Are there any Australians competing in another country's Olympic team?

Question

Are there any Australians competing in another country's Olympic team?

Answer 1

Don't forget the number of wonderful athletes who were born overseas and have proudly worn the green and gold after competing for their old countries. Yesterday it was Maria Peckli, who just missed out on a medal in Judo for Australia after representing her home nation of Hungary several times. That's Aussie spirit!

Answer 2

Phillip Dutton, an equestrian competing for the US. He won two gold medals for Australia and was once their flag bearer.

Answer 3

jehemeth manto is competing for tajikistan

Answer 4

Glen Kable is an expat Aussie representing Fiji in the Trap Shooting

Answer 5

Ryan Gambin (swimming) is representing Malta and he was born in Australia

Answer 6

Yes there has been over the years a sport like football when they did not make the Australian team they still had their other citizenship from the home country like Croatia and they played for that country. They were born there and came to Australia to live but they still have strong ties with their home land. I think this if fine, remember they did try for the Australian team first but did not get picked. I'm sorry I do not know the names and when this happened I think it was even at the last Olympics.

Answer 7

I think there was a medallist in Athens in the women's triathlon who is an Aussie but represented Austria. From memory, she is married to an Austrian and has lived there for some years.

Answer 8

If there are, and I am sure that there are some, good luck to them, they should be proud of getting to the olympics for the country they now call theirs, after all we accepted a whole plethora of atheletes from other countries that went on to wear the green and gold, and no one called them traitors

Answer 9

Phillip Dutton-Competing in USA for equestrian, he used to ride for Australia, but he changed nationality. Not sure about any one else



Phillip Dutton

But next week in Hong Kong, the 44-year-old, who won a pair of gold medals for

Australia at three previous Olympics, will be wearing red, white and blue as the star of

the U.S. Olympic equestrian team



Lucinda Frederick based in UK, changed nationality IN 2002 when she married Australian Eventer, Clayton Fredrick

Answer 10

Some children born out of parents, born overseas can be a holders of two passports. Australian and the country or countries his parents came from. It is legal.

Now the young man didn't make the times for the Olympic nomination by Aussie standards, but makes the nomination to represent some small country in the World which doesn't have such high levels and is willing to send the man to represent their land in the Olympics.

I don't see anything wrong in the decision to take up this offer by some Australian athlete who can't make it in down-under.

It is just a sport after all, not a battle between countries.

I personally known two of them, but not allowed to tell their names.

Answer 11

Not as many as non-Australian born/raised athletes representing Australia.

Answer 12

Phillip Dutton won Three Gold Medals For Australia and was the flag bearer for australia once great question it had me thinking oh he was in equestrian

Answer 13

Doesn't really answer your question, but let's not forget "Western Australia's own" Lucinda Fredericks, born in Zambia, or somewhere in Africa, who moved to, and resides in, the UK, where she met her Australian husband! They are both representing Australia in the equestrian events.

Answer 14

Kate Allen is an Austrian triathlete who beat Jones in 2004 and Simon Whitfield is a Canadian Tri athlete

Answer 15

Kate Allen (An australian born Austrian) in Triathlon (won gold in Athens!)



Simon Whitfield (Dual Australian/Canadian citizenship) in triathlon (won gold in Sydney!



Both are dark horses, but have every chance of winning a medal.

Answer 16

Michael Phelps. He was born in Tasmania.

Answer 17

I can remember I think it was back in 2000 that Massimilliano Rossellini, who was born in Australia and lived here all his life but when he competed at Sydney it was for Italy.

Answer 18

Phillip Dutton won Three Gold Medals For Australia and was the flag bearer for australia once great question it had me thinking oh he was in equestrian

Answer 19

Phillip Dutton is Australian and is riding for the US equestrian team.

Answer 20

Massimilliano Rossellini... yes. and I remember we all went crazy over him! A relatively unknown to somebody famous. I was just thinking about how I missed him yesterday as he isn't swimming.

Answer 21

phillip dutton in the equestrian team event. riding for the usa as he married an american equestrian rider and lives over there.

Answer 22

probably but aust. takes the cake in haveing overseas born reps

Answer 23

good question...i think there was also someone else in the equestion that married a german and moved over there...i think.

Also possibly a tri-athlete gone to NZ !! Not too sure though.

Answer 24

I know there are football players, living and playing in Romania. I'm sure there are in other sports as well..

Answer 25

yes

Answer 26

yes

Answer 27

yes there were ppl alot of ppl

Answer 28

yes

Answer 29

nah no1 wants them

Answer 30

i think it is

Answer 31

i dont think so. most people that are representing the country is from that country.

Answer 32

me

Answer 33

yeah sure are

Answer 34

dont we call them traitors?

Answer 35

I don't think there would be.