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.
OrderNationFlag bearerSport1Xabier FernándezAlpine skiing2Juan Ignacio MaggiAlpine skiing3Gayane UsnyanAlpine skiing4Toby KaneAlpine skiing5Robert MeusburgerAlpine skiing6Liudmila VauchokCross-country skiing7Natasha De TroyerAlpine skiing8Memic NijazAlpine skiing9Aleksandar StoyanovCross-country skiing10Tomas De VillarAlpine skiing11Cheng ShishuaiCross-country skiing12Maric DadicAlpine skiing13Anna KuliskovaAlpine skiing14Marianne MaibollCross-country skiing15Ilkka ToumistoCross-country skiing16Romain RiboudAlpine skiing17Frank HöfleCross-country skiing18Michael McCreadieWheelchair curling19Vivi ChristodoulopoulouAlpine skiing20Balazs KoleszarAlpine skiing21Erna FridriksdottirAlpine skiing22Sadegh KalhorAlpine skiing23Gianmaria Dal MaistroAlpine skiing24Takayuki EndoIce sledge hockey25Oleg SyssolyatinCross-country skiing26Juan Armando Ruiz HernandezAlpine skiing27Enkhbaatar ZorigCross-country skiing28Falco JeitsmaAlpine skiing coach29Adam HallAlpine skiing30Mariann VestbostadCross-country skiing31Jarosław RolaAlpine skiing32Laura ValenuAlpine skiing33Valery KupchinskiiCross-country skiing34Jasmin BamburAlpine skiing35Ivaeta ChlebakovaAlpine skiing36Gal JakicAlpine skiing37David Bruce WarnerAlpine skiing38Han Min-suIce sledge hockey39Ursula PueyoAlpine skiing40Jens KaskIce sledge hockey41Thomas PfylAlpine skiing42Olena IurkovskaCross-country skiing43Heath CalhounAlpine skiing44Jean LabontéIce sledge hockey
See also 2010 Winter Olympics national flag bearers
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