List of eligibility transfers in athletics

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]

To countries in Africa

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Name of athlete From nation To nation Year Source
Mohamed Khaled Belabbas  France  Algeria 2011 R11
Yasmina Omrani  France  Algeria 2012 R12
Medhi Amar-Rouana [de; fr]  France  Algeria 2023 R23
Fabienne Feraez  France  Benin 2003 R11
Lætitia Bambara  France  Burkina Faso 2012 R12
Onesphore Nzikwinkunda  Qatar  Burundi 2010 R11
Sylvie Mballa Éloundou  France  Cameroon 2005 R11
Fred Salle  Great Britain  Cameroon 1986
Georgina Toth  Hungary  Cameroon
Hachim Maaroufou  France  Comoros 2022 R22
Reïna-Flor Okori  France  Equatorial Guinea 2015 R15
Nusrat Ceesay [de]  Great Britain  Gambia 2011 R11
Mensah Elliot  Great Britain  Gambia 2011 R11
Tim Abeyie  Great Britain  Ghana 2011 R11
Sean Safo-Antwi  Great Britain  Ghana 2016 R16
Akua Obeng-Akrofi  United States  Ghana 2016 R16
Persis William-Mensah  United States  Ghana 2016 R16
Evonne Britton  United States  Ghana 2024 R24
Fatmata Fofanah  United States  Guinea 2006 R11
Jessica Inchude  Portugal  Guinea-Bissau 2016 R16
Gabriela Kouassi  France  Ivory Coast 2011 R11
Rosvitha Okou  France  Ivory Coast 2012 R12
Leonard Mucheru Maina  Bahrain  Kenya 2007 R11
Sultan Tucker  United States  Liberia
Kia Davis  United States  Liberia 2007 R11
Emmanuel Matadi  United States  Liberia 2016 R16
Ebony Morrison  United States  Liberia 2021 R21
Rahmatou Dramé  France  Mali 2010 R11
Richard Diawara  France  Mali 2022 R22
Brahim Lahlafi  France  Morocco 2007 R11
Danielle Alakija  Fiji  Nigeria 2014 R14
Tosin Oke  Great Britain  Nigeria 2009
Chinwe Okoro  United States  Nigeria 2011 R11
Gloria Asumnu  United States  Nigeria 2011 R11
Regina George  United States  Nigeria 2012 R12
Monzavous Edwards  United States  Nigeria 2014
Dominique Duncan  United States  Nigeria 2014 R14
Mark Jelks  United States  Nigeria 2014 R14
Nichole Denby  United States  Nigeria 2014 R14
Stephen Mozia  United States  Nigeria 2014 R14
Tameka Jameson  United States  Nigeria 2014 R14
Tyron Akins  United States  Nigeria 2014 R14
Antwon Hicks  United States  Nigeria 2014 R16
Chidi Okezie  United States  Nigeria 2016 R16
Jennifer Madu  United States  Nigeria 2016 R16
Oyesade Olatoye  United States  Nigeria 2019 R19
Lamberte Nyabamikazi  Burkina Faso  Rwanda 2003 R11
Amy Sène  France  Senegal
Céline Laporte  France  Seychelles 2003 R11
Sherwin Vries  Namibia  South Africa 2003 R11
Tom Petranoff  United States  South Africa 1991
Yamilé Aldama  Cuba  Sudan 2004 R11
Todd Matthews-Jouda  United States  Sudan 2003 R11
Ahmed Ali  United States  Sudan 2015 R15
Sandrine Thiébaud-Kangni  France  Togo 2001
Florence Ezeh  France  Togo 2005
Naomi Akakpo [de; fr]  France  Togo 2022 R22
Mohsen Mohamed Anani  Egypt  Tunisia 2017 R17
Sarah Bensaad  France  Tunisia 2011 R11
Gerald Phiri  Great Britain  Zambia 2009 R11

To countries in the Americas

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Name of athlete From nation To nation Year Source
Amy Harris  Great Britain  Antigua and Barbuda 2014 R14
Danny Kassap  Congo DR  Canada 2008
Dariusz Slowik  Denmark  Canada 2004 R11
Steve Agar  Dominica  Canada 1998 R11
Lemlem Bereket  Eritrea  Canada 2008 R11
Philomena Mensah  Ghana  Canada 1999
Martha Adusei  Ghana  Canada 1999
Graeme Fell  Great Britain  Canada 1983
William Paulson  Great Britain  Canada 2019 R19
Charles Allen  Guyana  Canada 2002 R11
Yvonne Saunders  Jamaica  Canada 1973
Karlene Haughton  Jamaica  Canada 1998 R11
Maresa Cadienhead  Jamaica  Canada 2002 R11
Lieja Tunks  Netherlands  Canada 2006 R11
Yves Sikubwabo  Rwanda  Canada 2019 R19
Anton Skerritt  Trinidad and Tobago  Canada 1986
Nicole Haynes  United States  Canada 2000 R11
Justin Rodhe  United States  Canada 2011 R12
Kelsie Ahbe  United States  Canada 2015 R15
Johnathan Cabral  United States  Canada 2015 R15
Aiyanna Stiverne  United States  Canada 2015 R15
Kareem Streete-Thompson  United States  Cayman Islands 1999 R11
Santiago Ford  Cuba  Chile 2023 R23 [2]
Billy Julio [de]  Venezuela  Colombia 2022 R22
Yordanys Durañona  Cuba  Dominica 2011 R12
Jérôme Romain  France  Dominica 2008 R11
Erison Hurtault  United States  Dominica 2008
Alvin Harrison  United States  Dominican Republic 2009 R11 [3]
Liuba Zaldívar  Cuba  Ecuador 2019 R19
Claudio Villanueva  Spain  Ecuador 2015 R15
Bralon Taplin  United States  Grenada 2012 R13
Payton Hazzard  United States  Grenada 2014 R14
Carlos Trujillo  United States  Guatemala 2016 R16
Charles Allen  Canada  Guyana 2000 R11
Jenea McCammon  United States  Guyana 2014
Dudley Dorival  United States  Haiti 1999 R11
Mulern Jean  United States  Haiti 2016 R16
Nadine Faustin-Parker  United States  Haiti 1999
Brandon Simpson  Bahrain  Jamaica 2022 R22
Daina Levy  Canada  Jamaica 2016 R16
Aubrey Smith  Canada  Jamaica 2016 R16
Yvonne Mai-Graham  Germany  Jamaica 1993
Adelle Tracey  Great Britain  Jamaica 2022 R22
Errol Nolan  United States  Jamaica 2012 R12
Kali Davis-White  United States  Jamaica 2016 R16
Leah Nugent  United States  Jamaica 2016 R16
Lloydricia Cameron  United States  Jamaica 2019 R19
Andrew Hudson  United States  Jamaica 2022 R22
Liliana Allen  Cuba  Mexico 1998 R11
Chrystal Ruiz  United States  Mexico 2011 R11
Bayano Kamani  United States  Panama 2003
David Torrence  United States  Peru 2016 R16
Kimberly Barrett  Jamaica  Puerto Rico 2006 R11
José Antonio Parrilla  United States  Puerto Rico 2000 R11
Allen Simms  United States  Puerto Rico 2005 R11
Samuel Vázquez  United States  Puerto Rico 2011 R11
Jasmine Camacho-Quinn  United States  Puerto Rico 2016 R16
David Adley Smith II  United States  Puerto Rico 2016 R16
Jahvid Best  United States  Saint Lucia 2016 R16
Issam Asinga  United States  Suriname 2023
Kevon Pierre  Saint Kitts and Nevis  Trinidad and Tobago 2005 R11
Steve Brown  United States  Trinidad and Tobago 1997
Aaron Armstrong  United States  Trinidad and Tobago 2005 R11
Christopher Hercules  United States  Trinidad and Tobago 2006 R11
Wayne Davis  United States  Trinidad and Tobago 2011 R11 [4]
Yanique Haye-Smith  Jamaica  Turks and Caicos Islands 2018 R18
Rai Benjamin  Antigua and Barbuda  United States 2018 R18
Misiker Demisse [de]  Bahrain/ Ethiopia  United States 2015 R16
Eddy Hellebuyck  Belgium  United States 2000 R11
Diane Nukuri  Burundi  United States 2020 R20
Chen Yueling  China  United States 2000 R11
Yuliana Pérez  Cuba  United States 2000
Dailis Caballero  Cuba  United States 2019 R19
Alvin Harrison  Dominican Republic  United States 2015 R15
Bolota Asmerom  Eritrea  United States 2002 R11
Weini Kelati  Eritrea  United States 2021 R21
Atalelech Ketema  Ethiopia  United States 2012 R12
Belaynesh Zemedkun [de]  Ethiopia  United States 2013 R16
Yihunlish Delelecha  Ethiopia  United States 2015 R15
Nadia Prasad  France  United States 2000 R11
Barbara Pierre  Haiti  United States 2010 R11
Maggie Chan-Roper  Hong Kong  United States 2006 R11
Conor McCullough  Ireland  United States 2014 R14
Sandra Farmer-Patrick  Jamaica  United States 1989
Janet Cherobon-Bawcom  Kenya  United States 2011 R11
Mbarak Hussein  Kenya  United States 2004 R11
Bernard Lagat  Kenya  United States 2005 R11
Augustus Maiyo  Kenya  United States 2010 R12
Shadrack Kiptoo Biwott  Kenya  United States 2012 R12
Aron Rono  Kenya  United States 2013 R13
Elkanah Kibet  Kenya  United States 2013 R16
Stanley Kebenei  Kenya  United States 2014 R15
Paul Chelimo  Kenya  United States 2014 R15
Shadrack Kipchirchir  Kenya  United States 2015 R15
Sam Chelanga  Kenya  United States 2015 R16
Leonard Korir  Kenya  United States 2016 R16
Aliphine Tuliamuk  Kenya  United States 2016 R16
Haron Lagat [no]  Kenya  United States 2018 R18
Sally Kipyego  Kenya  United States 2019 R19
Jonah Koech  Kenya  United States 2021 R21
Betsy Saina  Kenya  United States 2021 R21
Nikita Kirillov  Kyrgyzstan  United States 2011 R11
Olga Appell  Mexico  United States 1994
Diego Estrada  Mexico  United States 2011 R14
Khalid Khannouchi  Morocco  United States 2000 R11
Ridouane Harroufi  Morocco  United States 2020 R20
Michael Aish  New Zealand  United States 2010 R11
Christy Opara-Thompson  Nigeria  United States 1998 R11
Amaechi Morton  Nigeria  United States 2012 R12
Stephanie Kalu  Nigeria  United States 2019 R19
Annette Echikunwoke  Nigeria  United States 2022 R22
Stanisława Walasiewicz  Poland  United States 1947
Allen Simms  Puerto Rico  United States 2008 R11
Adriana Pirtea Nelson  Romania  United States 2011 R11
Nuța Olaru  Romania  United States 2011 R12
Abdihakem Abdirahman  Somalia  United States 2000 R11
Ibrahim Mohamed Aden  Somalia  United States 2001
Sydney Maree  South Africa  United States 1984
Colleen De Reuck  South Africa  United States 2002 R11
Guor Marial  South Sudan  United States 2019 R19
Hiruni Wijayaratne  Sri Lanka  United States 2014 R16
Macharia Yuot  Sudan  United States 2007 R11
Andreas Gustafsson  Sweden  United States 2019 R19
Niklas Arrhenius  Sweden  United States 2020 R20
Natasha Alleyne-Gibson  Trinidad and Tobago  United States 2000 R11
Philemon Hanneck  Zimbabwe  United States 1999 R11
Pardon Ndhlovu  Zimbabwe  United States 2023 R23
Valma Bass  Saint Kitts and Nevis  United States Virgin Islands 2002 R11
Jeff Jackson  United States  United States Virgin Islands 1999 R11
Eddie Lovett  United States  United States Virgin Islands 2013 R13

To countries in Asia

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Transfers to countries that are members of the Asian Athletics Association.

Name of athlete From nation To nation Year Source
Maryam Yusuf Jamal  Ethiopia  Bahrain 2004
Tejitu Daba  Ethiopia  Bahrain 2009
Shitaye Eshete  Ethiopia  Bahrain 2009
Dejenee Regassa  Ethiopia  Bahrain 2009
Bilisuma Shugi  Ethiopia  Bahrain 2009
Dalila Abdulkadir  Ethiopia  Bahrain 2013 R15
Aweke Ayalew  Ethiopia  Bahrain 2013 R13
Zelalem Bacha  Ethiopia  Bahrain 2013 R13
Shumi Dechasa  Ethiopia  Bahrain 2013 R14
Desi Mokonin  Ethiopia  Bahrain 2013 R15
Birhanu Balew  Ethiopia  Bahrain 2014 R15
Tigist Gashaw  Ethiopia  Bahrain 2014 R15
Bontu Rebitu  Ethiopia  Bahrain 2015 R15
Fatmata Fofanah  Guinea  Bahrain 2008 R11
Brandon Simpson  Jamaica  Bahrain 2006 R11
Yusuf Saad Kamel
(Gregory Konchella)
 Kenya  Bahrain 2003 R11
Mushir Salem Jawher
(Leonard Mucheru)
 Kenya  Bahrain 2003 R11
Abel Yagout Jawher
(Abel Cheruiyot)
 Kenya  Bahrain 2003 R11
Ishaq Isa Abedeen  Kenya  Bahrain 2005 ?
Belal Mansoor Ali  Kenya  Bahrain 2005 ?
Aadam Ismaeel Khamis
(Hosea Kosgei)
 Kenya  Bahrain 2005 ?
Tareq Mubarak Taher  Kenya  Bahrain 2005
Khalid Kamal Yaseen  Kenya  Bahrain 2005
Hasan Mahboob  Kenya  Bahrain 2006
Monica Jepkoech [de]  Kenya  Bahrain 2008
Evans Chematot [de]  Kenya  Bahrain 2013 R15
Nelson Cherutich  Kenya  Bahrain 2013 R13
Eunice Chumba  Kenya  Bahrain 2013 R14
Ruth Jebet  Kenya  Bahrain 2013 R14
Eunice Kirwa  Kenya  Bahrain 2013 R14
John Kibet Koech  Kenya  Bahrain 2013 R14
Isaac Korir (Isaac Kedikou)  Kenya  Bahrain 2013 R13
Damaris Muthee Mutua  Kenya  Bahrain 2013 R14
Albert Rop  Kenya  Bahrain 2013 R14
Abraham Rotich  Kenya  Bahrain 2013 R13
Benson Seurei  Kenya  Bahrain 2013 R13
Abdelhak Zakaria  Morocco  Bahrain 2001 ?
Rashid Mohamed  Morocco  Bahrain 2002
Rashid Ramzi  Morocco  Bahrain 2002
Nadia Ejjafini  Morocco  Bahrain 2003
El-Hassan El-Abbassi  Morocco  Bahrain 2013 R14
Hassan Chani  Morocco  Bahrain 2015 R15
Sadik Mikhou  Morocco  Bahrain 2015
Kemi Adekoya  Nigeria  Bahrain 2013 R14
Zheng Ninali  Canada  China 2021
Leila Rajabi  Belarus  Iran 2007
Takeshi Fujiwara  El Salvador  Japan 2013
Takhir Mamashayev  Belarus  Kazakhstan 2001
Musa Amer Obaid  Kenya  Qatar
Mohamed Suleiman  Somalia  Qatar
Onèsphore Nkunzimana  Burundi  Qatar
Ahmad Hassan Abdullah  Kenya  Qatar
Saif Saaeed Shaheen  Kenya  Qatar 2003
James Kwalia  Kenya  Qatar 2004
Nicholas Kemboi  Kenya  Qatar 2005
Bellor Minigwo Yator [de]  Kenya  Qatar
Daham Najim Bashir  Kenya  Qatar
Gamal Belal Salem  Kenya  Qatar
Essa Ismail Rashed  Kenya  Qatar
Majed Saeed Sultan  Kenya  Qatar
Salem Amer Al-Badri  Kenya  Qatar
Thamer Kamal Ali  Kenya  Qatar
Felix Kibore  Kenya  Qatar 2007
Rashid K. Jamal  Ethiopia  Qatar
Mubarak Hassan Shami  Kenya  Qatar
Edrees Kamal Eisa  Ethiopia  Qatar
Faisal Bader Shebto  Kenya  Qatar
Moustafa Ahmed Shebto  Uganda  Qatar 2004
Samuel Francis  Nigeria  Qatar 2007
Charles Bett Koech  Kenya  Qatar 2007
Femi Ogunode  Nigeria  Qatar 2010
Ashraf Amgad El-Seify  Egypt  Qatar
Du Xianhui  China  Singapore 2003
Zhang Guirong  China  Singapore 2003
Juttaporn Krasaeyan  China  Thailand
Saeed Besweidan  Yemen  United Arab Emirates 2000
Alia Saeed Mohammed  Ethiopia  United Arab Emirates 2010
Marian Adullah Mubarak  Ethiopia  United Arab Emirates 2010
Andrey Abduvaliyev  Tajikistan  Uzbekistan 1997
Erkinjon Isakov  Russia  Uzbekistan 1999
Mariya Sokova  Russia  Uzbekistan

To countries in Europe

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Transfers to countries that are members of the European Athletic Association.

Name of athlete From nation To nation Year
Ljudmila Ninova-Rudoll  Bulgaria  Austria
Mark McKoy  Canada  Austria 1994
Valentina Fedjuschina  Ukraine  Austria 1999
Serhiy Osovych  Ukraine  Austria 2003
Nora Ivanova  Turkey  Austria 2008
Hanna Skydan  Ukraine  Azerbaijan 2015[5]
Evans Chebet  Kenya  Azerbaijan 2016[6]
Andrey Makarov  Russia  Belarus 1998
Aleksandr Furso  Russia  Belarus 1999
Takhir Mamashayev  Uzbekistan  Belarus 2001
Sergey Litvinov  Russia  Belarus 2004
Mohammed Mourhit  Morocco  Belgium 1997
Yelena Golesheva-Scheers  Russia  Belgium 1998
Stefanija Statkuviené  Lithuania  Belgium 1998
Olivier Sekanyambo  DR Congo  Belgium 1999
Élodie Ouédraogo  Burkina Faso  Belgium 2000
Hassan Mourhit  Morocco  Belgium 2003
Irina Sustelo  Portugal  Belgium 2005
Atelaw Yeshetela  Ethiopia  Belgium 2008
Svetlana Bolshakova  Russia  Belgium 2008
Mira Preradović  Yugoslavia  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2002
Borivoje Stanić  Serbia and Montenegro  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2003
Mirjana Kalajdžić  Serbia and Montenegro  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2003
Predrag Momirović  Serbia and Montenegro  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2004
Tanja Glicic  Serbia and Montenegro  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2006
Maja Jancic  Serbia and Montenegro  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2006
Milan Radulović  Serbia and Montenegro  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2006
Lucia Kimani  Kenya  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2007
András Haklits  Hungary  Croatia 1998
Roland Varga  Hungary  Croatia 2008
Lisa Nemec  United States  Croatia
Marianna Zachariadi  Greece  Cyprus 2008
Dimitrios Chondrokoukis  Greece  Cyprus 2013[7]
Róbert Štefko  Slovakia  Czech Republic 2004
Josef Karas  Canada  Czech Republic 2005
Robert Kiplagat Andersen  Kenya  Denmark
Wilson Kipketer  Kenya  Denmark
Larissa Netšeporuk  Ukraine  Estonia
Eduard Hämäläinen  Belarus  Finland 1997
Natalia Kilpeläinen  Russia  Finland 2005
Wilson Kirwa  Kenya  Finland 1998
Francis Kirwa  Kenya  Finland 2005
Frantz Kruger  South Africa  Finland 2007
Abdelkader Bakhtache  Algeria  France 2006
Eunice Barber  Sierra Leone  France 1999
Abdellah Béhar  Morocco  France
Saïd Berioui  Morocco  France 2009
Abdessemad Bouhattach  Morocco  France 2003
Mickaël Conjungo  Central African Republic  France
Ahmed Douhou  Ivory Coast  France 2002
Lueyi Dovy  Gabon  France 2002
Sylvie Mballa Éloundou  Cameroon  France 2002
Hanan Farhoun  Morocco  France 2006
Fanjanteino Félix  Madagascar  France 2009
Bouchra Ghezielle  Morocco  France 2005
Hind Dehiba  Morocco  France 2004
Latifa Essarokh  Morocco  France 1996
Rachid Ghanmouni  Morocco  France 2010
Fatima Hajjami  Morocco  France
Abderrahim El Haouzy  Morocco  France
Numidia Kafri  Algeria  France
Héni Kechi  Tunisia  France 2004
Fatiha Klilech-Fauvel  Morocco  France 2003
Sylwia Korzeniowska  Poland  France 2010
El Hassan Lahssini  Morocco  France 2001
Irba Lakhal  Morocco  France 2002
Driss Maazouzi  Morocco  France 2000
Rakiya Maraoui-Quétier  Morocco  France 1998
Margaret Maury  Kenya  France 2002
Françoise Mbango Etone  Cameroon  France 2010
Rodica Nagel  Romania  France
Simon Munyutu  Kenya  France 2006
Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida  Cameroon  France
Emmanuel Ngom Priso  Cameroon  France 2009
Issa-Aimé Nthépé  Cameroon  France 1999
Teresa Nzola Meso Ba  Angola  France 2003
Nicole Ramalalanirina  Madagascar  France 1998
Ferenc Salbert  Hungary  France
Mohamed Serbouti  Morocco  France
Ismaïl Sghyr  Morocco  France 2002
Yvon Sialo-Ngboda  Central African Republic  France 2007
Melanie Skotnik  Germany  France 2005
Brahim Lahlafi  Morocco  France 2006
Jérôme Romain  Dominica  France 1999
Nouredine Smain  Algeria  France 2005
James Theuri  Kenya  France 2006
Cheikh Touré  Senegal  France 2000
Dauphin Tumatai  French Polynesia  France 2007
Ibrahima Wade  Senegal  France 2000
Larbi Zéroual  Morocco  France 1999
Fabien Bernabe  Spain  France 2015
Ousmane Diarra  Senegal  France
Halina Górecka  Poland  West Germany 1965
Jürgen May  East Germany  West Germany 1967
Andrzej Badeński  Poland  West Germany 1974
Józef Szmidt  Poland  West Germany 1975
Władysław Kozakiewicz  Poland  West Germany 1984
Wolfgang Schmidt  East Germany  West Germany 1987
Nischan Daimer  Armenia  Germany
Andrei Tivontchik  Belarus  Germany 1994
Alina Astafei  Romania  Germany 1995
Nastja Ryjikh  Russia  Germany 1995
Luminita Zaituc  Romania  Germany 1996
Irina Mikitenko  Kazakhstan  Germany 1998
Nkechi Madubuko  Nigeria  Germany
Florence Ekpo-Umoh  Nigeria  Germany 2000
Alexsey Bogdasin  Kazakhstan  Germany 2006
Sergey Lytvynov Jr.  Belarus  Germany 2007
Eleni Gebremehdin-Gebrehiwot  Ethiopia  Germany 2014
Julia Bleasdale  Great Britain  Germany 2016
Zola Budd  South Africa  Great Britain 1984
 Great Britain  South Africa 1992
Fred Salle  Cameroon  Great Britain 1992
Birhan Dagne  Ethiopia  Great Britain 1998
Bobby Farren  Ireland  Great Britain 1998
Kathy Butler  Canada  Great Britain 2000
James McIlroy  Ireland  Great Britain 2000
Irie Hill  Germany  Great Britain 2000
Kassa Tadesse  Ethiopia  Great Britain 2001
Samson Oni  Nigeria  Great Britain 2003
Malachi Davis  United States  Great Britain 2004
Nathalie Harvey  Australia  Great Britain 2004
Simon Shirley  Australia  Great Britain
Nicholas Stuart  Canada  Great Britain 2005
Gerenshi Tamirat  Ethiopia  Great Britain 2005
Germaine Mason  Jamaica  Great Britain 2006
Tomas Abyu  Ethiopia  Great Britain 2006
Taneisha Robinson-Scanlon  Ireland  Great Britain 2006
Michael Bingham  United States  Great Britain 2008
Roald Bradstock  United States  Great Britain 2009
Tiffany Porter  United States  Great Britain 2010
Shara Proctor  Anguilla  Great Britain 2010
Shana Cox  United States  Great Britain 2011
Julian Reid  Jamaica  Great Britain 2011
Stefanie Reid  Canada  Great Britain 2010
Yamilé Aldama  Cuba  Sudan 2004
 Sudan  United Kingdom 2011
Zharnel Hughes  Anguilla  Great Britain 2015
Victoria Dronsfield  Sweden  Great Britain 2015
Alexandros Terzian  Argentina  Greece
Mirela Maniani  Albania  Greece 1997
Simona Staicu  Romania  Hungary 2000
Éva Miklós  Romania  Hungary 2003
Attila Farkas  Israel  Hungary 2004
Tommy Kafri  Israel  Hungary 2007
Jeff Cassin  Canada  Ireland 1998
Dermot Donnelly  Great Britain  Ireland 1998
Sean Wade  New Zealand  Ireland 1999
Adrienne McIvor  Australia  Ireland 2000
Stephan Hayward  Great Britain  Ireland 2001
Alistair Cragg  South Africa  Ireland 2002
Alkin Westley  Canada  Ireland 2003
Jolene Elizabeth Byrne  United States  Ireland 2004
Jerome Krahenbuhl  Switzerland  Ireland 2004
Samuel Okantey  Ghana  Ireland 2002
Brendan Reilly  Great Britain  Ireland 1999
Sarah Reilly  Great Britain  Ireland 2000
Brian Doyle  Great Britain  Ireland 2006
Mark Crowley  Great Britain  Ireland 2008
Kevin Brown  Great Britain  Ireland 2008
Zoë Brown  Great Britain  Ireland 2008
Stephen Murphy  Great Britain  Ireland 2010
Ben Reynolds  Great Britain  Ireland 2012
Liam Zamel-Paez  Australia  Ireland 2014
Barbara Sanchez  France  Ireland 2014
Kevin Batt  Australia  Ireland 2014
Alex Wright  Great Britain  Ireland 2015
Katie Kirk  Great Britain  Ireland 2015
Asaf Bimro  Ethiopia  Israel 1984
Mark Handelsman  South Africa  Israel
Aleksey Bazarov  Soviet Union  Israel
Aleksandr Fingert  Soviet Union  Israel
Vadim Bavikin  Soviet Union  Israel 1990
Ayele Seteng  Ethiopia  Israel 1991
Brian Mondschein  United States  Israel 2010
Wodage Zvadya  Ethiopia  Israel 1991
Danny Krasnov  Soviet Union  Israel 1991
Svetlana Gnezdilov  Ukraine  Israel 1996
Sergey Lukashok  Ukraine  Israel
Mukat Derba  Ethiopia  Israel
Konstantin Semyonov  Belarus  Israel
Niels Kruller  Netherlands  Israel 1998
Alex Rosen  United States  Israel 1998
Aleksandr Averbukh  Russia  Israel 1999
Irina Lenskiy  Russia  Israel 1999
Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy  Russia  Israel 1999
Dan Middleman  United States  Israel 2000
Anna Tkach  Russia  Israel 2003
Niki Palli  Moldova  Israel 2005
Dustin Emrani  United States  Israel 2009
Jillian Schwartz  United States  Israel 2010
Girmaw Amare  Ethiopia  Israel [8]
Aimeru Almeya  Ethiopia  Israel [9]
Berihun Wuve  Ethiopia  Israel [10]
Korima Chemtai  Kenya  Israel 2016[11]
Fiona May  Great Britain  Italy 1994
Rachid Berradi  Morocco  Italy
Migidio Bourifa  Morocco  Italy
Fatna Maraoui  Morocco  Italy 2003[12]
Mostafa Errebbah  Morocco  Italy 2001
Magdelín Martínez  Cuba  Italy 2001
Libania Grenot  Cuba  Italy 2008
Fabé Dia  France  Italy 2009
Judit Varga  Hungary  Italy 2011
Gregory Bianchi  Switzerland  Italy 2011
Hassane Fofana  Ivory Coast  Italy 2011[13]
Eseosa Desalu  Nigeria  Italy 2012[14]
Lamont Marcell Jacobs  United States  Italy 2012[15]
Jamel Chatbi  Morocco  Italy 2013[16]
Dariya Derkach  Ukraine  Italy 2013[17]
Gianni Frankis  Great Britain  Italy 2016
Antonio Infantino  Great Britain  Italy 2016[18]
Yusneysi Santiusti  Cuba  Italy 2016[19]
Ariana Hilborn  United States  Latvia 2015
Daniel Abenzoar-Foulé  France  Luxembourg 2001
Mirjam Hess  Switzerland  Luxembourg 2006
Stojan Manolev  Bulgaria  Macedonia 1998
Ilijan Manolev  Bulgaria  Macedonia 1998
Tanya Blake  Great Britain  Malta 2002
Kevin Moore  Australia  Malta 2011[20]
Charlotte Wingfield  Great Britain  Malta 2015
Troy Douglas  Bermuda  Netherlands 1998
Sharon Jaklofsky  Australia  Netherlands
Tekeye Gebreselassie  Ethiopia  Netherlands 1998
Miguel Janssen  Aruba  Netherlands 1998
Nadezhda Wijenberg  Russia  Netherlands 1999
Caimin Douglas  Netherlands Antilles  Netherlands 2002
Brian Mariano  Netherlands Antilles  Netherlands 2011
Churandy Martina  Netherlands Antilles  Netherlands 2011
Lornah Kiplagat  Kenya  Netherlands 2003
Saskia Triesschijn  Germany  Netherlands 2007
Sifan Hassan  Ethiopia  Netherlands 2013[21]
Solomon Bockarie  Sierra Leone  Netherlands 2015[22]
Elizeba Cherono  Kenya  Netherlands 2016[23]
Fernando Ramírez  Dominican Republic  Norway
Aham Okeke  Nigeria  Norway
Katarina Sederholm  Finland  Norway 1998
Jaysuma Saidy Ndure  Gambia  Norway 2007
Amalie Iuel  Denmark  Norway 2015[24]
Yared Shegumo  Ethiopia  Poland 2004
Christophe Fernandes  France  Portugal 2003
Nelson Évora  Cape Verde  Portugal 2002
Naide Gomes  São Tomé and Príncipe  Portugal 2002
Francis Obikwelu  Nigeria  Portugal 2002
Yazaldes Nascimento  São Tomé and Príncipe  Portugal 2007
Roman Guliy  Ukraine  Portugal 2009
Vera Barbosa  Cape Verde  Portugal 2009[25]
Tsanko Arnaudov  Bulgaria  Portugal 2010[26]
Lorène Bazolo  Republic of the Congo  Portugal 2016[27]
Sergiu Ursu  Moldova  Romania 2003
Natalya Tsyganova  Ukraine  Russia 1994
Tatyana Shikolenko  Belarus  Russia 1996
Lev Lobodin  Ukraine  Russia 1996
Lyudmila Dzigalova  Ukraine  Russia 1998
Andriy Nemchaninov  Ukraine  Russia 1998
Valentin Kulbatskiy  Ukraine  Russia 1998
Boris Kaveshnikov  Uzbekistan  Russia 2000
Vladimir Malyavin  Turkmenistan  Russia
Oksana Yarygina  Uzbekistan  Russia
Tatyana Polnova  Turkey  Russia 2002
Anton Savkin  Uzbekistan  Russia 2000
Vitaliy Sidorov  Ukraine  Russia 2000
Aleksey Kurdenko  Belarus  Russia 2001
Viktor Chistiakov  Australia  Russia 2007
Igor Alekseyev  Belarus  Russia 2008
Olga Chernogorova  Belarus  Russia 2008
Rashida Khayrudinova  Uzbekistan  Russia 2008
Ivan Lukyanov  Moldova  Russia 2014
Darko Radakovic  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Serbia 2014
Biljana Cvijanović  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Serbia 2014
Galina Cistjaková  Russia  Slovakia
Dmitrij Vaľukevič  Belarus  Slovakia 2005
Britta Bilač  Germany  Slovenia 1992
Uros Zver  Netherlands  Slovenia 1998
Merlene Ottey  Jamaica  Slovenia 2002
Fabio Ruzzier  Italy  Slovenia 2002
Milos Sakic  Yugoslavia  Slovenia 2002
Marija Martinovic-Šestak  Serbia and Montenegro  Slovenia 2006
Yousef El Nasri  Morocco  Spain
Frank Bicet  Cuba  Spain
Sandra Myers  United States  Spain 1987
Marlene Estévez  Cuba  Spain 1998
Griselda González  Argentina  Spain 1998
Cora Olivero  Argentina  Spain 1998
Niurka Montalvo  Cuba  Spain 1999
Virginia Martínez  Cuba  Spain 1999
Norfalia Carabalí  Colombia  Spain 2000
Alice Matějková  Czech Republic  Spain 2000
Roberto Moya  Cuba  Spain 2001
Glory Alozie  Nigeria  Spain 2002
Aliuska López  Cuba  Spain 2003
Yesenia Centeno  Cuba  Spain 2003
Joan Lino Martínez  Cuba  Spain 2004
Olga Koungorova  Russia  Spain 2005
Juliet Itoya  Nigeria  Spain
Ruth Ndoumbe  Nigeria  Spain
Mohamed Elbendir  Mauritania  Spain 2006
Jackson Quiñónez  Ecuador  Spain 2006
Ayad Lamdassem  Morocco  Spain 2007[28]
Luis Felipe Méliz  Cuba  Spain 2008
Frank Casañas  Cuba  Spain 2008
Alemayehu Bezabeh  Ethiopia  Spain 2008
Digna Luz Murillo  Colombia  Spain 2010
Abdelaziz Merzougui  Morocco  Spain 2010[29]
Trihas Gebre  Ethiopia  Spain 2014[30]
Yioser Toledo  Cuba  Spain 2014
Indira Torrero  Cuba  Spain 2014
Housame Eddine Benabbou  Morocco  Spain 2014
Yidiel Contreras  Cuba  Spain 2015[31]
Nana Jacob  Italy  Spain 2015[32]
Ludmila Engquist  Russia  Sweden 1996
Alhaji Jeng  Gambia  Sweden 1999
Mustafa Mohamed  Somalia  Sweden
Alfred Shemweta  Tanzania  Sweden 1998
Nil de Oliveira  Brazil  Sweden 2010
Abeba Aregawi  Ethiopia  Sweden 2013
Meraf Bahta  Eritrea  Sweden 2014
Daniel Woldu  Eritrea  Sweden 2014
Robel Tsiha  Eritrea  Sweden 2018[33]
Helen Barnett-Burkart  United Kingdom  Switzerland
Julie Baumann  Canada  Switzerland 1991
Nelly Sébastien  France  Switzerland 1998
Chantal Dallenbach  France  Switzerland 2000
Alexander Martínez  Cuba  Switzerland 2006
Ali Hakimi  Tunisia  Switzerland 2007/2010
Alex Wilson  Jamaica  Switzerland 2010[34]
Brahian Peña  Dominican Republic  Switzerland 2012[35]
Tadesse Abraham  Eritrea  Switzerland 2014[36]
Metin Durmuşoğlu  Bulgaria  Turkey 1998[37]
Tatyana Polnova  Russia  Turkey 1998[37]
Oksana Andrusina-Mert  Russia  Turkey 1998[37]
Sibel Özyurt  Ethiopia  Turkey 1998[37]
Nuray Tizita Sürekli  Ethiopia  Turkey 1998[37]
Metin Sazak  Turkmenistan  Turkey 1998[37]
Nora Ivanova-Güner  Bulgaria  Turkey 1999
Svetla Mitkova-Sınırtaş  Bulgaria  Turkey 1999
Elvan Abeylegesse  Ethiopia  Turkey 1999[37]
Anzhela Atroshchenko  Belarus  Turkey 1999
Ebru Kavaklıoğlu  Russia  Turkey 1999
Mirela Dulgheru-Renda  Romania  Turkey 1999
Aysen Barak  Russia  Turkey 2000
Svetlana Kanatova Kandemir  Russia  Turkey 2004
Selim Bayrak  Ethiopia  Turkey 2008[38]
Sultan Haydar  Ethiopia  Turkey 2008[39]
Karin Melis Mey  South Africa  Turkey 2008
Alemitu Bekele  Ethiopia  Turkey 2009
İlham Tanui Özbilen  Kenya  Turkey 2011[40]
Ramil Guliyev  Azerbaijan  Turkey 2013[41]
Tarık Langat Akdağ  Kenya  Turkey 2013[41]
Ali Kaya  Kenya  Turkey 2013[42]
İrfan Yıldırım  Ukraine  Turkey 2013[42]
Şeref Osmanoğlu  Ukraine  Turkey 2013
Yasmani Copello Escobar  Cuba  Turkey 2014
Jak Ali Harvey  Jamaica  Turkey 2015
Meryem Akda  Kenya  Turkey 2015[43]
Yasemin Can  Kenya  Turkey 2016[44]
Yunier Pérez  Cuba  Turkey 2017
Polat Kemboi Arıkan  Kenya  Turkey

To countries in Oceania

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Name of athlete From nation To nation Year Source
Youcef Abdi  Algeria  Australia 2000 R11
Jackie Areson  United States  Australia 2013 R13
Sisay Bezabeh  Ethiopia  Australia 2000 R11
Viktor Chistiakov  Russia  Australia 1999 R11
Daniela Costian  Romania  Australia 1990
Ambrose Ezenwa  Nigeria  Australia 2006 R11
Daniel Golubovic  United States  Australia 2020 R20
Tatiana Grigorieva  Russia  Australia 1998 R11
Zid Abou Hamed  Syria  Australia 1997
Hans Lotz  Germany  Australia 1982
Dmitri Markov  Belarus  Australia 1999 R11
Mizan Mehari  Ethiopia  Australia 1999 R11
Peter O'Donoghue  New Zealand  Australia 1991
Silvana Trampuz  Italy  Australia
Tania Van Heer  Sri Lanka  Australia 1987
Gemechu Woyecha  Qatar  Australia 2002 ?
Benjamin Ashkettle  New Zealand  Fiji 2019 R19
Tumatai Dauphin  France  French Polynesia 2019 R19
Benjamin Ashkettle  Australia  New Zealand 2014 R14
Anna Brzezińska  Poland  New Zealand 1999 R11
Gus Nketia  Ghana  New Zealand 1992 R11
Denis Petushinskiy  Russia  New Zealand 1998 R11
Biljana Petrovich  Yugoslavia  New Zealand 1998 R11
Jeremy Dodson  United States  Samoa 2014 R15
Emanuele Fuamatu  Australia  Samoa 2009 R11
Alex Rose  United States  Samoa 2011 R11
Nainoa Soto Thompson [no]  American Samoa  Samoa 2023 R23
Nuuausala Tuilefano  American Samoa  Samoa 2023 R23

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References

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Citations

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  2. ^ "Quién es Santiago Ford, el cubano que compite por Chile en Panamericanos 2023". www.24horas.cl (in Spanish). 24 Horas. 30 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  3. ^ Graham, Pat (2009-08-18). "Alvin Harrison sprinting for Dominican Republic". USA Today.
  4. ^ "Davis now a T&T; athlete | Trinidad Express Newspaper | Sports". Archived from the original on 2012-01-21.
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  12. ^ "Maraoui: "E' un onore esordire in azzurro"" (in Italian). fidal.it. 8 December 2006. Retrieved 5 July 2018. "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"
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  20. ^ 2014 CWG bio
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  23. ^ Elizeba Cherono heeft Nederlands paspoort gekregen: ‘De halve marathon bij het EK is mijn doel’
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  33. ^ "Startsida".
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  37. ^ a b c d e f g "Transfer of Allegiance - 1998 to 2011 - as officially announced in the IAAF Newsletter". IAAF. 2013-01-30. Retrieved 2013-10-07.
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  41. ^ a b "Transfer of Allegiance - 2012 - as officially announced in the IAAF Newsletter". IAAF. 2013-01-30. Retrieved 2013-10-07.
  42. ^ a b "Transfer of Allegiance - 2013 - as officially announced in the IAAF Newsletter". IAAF. 2013-08-22. Retrieved 2013-10-07.
  43. ^ EA profile
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