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Naturalized athletes of China
The naturalized athletes of China are those naturalized citizens who are part, or have been part, of the People's Republic of China national teams in the Olympic sports.
Alex Hua Tian, the first ever naturalized Olympic athlete of China, who competed in the individual eventing at the Summer Olympics in 2008, 2016 and 2020.
The rules
- Article 3
- "The People's Republic of China does not recognize dual nationality for any Chinese national."
- Article 4
- "Any person born in China whose parents are both Chinese nationals or one of whose parents is a Chinese national shall have Chinese nationality."
- Article 5
- "Any person born abroad whose parents are both Chinese nationals or one of whose parents is a Chinese national shall have Chinese nationality. But a person whose parents are both Chinese nationals and have both settled abroad, or one of whose parents is a Chinese national and has settled abroad, and who has acquired foreign nationality at birth shall not have Chinese nationality."
- Article 7
- "Foreign nationals or stateless persons who are willing to abide by China's Constitution and laws and who meet one of the following conditions may be naturalized upon approval of their applications:
- (1) "they are near relatives of Chinese nationals;
- (2) "they have settled in China; or
- (3) "they have other legitimate reasons."[1]
- "Foreign nationals or stateless persons who are willing to abide by China's Constitution and laws and who meet one of the following conditions may be naturalized upon approval of their applications:
The list
| Sport | Country of origin | Origin name | Chinese name | Gender | Born | Naturalized | Reasons | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer sports | ||||||||
| Athletics | Canada | Nina Schultz | 郑妮娜力 (Zheng Ninali) | F | 1998 | 2021 | Born in Canada to a Chinese mother and a Canadian-born father.[2] | |
| Artistic gymnastics | Ukraine | Guo Meilin | 郭媚琳 (Guo Meilin) | F | 2007 | 2021 | Born in Ukraine to a Chinese father and a Ukrainian mother.[3] | |
| Equestrian | Britain | Alex Hua Tian | 华天 (Hua Tian) | M | 1989 | 2006 | Born in the UK to a Chinese father and a British mother.[4] | |
| Football | Brazil | Elkeson | 艾克森 (Ai Kesen) | M | 1989 | 2019 | Settled in China for a long time.[5] | |
| Britain | Nico Yennaris | 李可 (Li Ke) | M | 1993 | 2019 | Born in the UK to a mother of Chinese origin and a Cypriot father.[6] | ||
| Britain | Tyias Browning | 蒋光太 (Jiang Guangtai) | M | 1994 | 2020 | Born in the UK to a mother of Chinese origin and a British father.[7] | ||
| Brazil | Aloísio | 洛国富 (Luo Guofu) | M | 1988 | 2020 | Settled in China for a long time.[8] | ||
| Brazil | Alan Carvalho | 阿兰 (A Lan) | M | 1989 | 2020 | Settled in China for a long time.[9] | ||
| Brazil | Fernandinho | 费南多 (Fei Nanduo) | M | 1993 | 2020 | Settled in China for a long time.[10] | ||
| Winter sports | ||||||||
| Figure skating | United States | Ashley Lin | 林姗 (Lin Shan) | F | 2003 | 2019 | Born in the US to Chinese parents with U.S. citizenship.[11] | |
| United States | Beverly Zhu | 朱易 (Zhu Yi) | F | 2002 | 2018 | Born in the US to Chinese parents with U.S. citizenship.[12] | ||
| Freestyle skiing | United States | Eileen Gu | 谷爱凌 (Gu Ailing) | F | 2003 | 2019 | Born in the US to a Chinese mother and an American-born father.[13] | |
| Ice hockey | Canada | Ty Schultz | 郑恩来 (Zheng Enlai) | M | 1997 | 2017 | Born in Canada to a Chinese mother and a German father.[14] | |
| Canada | Kimberly Newell | 周嘉鹰 (Zhou Jiaying) | F | 1995 | Born in Canada to a Chinese mother and a Canadian father.[15] | |||
| Short track speed skating | South Korea | Lim Hyo-jun | 林孝俊 (Lin Xiaojun) | M | 1996 | 2021 | At the invitation of the Chinese Skating Association.[16] | |
See also
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