Athletes with origins from other Countries

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Athletes born in Ireland but competed for other nations. A run down

 

https://www.balls.ie/olympics/irish-born-athletes-tokyo-473586

 

 

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Based on her surname,  Lucie Anastassiou (shooting) has Greek origins

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 Kayla Sanchez. She swam the opening leg for the silver medal winning Canadian women’s 4 x 100m freestyle relay team. She was born to Filipino parents working in Singapore who then emigrated to Canada.

 

 Crispin Duenas. Men’s archery. Born to Filipino parents who emigrated to Canada.

 

 

[Orangehair43 251]

GB Swimmer - James Guy - Grandad from from India.

 

 

How do you insert a flag?

[Gianlu33 4,552]

3 minutes ago, Orangehair43 said:

GB Swimmer - James Guy - Grandad from from India.

 

 

How do you insert a flag?

: NOC code, without space.

[Orangehair43 251]

1 minute ago, Gianlu33 said:

: NOC code, without space.

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Don't think there is anyone born outside Lithuania that representing  in Tokyo, but there are some Lithuanians representing other countries:

 

•  Indrė Sorokaitė - Women's Volleyball - Born in Lithuania
•  David Rambutis - Men's Gymnastics - Lithuanian father, Swedish mother
•  Evita Griškėnas - Rhytmic Gymnastics - Lithuanian parents
• Abby Gustaitis - Rugby 7ens - Lithuanian parents
•  Mariel Žagunis - Fencing - Lithuanian parent
•  Eugenija Bujak -  Cycling - Born in Lentvaris, Lithuania
•  Jessica Klimkait - Judo - Lithuanian grandparents 
•  Caio Pumputis - Swimming  - Lithuanian grandparents

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2 hours ago, Bearas said:

 

•  Eugenija Bujak -  Cycling - Born in Lentvaris, Lithuania
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Funny thing, she once competed for Poland, but she is now well recognized in Slovenia, where she competes for Ale BTC City Ljubljana pro team. 

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2 hours ago, Bearas said:

Don't think there is anyone born outside Lithuania that representing  in Tokyo, but there are some Lithuanians representing other countries:

 

Seeing you're also considering ancestry, we have in hockey team one girl Julieta Jankunas, for sure some grandparent must be there.

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4 hours ago, Orangehair43 said:

GB Swimmer - James Guy - Grandad from from India.

 

 

How do you insert a flag?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/olympics.com/en/featured-news/swimming-james-guy-britain-five-things

 

From India? Are you sure? Because seems like he might have been a part of British colonial enterprise and lived in India at some point in his life, but never found that he was an Indian.

 

The name George Guy - also doesn't sound Indian.