Top 5 sportspersons who represented multiple countries during their careers

#4 Chris Froome-Cycling

From Kenya to Great Britain

Currently perhaps the most promising cyclist, Froome began his professional career in 2007 initially representing Kenya. For the African nation, Froome produced several strong results at international tournaments, which included first position in stage six of the 2007 Tour of Japan, eighth at 2007 Tour du Doubs and fourth overall at 2008 Herald Tour among others.

By the end of 2008, Froome’s impressive form had several eyebrows raised in the cycling world including British cycling coach Rod Ellingworth. Coincidentally, Froome too had wanted to race under the union flag for a long time, having earlier said that he had always felt British and was even carrying a British passport.

Later that year, Froome received official approval to represent Britain, and since then he has never looked back. In the late 2000s, he continued to achieve further strong results at several other international tournaments, before finally establishing his foothold in the sport after finishing second overall at the 2011 Vuelta a Espana.

Since his breakthrough, he has finished second overall at the 2012 Tour de France, clinched bronze medal in time trial at the 2012 Olympics, finished first overall at the 2013 Tour of Oman, finished first overall at the 2013 Tour de France, finished first overall at the 2014 Tour de Romandie, finished first overall at the 2015 Tour de France and the list goes on and on. Currently thirty one years old, he still has almost a decade to go in his career.