28/06/2016: PhD Defence “Nationality Requirements in Olympic Sports” by A. S. Wollmann
Who may compete for a country at the Olympics?
While the qualification rounds for the Rio Olympics received huge media attention, the underlying question regarding which country an athlete may compete for only makes headlines when prominent athletes change their country of representation. Nationality requirements are an issue that had yet to be brought to the forefront of public discussions, as most recent works focussed on only a fraction of the Olympic Sports.