2026 Winter Paralympics Parade of Nations

During the Parade of Nations within the Milano and Cortina d'Ampezzo 2026 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony, athletes and officials from each participating country marched in the Verona Arena preceded by their flag and placard bearer. Each flag bearer had been chosen either by the nation's National Paralympic Committee or by the athletes themselves.

Parade order Nations marched in the order of the host language, Italian language. Italy entered last as host, and the United States entered third-to-last as upcoming hosts, France entered second-to-last as upcoming hosts.

List The following is a list of each country's flag bearer. The list is sorted by the sequence that each nation appeared in the parade of nations. The names are given in their official designations by the International Paralympic Committee, and the Italian names follow their official designations by the Milano Cortina Organizing Committee for the Paralympic Games.

OrderNationItalianFlag bearerSport 1 AndorraRoger Puig DaviPara alpine skiing 2 ArgentinaEnrique PlanteyPara alpine skiing 3 ArmeniaGarik MelkonyanPara cross-country skiing 4 AustraliaGeorgia GunewPara alpine skiingBen TudhopePara snowboard 5 AustriaVeronika AignerPara alpine skiingMarkus Salcher 6 BelgioMaximilien SeegerPara alpine skiing 7 BielorussiaLidziya LobanPara cross-country skiing 8 Bosnia ErzegovinaIlma KazazićPara alpine skiing 9 BrasileAline RochaPara cross-country skiingCristian Ribera 10 BulgariaStela YanchovichinaPara alpine skiing 11 CanadaTyler McGregorPara ice hockeyNatalie WilkiePara cross-country skiing 12 CechiaNo flagbearers 13 CileNicolás BisquerttPara alpine skiing 14 Repubblica Popolare CineseLiu SitongPara alpine skiingJi LijiaPara snowboard 15 Repubblica di CoreaKim Yun-jiPara cross-country skiingLee Yong-sukWheelchair curling 16 CroaziaLucija SmetiškoPara alpine skiingDino Sokolović 17 DanimarcaAdam NyboPara alpine skiing 18 El SalvadorDavid ChavezPara cross-country skiing 19 EstoniaNo flagbearers 20 FinlandiaNo flagbearers 21 GeorgiaTemuri DadianiPara cross-country skiing 22 GermaniaAnna-Lena ForsterPara alpine skiingJörg WeddePara ice hockey 23 GiapponeAki OgawaWheelchair curlingJunta KosudaPara snowboard 24 Gran BretagnaMenna FitzpatrickPara alpine skiingScott MeenaghPara biathlon 25 GreciaEva NikouPara alpine skiingKonstantinos PetrakisPara snowboard 26 HaitiRalf ÉtiennePara alpine skiing 27 IslandaArna AlbertsdóttirPara cross-country skiing 28 IsraeleSheina VaspiPara alpine skiing 29 KazakistanNurlan AlimovPara cross-country skiing 30 LetoniaNo flagbearers 31 LiechtensteinSarah HundertPara alpine skiing 32 LituaniaNo flagbearers 33 Macedonia del NordZoran JovanovskiPara alpine skiing 34 MessicoArly VelásquezPara alpine skiing 35 MongoliaTsegmidiin DashdorjPara cross-country skiing 36 MontenegroAndrej ŠibalićPara snowboard 37 NorvegiaVilde NilsenPara cross-country skiingJesper PedersenPara alpine skiing 38 Nuova ZelandaAdam HallPara alpine skiing 39 Paesi BassiClaire PetitPara alpine skiingJeroen Kampschreur 40 PoloniaNo flagbearers 41 Porto RicoOrlando PérezPara alpine skiing 42 PortogalloDiogo CarmonaPara snowboard 43 RomaniaMihăiță PaparăPara snowboard 44 Federazione RussaAnastasiia BagiianPara cross-country skiingAlexey BugaevPara alpine skiing 45 SerbiaLuka BilčarPara alpine skiing 46 SlovacchiaMiroslav HarausPara alpine skiing 47 SloveniaTabea DolžanPara cross-country skiing 48 SpagnaAudrey PascualPara alpine skiing 49 SveziaEbba ÅrsjöPara alpine skiingZebastian ModinPara cross-country skiing 50 SvizzeraTheo GmürPara alpine skiing 51 UcrainaNo flagbearers 52 UzbekistanYulduz MakhmudovaPara alpine skiingFirdavs Khudoyatov 53 Stati Uniti d'AmericaLaurie StephensPara alpine skiingJosh PaulPara ice hockey 54 FranciaCécile HernandezPara snowboardJordan BroisinPara alpine skiing 55 ItaliaChiara MazzelPara alpine skiingRené De Silvestro

See also 2026 Winter Olympics Parade of Nations

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