2014 Winter Paralympics Parade of Nations

During the Parade of Nations, at the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Paralympics, athletes from each participating country paraded in the Fisht Olympic Stadium, preceded by its flag. The flag was borne by a sportsperson from that country chosen either by the National Paralympic Committee or by the athletes themselves. Parade order All nations paraded in alphabetical order of the Russian alphabet except the host country, the Russian Federation, who entered last. Countries and flag bearers The following is a list of all parading countries with their respective flag bearer, sorted in the order they appeared in the parade.List of Opening Ceremony flag bearers http://www.paralympic.org/news/sochi-2014-opening-ceremony-flag-bearers International Paralympic Committee 9 March 2014 8 March 2014 This is sortable by country name under which they entered, the flag bearer's name, or the flag bearer's sport. Names are given as were officially designated by the IPC. OrderCountryRussianRomanisationFlag bearerSport 1 AUS 2014 Winter Австралия Avstraliya Cameron Rahles-Rahbula Alpine skiing 2 AUT 2014 Winter Австрия Avstriya Philipp Bonadimann Alpine skiing 3 AND 2014 Winter Андорра Andorra Xavier Fernandez Alpine skiing 4 ARG 2014 Winter Аргентина Argentina Pablo Javier Robledo Nordic skiing 5 ARM 2014 Winter Армения Armeniya Mher Avanesyan Mher Avanesyan (skier) Alpine skiing 6 BLR 2014 Winter Республика Беларусь Respublika Belarus’ Yadviha Skorabahataya Nordic skiing 7 BEL 2014 Winter Бельгия Bel'giya Denis Colle Snowboarding 8 BUL 2014 Winter Болгария Bolgariya Svetoslav Georgiev Svetoslav Georgiev (skier) Nordic skiing 9 BIH 2014 Winter Босния и Герцеговина Bosniya i Gertsegovina Ilma Kazazic Alpine skiing 10 BRA 2014 Winter Бразилия Braziliya André Pereira André Pereira (snowboarder) Snowboarding 11 GBR 2014 Winter Великобритания Velikobritaniya Millie Knight Alpine skiing 12 GER 2014 Winter Германия Germania Andrea Rothfuß Alpine skiing 13 GRE 2014 Winter Греция Gretsiya Efthymios Kalaras Alpine skiing 14 DEN 2014 Winter Дания Daniya Ulrik Nyvold Alpine skiing 15 IRI 2014 Winter Иран Iran Sadegh Kalhor Alpine skiing 16 ISL 2014 Winter Исландия Islandiya Erna Fridriksdottir Alpine skiing 17 ESP 2014 Winter Испания Ispaniya Jon Santacana Maiztegui Alpine skiing 18 ITA 2014 Winter Италия Italiya Andrea Chiarotti Ice sledge hockey 19 KAZ 2014 Winter Казахстан Kazakhstan Yerlan Omarov Nordic skiing 20 CAN 2014 Winter Канада Kanada Sonja Gaudet Wheelchair curling 21 CHN 2014 Winter Китайская Народная Республика Kitaiskaya Narodnaya Respublika Tian Ye Nordic skiing 22 MEX 2014 Winter Мексика Meksika Arly Velásquez Alpine skiing 23 MGL 2014 Winter Монголия Mongoliya Batmönkhiin Ganbold Nordic skiing 24 NED 2014 Winter Нидерланды Niderlandy Bibian Mentel-Spee Snowboarding 25 NZL 2014 Winter Новая Зеландия Novaya Zelandiya Adam Hall Adam Hall (alpine skier) Alpine skiing 26 NOR 2014 Winter Норвегия Norvegiya Mariann Marthinsen Nordic skiing 27 POL 2014 Winter Польша Pol'sha Maciej Krezel Alpine skiing 28 KOR 2014 Winter Республика Корея Respublika Koreya Jung Seung-Hwan Jung Seung-hwan (sledge hockey) Ice sledge hockey 29 ROU 2014 Winter Румыния Rumyniya Laura Valeanu Alpine skiing 30 SRB 2014 Winter Сербия Serbiya Jugoslav Milosevic Alpine skiing 31 SVK 2014 Winter Словакия Slovakiya Jakub Krako Alpine skiing 32 SLO 2014 Winter Словения Sloveniya Gal Jakic Alpine skiing 33 USA 2014 Winter Соединенные Штаты Америки Soyedinennye Shtaty Ameriki Jonathan Lujan Alpine skiing 34 TUR 2014 Winter Турция Turtsiya Mehmet Çekiç Alpine skiing 35 UZB 2014 Winter Узбекистан Uzbekistan Ramil Gayazov Alpine skiing 36 UKR 2014 Winter Украина Ukraina Mykhaylo Tkachenko Nordic skiing 37 FIN 2014 Winter Финляндия Finlyandiya Katja Saarinen Alpine skiing 38 FRA 2014 Winter Франция Frantsiya Vincent Gauthier-Manuel Alpine skiing 39 CRO 2014 Winter Хорватия Horvatiya Dino Sokolovic Alpine skiing 40 CZE 2014 Winter Чехия Chekhiya Stanislav Loska Alpine skiing 41 CHI 2014 Winter Чили Chili Jorge Migueles Alpine skiing 42 SUI 2014 Winter Швейцария Shveitsariya Christoph Kunz Alpine skiing 43 SWE 2014 Winter Швеция Shvetsiya Jalle Jungnell Wheelchair curling 44 JPN 2014 Winter Япония Yaponiya Shoko Ota Nordic skiing 45 RUS 2014 WinterРоссийская Федерaция Rossiyskaya Federatsiya Valerii Redkobuzov Alpine skiing See also 2014 Winter Olympics Parade of Nations References Parade of Nations Category:Lists of Paralympic flag bearers Category:Parades in Russia