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2010 Winter Paralympics national flag bearers
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During the Parade of Nations at the 2010 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony, which was held beginning at 6:00 PM PST on March 12, 2010, 44 athletes bore the flags of their respective nations and lead their national delegations as they paraded into BC Place Stadium in the host city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
The flag was borne by a sportsperson, from that country, chosen either by the National Paralympic Committee or by the athletes themselves to represent their country.
The following is a list of each country's flag bearer.
| Order | Nation | Flag bearer | Sport |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AND | Xabier Fernández | Alpine skiing |
| 2 | ARG | Juan Ignacio Maggi | Alpine skiing |
| 3 | ARM | Gayane Usnyan | Alpine skiing |
| 4 | AUS | Toby Kane | Alpine skiing |
| 5 | AUT | Robert Meusburger | Alpine skiing |
| 6 | BLR | Liudmila Vauchok | Cross-country skiing |
| 7 | BEL | Natasha De Troyer | Alpine skiing |
| 8 | BIH | Memic Nijaz | Alpine skiing |
| 9 | BUL | Aleksandar Stoyanov | Cross-country skiing |
| 10 | CHI | Tomas De Villar | Alpine skiing |
| 11 | CHN | Cheng Shishuai | Cross-country skiing |
| 12 | CRO | Maric Dadic | Alpine skiing |
| 13 | CZE | Anna Kuliskova | Alpine skiing |
| 14 | DEN | Marianne Maiboll | Cross-country skiing |
| 15 | FIN | Ilkka Toumisto | Cross-country skiing |
| 16 | FRA | Romain Riboud | Alpine skiing |
| 17 | GER | Frank Höfle | Cross-country skiing |
| 18 | GBR | Michael McCreadie | Wheelchair curling |
| 19 | GRE | Vivi Christodoulopoulou | Alpine skiing |
| 20 | HUN | Balazs Koleszar | Alpine skiing |
| 21 | ISL | Erna Fridriksdottir | Alpine skiing |
| 22 | IRI | Sadegh Kalhor | Alpine skiing |
| 23 | ITA | Gianmaria Dal Maistro | Alpine skiing |
| 24 | JPN | Takayuki Endo | Ice sledge hockey |
| 25 | KAZ | Oleg Syssolyatin | Cross-country skiing |
| 26 | MEX | Juan Armando Ruiz Hernandez | Alpine skiing |
| 27 | MGL | Enkhbaatar Zorig | Cross-country skiing |
| 28 | NED | Falco Jeitsma | Alpine skiing coach |
| 29 | NZL | Adam Hall | Alpine skiing |
| 30 | NOR | Mariann Vestbostad | Cross-country skiing |
| 31 | POL | Jarosław Rola | Alpine skiing |
| 32 | ROU | Laura Valenu | Alpine skiing |
| 33 | RUS | Valery Kupchinskii | Cross-country skiing |
| 34 | SRB | Jasmin Bambur | Alpine skiing |
| 35 | SVK | Ivaeta Chlebakova | Alpine skiing |
| 36 | SLO | Gal Jakic | Alpine skiing |
| 37 | RSA | David Bruce Warner | Alpine skiing |
| 38 | KOR | Han Min-su | Ice sledge hockey |
| 39 | ESP | Ursula Pueyo | Alpine skiing |
| 40 | SWE | Jens Kask | Ice sledge hockey |
| 41 | SUI | Thomas Pfyl | Alpine skiing |
| 42 | UKR | Olena Iurkovska | Cross-country skiing |
| 43 | USA | Heath Calhoun | Alpine skiing |
| 44 | CAN | Jean Labonté | Ice sledge hockey |
References
References
- (12 March 2010). "Flagbearers from Opening Ceremony". [[International Paralympic Committee]] (IPC).
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