PyeongChang 2018: Flag bearers revealed
Find out who is carrying his or her country’s flag at Paralympic Opening Ceremony 09 Mar 2018
49 delegations will be represented at the Opening Ceremony of the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games
Hundreds of athletes will officially be introduced to the rest of the world when they march into the PyeongChang Olympic Stadium on Friday 9 March for the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony.
Leading the way for their respective delegations are 48 Paralympians carrying their country’s flags.
The 2018 PyeongChang Paralympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony will begin 20:00 Korean Standard Time (KST), and can be watched live right here on the International Paralympic Committee website.
Below is the complete list of each delegation’s flag bearers.
Roger Puig Davi, Andorra, alpine skiing
Enrique Plantey, Argentina, alpine skiing
Stasik Nazaryan, Armenia, cross-country skiing
Joany Badenhorst, Australia, snowboard
Claudia Loesch, Austria, alpine skiing
Liudmila Vauchok, Belarus, cross-country skiing
Eleonor Sana, Belgium, alpine skiing
Ilma Kazazic, Bosnia and Herzegovina, alpine skiing
Aline Dos Santos Rocha, Brazil, cross-country skiing
Svetoslav Georgiev, Bulgaria, cross-country skiing
Brian McKeever, Canada, cross-country skiing
Diego Seguel, Chile, alpine skiing
Yuanyuan Peng, China, cross-country skiing
Eva Goluza, Croatia, alpine skiing
Miroslav Hrbek, Czech Republic, ice hockey
Daniel Wagner, Denmark, snowboard
Matti Suur-Hamari, Finland, snowboard
Marie Bochet, France, alpine skiing
Temuri Dadiani, Georgia, cross-country skng
Andrea Eskau, Germany, cross-country skiing/biathlon
Owen Pick, Great Britain, snowboard
Konstantinos Petrakis, Greece, snowboard
Zsolt Balogh, Hungary, alpine skiing
Hilmar Snaer Ovarsson, Iceland, alpine skiing
Elaheh Gholifallah, Iran, cross-country
Florian Planker, Italy, ice hockey
Momoka Muraoka, Japan, alpine skiing
Kairat Kanafin, Kazakhstan, cross-country skiing
Jonghyon Kim, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, cross-country skiing
Euihyun Sin, Republic of Korea, cross-country/biathlon
Arly Velasquez, Mexico, alpine skiing
Ganbold Batmunkh, Mongolia, cross-country skiing
Bibian Mentel-Spee, Netherlands, snowboard
Corey Peters, New Zealand, alpine skiing
Birgit Skarstein, Norway, cross-country skiing
Kamil Rosiek, Poland, cross-country skiing/biathlon
Mihaita Papara, Romania, snowboard
Milos Zaric, Serbia, cross-country skiing
Henrieta Farkasova, Slovakia, alpine skiing
Jernej Slivnik, Slovenia, alpine skiing
Astrid Fina Paredes, Spain, snowboard
Ronny Persson, Sweden, wheelchair curling
Felix Wagner, Switzerland, wheelchair curling
Siyovush Ilyasov, Tajikistan, cross-country skiing
Mehmet Cekic, Turkey, alpine skiing
Vitaliy Lukyanenko, Ukraine, cross-country/biathlon
Mike Schultz, USA, snowboard
Yokutkhon Kholbekova, Uzbekistan, cross-country skiing
A PyeongChang 2018 volunteer will carry the flag for the Neutral Paralympic Athlete delegation.
Every competition as well as the Opening and Closing Ceremonies can be watched live right here on the International Paralympic Committee’s website. Highlights of each day’s action will also be made available.