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.
Sport | Country of origin | Origin name | Chinese name | Gender | Born | Naturalized | Reasons | |
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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] | |
Basketball | United States | Kyle Anderson | 李凯尔 (Li Kaier) | M | 1993 | 2023 | Born in United States with 1/8 Chinese ancestry (His maternal grandmother's father was a Chinese). | |
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 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 | 2018 | 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 | 2020 | At the invitation of the Chinese Skating Association. [16] | |
Hungary | Shaolin Sándor Liu | 劉少林 (Liú Shàolín) | M | 1995 | 2023 | Born in Hungary to a Chinese father and a Hungarian mother. [17] | ||
Hungary | Shaoang Liu | 刘少昂 (Liú Shào'áng) | M | 1998 | 2023 | Born in Hungary to a Chinese father and a Hungarian mother. [17] |
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