started to compete for Slovenia 

 

https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/athlete-biography.html?sectorcode=CC&seasoncode=&competitorid=178100&type=result&categorycode=&sort=&place=&disciplinecode=&position=&limit=150