Naturalized Athletes at the Summer Olympic Games 2016

[bestmen 2,818]

Juste maintenant , NikolaB a déclaré:

Colonized by whom?

first time by spain , after that by the alliance mauritania/morocco , mauritania withdrew,  and now stays morocco

[Pavlo 141]

We have Shegumo in marathon but he lives here almost 20 years, Gadzhiev and maybe Babayan in wrestling, Li Qian and "Wandżi" in table tennis, Nadieżda Zięba (Belarussian living in PL for very long), Zasina if qualifies in wrestling

[Bearas 521]

Lithuanian modern pentathlete Donata Rimšaitė will represent Russia.

[NikolaB 432]

1 hour ago, bestmen said:

first time by spain , after that by the alliance mauritania/morocco , mauritania withdrew,  and now stays morocco

And before Spaniard that piece of desert belongs to whom?

[Federer91 2,797]

Like 80% of athletes in table tennis. 

[OlympicsFan 858]

Foreign born athletes who might represent Germany in Rio:

Athletics:

Aleixo Platini Menga (born in Angola, mens 4 x 100 m)

Peter Emelieze (born in Nigeria, mens 4 x 100 m)

Homiyu Tesfaye (born in Ethiopia, mens 1500 m)

Fate Tola (born in Ethiopia, womens marathon)

Sosthene Moguenara (born in Tchad, womens long jump)

Alexandra Wester (born in Gambia, womens long jump)

Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch (born in France, womens high jump)

Lisa Ryzih (born in Russia, womens pole vault)

Lilli Schwarzkopf (born in Kyrgyzstan, womens heptathlon)

Boxing:

David Graf (born in Armenia, mens -91kg)

Artem Harutyunyan (born in Armenia, mens -64kg)

Arajik Marutjan (born in Armenia, mens -69kg)

Track cycling:

Kristina Vogel (born in Kyrgyzstan, womens keirin/sprint/team sprint)

Equestrian:

Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum (born in USA, jumping)

Fencing:

Matyas Szabo (born in Romania, mens sabre)

Field hockey:

Kristina Hillmann (born in Switzerland, womens hockey) (I dont know if she always had the german citizenship)

Football:

Mahmoud Dahoud (born in Syria, mens football)

Kathrin Hendrich (born in Belgium, womens football)

Dzsenifer Maroszan (born in Hungary, womens football)

Rhythmic gymnastics:

Jana Berezko-Marggrander (born in Russia, individual)

Anastasija Khmelnytska (born in Czech Republic, group)

Handball:

Evgeni Pevnov (born in Russia, mens handball)

Judo:

Martyna Trajdos (born in Poland, womens -63kg)

Table tennis:

Dimitrij Ovtcharov (born in Ukraine, mens table tennis)

Han Ying (born in China, womens table tennis)

Shan Xiaona (born in China, womens table tennis)

Weightlifting:
Almir Velagic (born in Bosnia, mens +105kg)

 

Graf, Harutyunyan, Vogel, Szabo, Berezko-Marggrander, Ovtcharov, Ying and Velagic are already qualified.

 

Maybe i forgot someone, i didnt check all athletes in rowing and rhythmic gymnastics ...

 

Overall 20 different nationalities.

 

 

Edited May 5, 2016 by OlympicsFan

[juddy96 171]

Turkey

 

Athletics

 

Ramil Guliyev - Men's 100m/200m, Azerbaijan

Jak Ali Harvey - Men's 100m/200m, Jamaica

Emre Zafer Barnes - Men's 100m, Jamaica

Ilham Tanui Ozbilen - Men's 1500m, Kenya

Ali Kaya - Men's 5000m/10000m, Kenya

Polat Kemboi Arikan - Men's 10000m, Kenya

Yasmani Copello Escobar - Men's 400m Hurdles, Cuba

Tarik Langat Akdag - Men's 3000m Steeplechase, Kenya

Sultan Haydar - Women's Marathon, Ethiopia

Meryem Erdogan - Women's Marathon, Ethiopia

Karin Melis Mey - Women's Long Jump, South Africa

 

Canoeing - Sprint

 

Lasma Liepa - Women's K1 200m, Latvia

 

Swimming

 

Viktoria Zeynep Gunes - Women's 100m Breaststroke/200m Breaststroke/200m IM/400m IM, Ukraine

 

Table Tennis

 

Li Ahmet - Men's Singles, China

Melek Hu - Women's Singles, China

 

Taekwondo

 

Servet Tazegul - Men's 68kg, Germany

 

Wrestling

 

Selim Yasar - Men's Freestyle 86kg, Russia

Elif Jale Yesilirmak - Women's Freestyle 58kg, Russia

Edited May 5, 2016 by juddy96

[bestmen 2,818]

oooooooooh all these athletes , isn't cheating !!

[DaniSRB 899]

7 minutes ago, juddy96 said:

Turkey

 

Athletics

 

Ramil Guliyev - Men's 100m/200m, Azerbaijan

Jak Ali Harvey - Men's 100m/200m, Jamaica

Emre Zafer Barnes - Men's 100m, Jamaica

Ilham Tanui Ozbilen - Men's 1500m, Kenya

Ali Kaya - Men's 5000m/10000m, Kenya

Polat Kemboi Arikan - Men's 10000m, Kenya

Yasmani Copello Escobar - Men's 400m Hurdles, Cuba

Tarik Langat Akdag - Men's 3000m Steeplechase, Kenya

Sultan Haydar - Women's Marathon, Ethiopia

Meryem Erdogan - Women's Marathon, Ethiopia

Karin Melis Mey - Women's Long Jump, South Africa

 

Swimming

 

Viktoria Zeynep Gunes - Women's 100m Breaststroke/200m Breaststroke/200m IM/400m IM, Ukraine

 

Table Tennis

 

Melek Hu - Women's Singles, China

 

Wrestling

 

Selim Yasar - Men's Freestyle 86kg, Russia

Elif Jale Yesilirmak - Women's Freestyle 58kg, Russia

Canoeing

Lasma Liepa from Latvia

 

Table Tennis

Li Ahmet from China

 

and btw taekwondoka Tazegul is of Azerri origin born in Germany

Edited May 5, 2016 by DaniSRB

[juddy96 171]

Israel

 

Athletics

 

Donald Sanford - Men's 400m, USA

Ageze Guadie - Men's Marathon, Ethiopia

Tesama Moogas - Men's Marathon, Ethiopia

Marhu Teferi - Men's Marathon, Ethiopia

Dmitry Kroytor - Men's High Jump, Russia

Korlima Chemtai - Women's Marathon, Kenya

Marharyta Dorozhon - Women's Javelin Throw, Ukraine

Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko - Women's Triple Jump, Ukraine

 

Badminton

 

Misha Zilberman - Men's Singles, Russia

 

Gymnastics

 

Alexander Shatilov - Men's Artistic Gymnastics, Uzbekistan

Probably some of their Rhythmic team too

 

Shooting

 

Sergey Richter - Men's 10m Air Rifle, Ukraine

 

Swimming

 

Yakov-Yan Toumarkin - Men's 100m Backstroke/200m Backstroke/200m IM, Russia

Andrea Murez - Women's 50m Freestyle/100m Freestyle, USA

 

Synchronized Swimming

 

Anastasia Gloushkov - Duet, Russia

Yevgeniya Tetelbaum - Duet, probably Russian too

Edited May 5, 2016 by juddy96