This is a list of track and field athletes who have moved to compete for another country. Athletics, also known as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events. ...

To countries in Africa

Name of athlete	From nation	To nation
Yamile Aldama	Cuba	Sudan
Todd Matthews-Jouda	United States	Sudan

// Etymology World map showing Africa (geographically) The name Africa came into Western use through the Romans, who used the name Africa terra — land of the Afri (plural, or Afer singular) — for the northern part of the continent, as the province of Africa with its capital Carthage, corresponding to modern-day... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sudan. ... Todd Matthews-Jouda (born June 20, 1979) is a hurdling athlete who is notable for having switched nationality from United States to Sudan in September 2003. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sudan. ...

To countries in the Americas

Name of athlete	From nation	To nation
Kareem Streete-Thompson	United States	Cayman Islands
Félix Sánchez	United States	Dominican Republic
Liliana Allen	Cuba	Mexico
Mebrahtom Keflezighi	Eritrea	United States
Khalid Khannouchi	Morocco	United States
Bernard Lagat	Kenya	United States
Stanisława Walasiewicz	Poland	United States

World map showing America CIA map of the Americas (as it is now known in English) The Americas commonly refers to the landmass in the Western Hemisphere consisting of the continents of North America and South America with their associated islands. ... Kareem Streete-Thompson (born May 30, 1973 in the United States of America) is an athlete specializing in the long jump and the 100 metres. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Cayman_Islands. ... Sánchez celebrates after winning the 400m hurdles in August 28, 2004 at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Greece. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mexico. ... Mebrahtom (Meb) Keflezighi (born May 5, 1975 in Asmara, Eritrea) is an American athlete specializing in long distance running, specifically marathons. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Eritrea. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Khalid Khannouchi (born December 22, 1971 in Meknes, Morocco) is a marathon athlete who now represents the United States of America. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Morocco. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Bernard Kipchirchir Lagat (born: December 12, 1974 in Kapsabet, Kenya) is a middle and long distance athlete. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kenya. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Stanisława Walasiewicz (April 11, 1911 – December 4, 1980) was a Polish-American athlete and an Olympic champion. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Poland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ...

To countries in Asia

Name of athlete	From nation	To nation
Musa Amer Obaid	Kenya	Bahrain
Youssef Saad Kamel	Kenya	Bahrain
Maryam Yusuf Jamal	Ethiopia	Bahrain
Moustafa Ahmed Shebto	Uganda	Bahrain
Mushir Salim Jawher	Kenya	Bahrain
Abel Yagoot Jowher	Kenya	Bahrain
Rashid Ramzi	Morocco	Bahrain
Sameer Kamal Ali	Kenya	Bahrain
Ali Faraj Shaheen	Kenya	Bahrain
Abdeen Shaka	Kenya	Bahrain
Aleksandr Averbukh	Russia	Israel
Sultan Khamis Zaman	Burundi	Qatar
Abdullah Ahmad Hassan	Kenya	Qatar
Saif Saeed Shaheen	Kenya	Qatar
Belal Mansoor Ali	Kenya	Qatar
Tareq Mubarak Taher	Kenya	Qatar
James Kwalia	Kenya	Qatar
Nicholas Kemboi	Kenya	Qatar
Daham Najib Bashir	Kenya	Qatar
Jamal Bilal Salem	Kenya	Qatar
Essa Ismail Rasheed	Kenya	Qatar
Majed Saeed Sultan	Kenya	Qatar
Salem Amer Al-Badri	Kenya	Qatar
Ali Thamer Kamel	Kenya	Qatar
Salem Jamal	Kenya	Qatar
Mubarak Hassan Shami	Kenya	Qatar
Andrey Abduvaliyev	Tajikistan	Uzbekistan

World map showing Asia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kenya. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Bahrain. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kenya. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Bahrain. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ethiopia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Bahrain. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Uganda. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Bahrain. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kenya. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Bahrain. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kenya. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Bahrain. ... Rashid Ramzi (born July 17, 1980) is an athlete competing internationally for Bahrain in the 800 and 1500 metres. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Morocco. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Bahrain. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kenya. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Bahrain. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kenya. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Bahrain. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kenya. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Bahrain. ... Aleksandr Averbukh (born October 1, 1974 in Irkutsk, Russia) is an Israeli athlete competing in the pole vault. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Israel. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Burundi. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Qatar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kenya. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Qatar. ... Said Saaeef Shaheen formerly Stephen Cherono (born October 15, 1982 in Keiyo, Kenya) is a long distance track athlete now representing Qatar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kenya. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Qatar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kenya. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Qatar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kenya. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Qatar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kenya. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Qatar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kenya. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Qatar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kenya. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Qatar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kenya. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Qatar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kenya. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Qatar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kenya. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Qatar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kenya. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Qatar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kenya. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Qatar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kenya. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Qatar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kenya. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Qatar. ... Andrey Abduvaliyev (born June 30, 1966 in Leningrad) is a former hammer thrower who won a gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Tajikistan. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Uzbekistan. ...

To countries in Europe

Name of athlete	From nation	To nation
Mohammed Mourhit	Morocco	Belgium
Wilson Kipketer	Kenya	Denmark
Eduard Hämäläinen	Belarus	Finland
Francis Kirwa	Kenya	Finland
Driss Maazouzi	Morocco	France
Ismaïl Sghyr	Morocco	France
Jérôme Romain	Dominica	France
Alina Astafei	Romania	Germany
Andrei Tivontchik	Belarus	Germany
Florence Ekpo-Umoh	Nigeria	Germany
Mirela Manjani	Albania	Greece
Attila Farkas	Israel	Hungary
Alistair Cragg	South Africa	Republic of Ireland
Jolene Elizabeth Byrne	United States	Republic of Ireland
Magdelin Martinez	Cuba	Italy
Fiona May	United Kingdom	Italy
Troy Douglas	Bermuda	Netherlands
Lornah Kiplagat	Kenya	Netherlands
Yared Shegumo	Ethiopia	Poland
Francis Obikwelu	Nigeria	Portugal
Tatyana Shikolenko	Belarus	Russia
Lev Lobodin	Ukraine	Russia
Dmitriy Valyukevich	Belarus	Slovakia
Britta Bilač	Germany	Slovenia
Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	Slovenia
Sandra Myers	United States	Spain
Joan Lino Martínez	Cuba	Spain
Niurka Montalvo	Cuba	Spain
Aliuska López	Cuba	Spain
Roberto Moya	Cuba	Spain
Glory Alozie	Nigeria	Spain
Ludmila Engquist	Russia	Sweden
Mustafa Mohamed	Somalia	Sweden
Elvan Abeylegesse	Ethiopia	Turkey
Anzhela Atroshchenko	Belarus	Turkey
Zola Budd	South Africa	United Kingdom
Nathalie Harvey	Australia	United Kingdom

A satellite composite image of Europe // Etymology Picture of Europa, carried away by bull-shaped Zeus. ... Mohammed Mourhit (born October 10, 1970 in Khouribga, Morocco) is a Belgian long-distance runner who had broken three European records by the summer of 2000 (7:26. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Morocco. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Wilson Kipketer (born December 12, 1972 in Kapchemoyiwo, Kenya into the Kalenjin tribe) is a middle distance runner. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kenya. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Denmark. ... Eduard Hämäläinen (born January 21, 1969 in Karaganda, Kazakhstan) is a former decathlete from Finland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belarus. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Finland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kenya. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Finland. ... Driss Maazouzi (born October 20, 1969 in Fetnès) is a French 1500m runner who won a bronze medal at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Morocco. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Morocco. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Dominica. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Romania. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belarus. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Nigeria. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Mirela Manjani (born December 21, 1976 in Dirachio, Albania) is a Greek javelin thrower. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Albania. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Greece. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Israel. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Hungary. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Africa. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ireland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ireland. ... Magdelin Martinez (born February 10, 1976 in Camag, Cuba) is a track and field athlete, competing internationally for the Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Fiona May (born December 12, 1969 in Slough, England) is an Italian athlete competing in the long jump. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Troy Douglas (born November 30, 1962 in Bermuda) is a Dutch sprinter. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Bermuda. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kenya. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ethiopia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Poland. ... Francis Obirah Obikwelu, born 22 November 1978 in Nigeria and Portuguese citizen since 2001 is a sprint athlete specializing in 100 m and 200 m, who finished second in the 100 m at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, the first medal ever in athletics sprinting events for Portugal. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Nigeria. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Portugal. ... Tatyana Shikolenko (born May 10, 1968 in Krasnodar) is a retired Russian javelin thrower whose greatest success was World Championship two silver medals. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belarus. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... Lev Lobodin (born April 1, 1969 in Voronezh) is a decathlete from Russia, having changed nationality from Ukraine at the end of 1996. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ukraine. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belarus. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Slovakia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Slovenia. ... Ottey stumbles over the finish line after winning gold in the Indoor 60 m sprint. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Jamaica. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Slovenia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... Niurka Montalvo (born June 4, 1968 in Havana) is a Spanish athlete competing mostly in long jump. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... Roberto S. Moya (born February 11, 1965 in Havana, Cuba) is a Spanish athlete who mainly competes in discus throw. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... Aliuska López (born December 30, 1977 in Nigeria) is a Spanish athlete competing mostly in hurdling. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Nigeria. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... Ludmila Engquist is a Swedish athlete, winning gold in 100m hurdles at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ... Mustafa Hassan Mohamed (born March 1, 1979) is a middle distance runner. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Somalia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ... Elvan Abeylegesse leading at the IAAF World Championships 2003 in Paris, France Elvan Abeylegesse (also formerly: Hewan Abeye (Amharic) and Elvan Can (Turkish)) is an Ethiopian-born Turkish woman middle and long distance track and field athlete, running in the disciplines 1500m, 3000m and 5000m, but also 10000m, 2 miles... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ethiopia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Turkey. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belarus. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Turkey. ... Zola Pieterse, still better known by her maiden name of Zola Budd (born May 26, 1966 in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State in South Africa) is a former Olympic track and field competitor who, within a period of less than three years, twice broke the world record in the womens... Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Africa. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Australia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ...

To countries in Oceania

Name of athlete	From nation	To nation
Viktor Chistiakov	Russia	Australia
Daniela Costian	Romania	Australia
Tatiana Grigorieva	Russia	Australia
Dmitri Markov	Belarus	Australia
Gus Nketia	Ghana	New Zealand

Oceania is a geographical (often geopolitical) region consisting of numerous countries and territories – mostly islands – in the Pacific Ocean. ... Viktor Chistiakov (born February 9, 1975 in Moscow, Russia) is an Australian athlete competing in the pole vault. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Australia. ... Daniela Costian was born on June 30, 1965 in Braila, Romania, but became an Australian citizen in 1990. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Romania. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Australia. ... Tatiana Grigorieva Tatiana Grigorieva (Russian: Татьяна Григорьева; born October 8, 1975) is an Australian athlete and model. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Australia. ... Dmitri Markov (born March 14, 1975 in Vitebsk, Belarus) is an Australian athlete competing in the pole vault. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belarus. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Australia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ghana. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_New_Zealand. ...

External links

• Kenyans running for four different nations
• Another Kenyan Defects to Qatar
• Ex-Kenyan Stars Face IAAF Probe