2010 Winter Olympics national flag bearers

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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. During the Parade of Nations at the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, held beginning at 6:00 PM PST on February 12, 2010, 82 athletes bearing the flags of their respective nations led their national delegations as they paraded into BC Place Stadium in the host city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.[1]

Athletes entered the stadium in an order dictated by tradition. As the originator of the Olympics, Greece entered first. Canadian delegates entered last, representing the host nation. The names of the nations were announced first in French and followed by English, the official languages of the Olympics, which also happened to be the official languages of the host nation. The nations entered in alphabetic order of their country names in English because it is the more dominant of the two languages in Vancouver and in the province of British Columbia.

Delegations from North Korea and South Korea marched in separate delegations, unlike in the 2006 Winter Olympics when they marched together.[2]

Of the flag-bearers who led their respective delegations, all but one were athletes, the exception being Fuad Guliyev, a skating official from Azerbaijan. The sport which was most represented among the flag-bearers was alpine skiing, as alpine skiers led 26 delegations. Only one delegation was led by a short track speed skater, Hong Kong, led by Han Yue Shueng.[1] Marjan Kalhor, an alpine skier and the flag-bearer for Iran, was both the first female flag bearer from her country and the first female athlete from her country to participate in the Winter Olympics.[2] It was erroneously pointed out by a Canadian TV commentator that Tomomi Okazaki was the first female flag bearer for Japan. This title goes to Seiko Hashimoto in Calgary 1988. Other prominent flag bearers included Canadian speed skater and five-time Olympian Clara Hughes, American luger Mark Grimmette, who had helped carry the American flag during the 2002 Winter Olympics, and Czech hockey player Jaromir Jagr. Hughes is the only Olympian ever to win multiple medals at both the Summer and Winter Olympics.[3]

Iason Abramashvili, flag bearer for Georgia, along with the other members of his delegation, wore black armbands during the march and received a standing ovation in memory of Nodar Kumaritashvili, a Georgian luger who was killed in an accident during a training run earlier in the day.[4]

Parade of Nations

File:2010 Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony - Czech Republic entering cropped.jpg
The Czech Republic flag being carried by Jaromir Jagr.
File:2010 Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony - Finland entering.jpg
The Finnish flag being carried by Ville Peltonen.
The Georgian flag being carried by Iason Abramashvili. In this picture the flag has a black ribbon.
File:2010 Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony - Germany entering cropped.jpg
The German flag being carried by André Lange.
The British flag being carried by Shelley Rudman.
File:2010 Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony - Russia entering cropped.jpg
The Russian flag being carried by Aleksey Morozov.
File:Slovenia at 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony.jpg
The Slovenian flag being carried by Tina Maze.
File:2010 Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony - Sweden entering cropped.jpg
The Swedish flag being carried by Peter Forsberg.
File:Clara Hughes with Canadian flag.jpg
The Canadian flag being carried by Clara Hughes.
Order Nation Flag bearer Sport
1  Greece (GRE) Athanassios Tsakiris[5] Biathlon
2  Albania (ALB) Erjon Tola Alpine skiing
3  Algeria (ALG) Mehdi-Selim Khelifi Cross-country skiing
4  Andorra (AND) Lluis Marin Tarroch[6] Snowboarding
5  Argentina (ARG) Cristian Javier Simari Birkner[7] Alpine skiing
6  Armenia (ARM) Arsen Nersisyan[8] Alpine skiing
7  Australia (AUS) Torah Bright[9] Snowboarding
8  Austria (AUT) Andreas Linger & Wolfgang Linger Luge
9  Azerbaijan (AZE) Fuad Guliyev (Fuad Quliyev)[10] Skating official
10  Belarus (BLR) Oleg Antonenko[11] Ice hockey
11  Belgium (BEL) Kevin van der Perren[12] Figure skating
12  Bermuda (BER) Tucker Murphy[13] Cross-country skiing
13  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) Žana Novaković[14] Alpine skiing
14  Brazil (BRA) Isabel Clark Ribeiro Snowboarding
15  Bulgaria (BUL) Aleksandra Zhekova[15] Snowboarding
16  Cayman Islands (CAY) Dow Travers Alpine skiing
17  Chile (CHI) Jorge Mandrú Alpine skiing
18  People's Republic of China (CHN) Han Xiaopeng Freestyle skiing
19  Colombia (COL) Cynthia Denzler Alpine skiing
20  Croatia (CRO) Jakov Fak Biathlon
21  Cyprus (CYP) Christopher Papamichalopoulos Alpine skiing
22  Czech Republic (CZE) Jaromír Jágr[11] Ice hockey
23  Democratic People's Republic of Korea (PRK) Ri Song-Chol Figure skating
24  Denmark (DEN) Sophie Fjellvang-Sølling Freestyle skiing
25  Estonia (EST) Roland Lessing[16] Biathlon
26  Ethiopia (ETH) Robel Teklemariam Cross-country skiing
27  Finland (FIN) Ville Peltonen[17] Ice hockey
28  The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (MKD) Antonio Ristevski[18] Alpine skiing
29  France (FRA) Vincent Defrasne[19] Biathlon
30  Georgia (GEO) Iason Abramashvili Alpine skiing
31  Germany (GER) André Lange[20] Bobsleigh
32  Ghana (GHA) Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong Alpine skiing
33  Great Britain (GBR) Shelley Rudman[21] Skeleton
34  Hong Kong, China (HKG) Han Yue Shueng Short track speed skating
35  Hungary (HUN) Júlia Sebestyén[22] Figure skating
36  Iceland (ISL) Björgvin Björgvinsson Alpine skiing
37  India (IND) Shiva Keshavan[23] Luge
38  Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) Marjan Kalhor Alpine skiing
39  Ireland (IRL) Aoife Hoey[24] Bobsleigh
40  Israel (ISR) Alexandra Zaretsky[25] Figure skating
41  Italy (ITA) Giorgio Di Centa[26] Cross-country skiing
42  Jamaica (JAM) Errol Kerr Freestyle skiing
43  Japan (JPN) Tomomi Okazaki[27] Speed skating
44  Kazakhstan (KAZ) Dias Keneshev[28] Biathlon
45 Republic of Korea Republic of Korea (KOR) Kang Kwang-Bae Bobsleigh
46  Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) Dmitry Trelevski Alpine skiing
47  Latvia (LAT) Martins Dukurs[29] Skeleton
48  Lebanon (LIB) Chirine Njeim[30] Alpine skiing
49  Liechtenstein (LIE) Richard Wunder[31] Bobsleigh
50  Lithuania (LTU) Irina Terentjeva Cross-country skiing
51  Mexico (MEX) Hubertus von Hohenlohe Alpine skiing
52  Moldova (MDA) Victor Pinzaru[32] Biathlon
53  Monaco (MON) Alexandra Coletti Alpine skiing
54  Mongolia (MGL) Erdene-Ochir Ochirsuren Cross-country skiing
55  Montenegro (MNE) Bojan Kosić Alpine skiing
56  Morocco (MAR) Samir Azzimani Alpine skiing
57  Nepal (NEP) Dachhiri Sherpa Cross-country skiing
58  Netherlands (NED) Timothy Beck[33] Bobsleigh
59  New Zealand (NZL) Juliane Bray[34] Snowboarding
60  Norway (NOR) Tommy Jakobsen[35] Ice hockey
61  Pakistan (PAK) Muhammad Abbas Alpine skiing
62  Peru (PER) Roberto Carcelén[36] Cross-country skiing
63  Poland (POL) Konrad Niedźwiedzki[37] Speed skating
64  Portugal (POR) Danny Silva Cross-country skiing
65  Romania (ROU) Éva Tófalvi Biathlon
66  Russian Federation (RUS) Aleksey Morozov[38] Ice hockey
67  San Marino (SMR) Marino Cardelli[39] Alpine skiing
68  Senegal (SEN) Leyti Seck Alpine skiing
69  Serbia (SRB) Jelena Lolović[40] Alpine skiing
70  Slovakia (SVK) Žigmund Pálffy[11] Ice hockey
71  Slovenia (SLO) Tina Maze Alpine skiing
72  South Africa (RSA) Oliver Kraas Cross-country skiing
73  Spain (ESP) Queralt Castellet Snowboarding
74  Sweden (SWE) Peter Forsberg Ice hockey
75  Switzerland (SUI) Stéphane Lambiel[41] Figure skating
76  Chinese Taipei (TPE) Ma Chih-hung Luge
77  Tajikistan (TJK) Alisher Kudratov Alpine skiing*
78  Turkey (TUR) Kelime Aydın[42] Cross-country skiing
79  Ukraine (UKR) Liliya Ludan[43] Luge
80  United States of America (USA) Mark Grimmette[44] Luge
81  Uzbekistan (UZB) Oleg Shamaev Alpine skiing
82  Canada (CAN) Clara Hughes[45] Speed skating
  • Kudratov carried the flag even though he wasn't scheduled to compete.

References

General

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  23. ↑ Shiva Keshavan to be flag-bearer of 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, February 12, 2010
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See also

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