In the Olympics how do they..?

Question

determine what team you play for? Is it by where you were born or what country you live in? I ask this because lets say I'm qualified for playing in the Olympics, but my country is not in that category(swimming). Do I play for the USA, because I live here, I was born in Jamaica. Do I qualify to play for USA?

Answer 1

I believe it goes by what country you were born in or what country you are, at most, second-generation descendent from. For example, there is some US basketball player that plays for the LA Clippers, who did not make the American team and decided to play for the German team after he realized that he qualified to play for them since his grandfather was born there. Within the time he made the team and the Olympics, he obtained his German citizenship and learned the language/

Answer 2

1st it goes by your citizenship.

2nd you MUST qualify in that country of citizenship. (if you have dual citizenship and don't qualify for 1 of your countries you cannot try out for the other) must live and train for a period to qualify. It is also country dependant. Some may have stricter rules for this process.

Answer 3

You generally represent the country you have citizenship in.

Answer 4

If you have dual citizenship, you get to choose.

Answer 5

sure if your good enough dirk novitski had a choose 2g2 germany just like yoi ming did

Answer 6

You play for the country that you have citizenship for.

If you have a dual citizenship, you get to pick. LOL

Answer 7

I believe it's determined by which country you hold citizenship in. For example, you may be born in the USA, but moved to Australia at a young age and become an Australian citizen. I have no idea how it works if you hold a dual-citizenship though... Would someone care to explain that situation?

Answer 8

well if you want to play for a certain  country you have to be a citizen but you do not have to be born in the country. lets say you want to play for italy you go to italy get a citizenship and that's it. like there to  brazilian women that play for Georgia they were born in brazil but they got citizenship and that it

Answer 9

it can depend on you birth certificate or your rights as a citizen of what ever country you live in for example. I'm 15 and i train for rugby with england as i have a british passport but i could also play for wales as on my birth certificate it states i was born there.

hope i helped