Rounding out the listing of Paris Olympians who’ve made a nationality swap this quad is Georgia-Rose Brown, who’s lastly headed to the Olympics after making an attempt since 2012. Brown competed for Australia most of her profession, however made a nationality swap to characterize New Zealand, her father’s dwelling nation, in 2023. All through the spring of 2023, she competed on bars on the FIG World Cup circuit and earned her spot in Paris.
Totally different from those that have made nationality adjustments, some athletes competing in Paris have twin citizenship, however have solely ever competed for one nation.
Lilia Cosman is Romanian-American and is ready to characterize Romania in Paris. She competed as a Degree 10 within the U.S. till 2022, however by no means certified to turn out to be an Elite. In 2022, she started competing for Romania and has since moved to Romania to coach in Deva. In 2023, she helped Romania qualify to their first Olympics as a crew since 2012. In 2024, she positioned eighth within the All-Round and 4th on beam at 2024 Euros.
Her development since 2022 has been unbelievable. In 2022, she had All-Round scores within the mid 46s at Elite qualifiers within the U.S. Now, she’s undoubtedly one of many high gymnasts in Romania with All-Round scores within the 52s.
Lais Najjar and Lynnzee Brown are each American-based gymnasts who will characterize their dad and mom’ dwelling nations in Paris.
Najjar was born within the U.S. however spent a lot of his childhood dwelling in Syria. Earlier than the beginning of the Syrian Civil Conflict, his household moved again to america. In 2016, when he was simply 14 years outdated, he started competing in worldwide competitions. Whereas additionally competing for Syria internationally, Najjar competes for the College of Michigan within the NCAA.
“My family is Syrian,” Najjar advised the Day by day Michigan after he realized he certified to Paris in June. “We converse Arabic, we follow all of the traditions and customs and my dad and mom are very a lot nonetheless extra Syrian than American. And I’d virtually think about myself the identical. I’m extraordinarily patriotic for Syria. All my household’s there. And if I had the prospect to characterize them, after all I’d.”
Brown, who you would possibly know as some of the profitable Denver gymnasts of all time within the NCAA or as an assistant coach for Penn State is Haitian-American and can turn out to be the primary Haitian gymnast to compete within the Olympic Video games later this month. She grew up coaching at GAGE in Missouri, however by no means competed internationally. In 2023, after graduating from Denver, she started competing in Elite meets for Haiti with hopes of qualifying for Paris. Now, she’s set to be one in all simply six Haitian athletes competing in Paris.
