2012 Summer Paralympics Parade of Nations

Part of games opening ceremony During the Parade of Nations at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Paralympic Games, athletes from each participating country paraded in the 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 except the host country, Great Britain, 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/list-opening-ceremony-flag-bearers paralympic.org International Paralympic Committee 31 August 2012 29 August 2012 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. OrderCountryFlag bearerSport 1 AFG 2012 Summer Mohammad Fahim Rahimi Powerlifting 2 ALB 2012 Summer Haki Dakin Cycling 3 ALG 2012 Summer Nadia Medjemedj Athletics 4 AND 2012 Summer Jordi Casellas Albioc — 5 ANG 2012 Summer Maria Silva athlete Athletics 6 ANT 2012 Summer Jamol Pilgrim Athletics 7 ARG 2012 Summer Guillermo Marro Swimming 8 ARM 2012 Summer Greta Vardanyan Powerlifting 9 AUS 2012 Summer Greg Smith Greg Smith (Paralympian) Wheelchair rugby 10 AUT 2012 Summer Stanislaw Fraczyk Table tennis 11 AZE 2012 Summer Ilham Zakiyev Judo 12 BRN 2012 Summer Ahmed Meshaima Athletics 13 BAR 2012 Summer David Taylor David Taylor (swimmer) Swimming 14 BLR 2012 Summer Mikalai Bezyazychny Wheelchair fencing 15 BEL 2012 Summer Gino De Keersmaeker Athletics 16 BEN 2012 Summer Constant Kponhinto Athletics 17 BER 2012 Summer Jessica Cooper Lewis Athletics 18 BIH 2012 Summer Sabahuin Delalić Sitting volleyball 19 BRA 2012 Summer Daniel Dias Swimming 20 BRU 2012 Summer Shaki Jumaat Athletics 21 BUL 2012 Summer Dechko Ovcharov Athletics 22 BUR 2012 Summer Kadidia Nikiema Cycling 23 BDI 2012 Summer Remy Nikobimeze Athletics 24 CAM 2012 Summer Thin Senghon Athletics 25 CMR 2012 Summer Conrat Atangana Powerlifting 26 CAN 2012 Summer Garett Hickling Wheelchair rugby 27 CPV 2012 Summer Marcio Miguel da Costa Fernandes Athletics 28 CAF 2012 Summer Clemarot-Christian Nikova-Rosel Athletics 29 CHI 2012 Summer Cristian Valenzuela Cristian Valenzuela (sprinter) Athletics 30 CHN 2012 Summer Zhang Lixin Athletics 31 COL 2012 Summer Elkin Alonso Serna Moreno Athletics 32 COM 2012 Summer Ahamada Djae Hassani Swimming 33 CRC 2012 Summer 34 CIV 2012 Summer Carine Cynthia Amandine Tchei Powerlifting 35 CRO 2012 Summer Darko Kray Athletics 36 CUB 2012 Summer Omara Duran Elias Athletics 37 CYP 2012 Summer Karolina Pelentritov Swimming 38 CZE 2012 Summer Rostislav Pohlomann Athletics 39 PRK 2012 Summer Rim Ju Song Swimming 40 COD 2012 Summer Dedeline Mibamba Kimbata Athletics 41 DEN 2012 Summer Peter Rosenmeier Table tennis 42 DJI 2012 Summer Houssein Omar Hassan Athletics 43 DOM 2012 Summer Rodny Minier Cycling 44 ECU 2012 Summer Jessica Silvana Lalama Vega Swimming 45 EGY 2012 Summer Metwally Mathana Powerlifting 46 ESA 2012 Summer Luis Morales Garcia Athletics 47 EST 2012 Summer Are Eller — 48 ETH 2012 Summer Tesfalem Gebru Gebede Athletics 49 FRO 2012 Summer Ragnvalour Jensen Swimming 50 FIJ 2012 Summer Iliesa Delana Athletics 51 FIN 2012 Summer Leo Pekka Tahti Athletics 52 MKD 2012 Summer Branimir Jovanovski Shooting 53 FRA 2012 Summer Damien Seguin Sailing 54 GAB 2012 Summer Thierry Mabicka 55 GAM 2012 Summer Isatou Nyiang Athletics 56 GEO 2012 Summer Shota Omarashvili Powerlifting 57 GER 2012 Summer Daniela Schulte Swimming 58 GHA 2012 Summer Raphael Bostoyo Nkegbe Athletics 59 GRE 2012 Summer Christos Tampaxis Swimming 60 GUA 2012 Summer Isaac Leiva Avila Athletics 61 GBS 2012 Summer 62 HAI 2012 Summer Nephtalie SN Louis Athletics 63 HON 2012 Summer Luis Hernandez Luis Hernández (parathlete) 64 HKG 2012 Summer So Wa Wai Athletics 65 HUN 2012 Summer Bernadett Biacsi Athletics 66 ISL 2012 Summer Helgi Sveinsson Athletics 67 IND 2012 Summer Jagbur Singh Athletics 68 INA 2012 Summer Agus Ngaimin Swimming 69 IRI 2012 Summer Abdolreza Jokar Athletics 70 IRQ 2012 Summer Faris Al-Ajeeli Powerlifting 71 IRL 2012 Summer Cathal Miller Cycling 72 ISR 2012 Summer Doron Shaziri Shooting 73 ITA 2012 Summer Oscar de Pellegrin Archery 74 JAM 2012 Summer Tanto Campbell Athletics 75 JPN 2012 Summer Keiichi Kimura Keiichi Kimura (swimmer) Swimming 76 JOR 2012 Summer Amer Al-Abbadi Shooting 77 KAZ 2012 Summer Anuar Akhmetov Swimming 78 KEN 2012 Summer Henry Kirwa Athletics 79 KOR 2012 Summer Kim Gyu Dae Athletics 80 KUW 2012 Summer Hamad Aladwani Athletics 81 KGZ 2012 Summer Nurgul Osmonova 82 LAO 2012 Summer Eay Simay Powerlifting 83 LAT 2012 Summer Andis Ozolnieks Athletics 84 LIB 2012 Summer Edward Maalouf Cycling 85 LES 2012 Summer Moretlo Mary Letsoara Athletics 86 LBR 2012 Summer James Siaffa Powerlifting 87 LBA 2012 Summer Abdelrahim Busanan — 88 LTU 2012 Summer Rolandas Urbonas Athletics 89 MAC 2012 Summer In I Lao Wheelchair fencing 90 MAD 2012 Summer Raherinandrasana Revelinot Athletics 91 MAS 2012 Summer Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli Athletics 92 MLI 2012 Summer Mahamane Sacho Athletics 93 MLT 2012 Summer Matthew Sultana Swimming 94 MTN 2012 Summer Lehbib Yehdiha Athletics 95 MRI 2012 Summer Patricia Mustapha Athletics 96 MEX 2012 Summer Patricia Valle Swimming 97 MDA 2012 Summer Larisa Marinenkova Powerlifting 98 MGL 2012 Summer Undralbat Lkhagva Shooting 99 MNE 2012 Summer Marijana Gorahovic Athletics 100 MAR 2012 Summer Laila Elgaraa Athletics 101 MOZ 2012 Summer Maria Muchavo Athletics 102 MYA 2012 Summer Win Naing Athletics 103 NAM 2012 Summer Ananias Shikongo Athletics 104 NEP 2012 Summer Bikram Rama Athletics 105 NED 2012 Summer Ronald Hertog Athletics 106 NZL 2012 Summer Michael Johnson Michael Johnson (paralympian) Shooting 107 NCA 2012 Summer Wapra Holmonn Gabriel de Jesus Athletics 108 NIG 2012 Summer Ibrahim Tamangue Athletics 109 NGR 2012 Summer Patricia Ndidimaka Nnaji Athletics 110 NOR 2012 Summer Aleksander Wang-Hansen Sailing 111 OMA 2012 Summer Issam Khuda Al-Balushi Powerlifting 112 PAK 2012 Summer Haider Ali Haider Ali (athlete) Athletics 113 PLE 2012 Summer Khamis Zaqout Athletics 114 PAN 2012 Summer Said Gomez Athletics 115 PNG 2012 Summer Francis Kompaon Athletics 116 PER 2012 Summer Pompilio Falconi Athletics 117 PHI 2012 Summer Josephine Medina Table tennis 118 POL 2012 Summer Renata Chilewska Athletics 119 POR 2012 Summer Inês Fernandes Athletics 120 PUR 2012 Summer Julio Reguero Sailing 121 QAT 2012 Summer Abdulqadir Abdulrahman Athletics 122 ROU 2012 Summer Edvard Novak Cycling 123 RUS 2012 Summer Alexey Ashapatov Athletics 124 RWA 2012 Summer Hermas Muvunyi Athletics 125 SAM 2012 Summer Milo Toleafoa Athletics 126 SMR 2012 Summer Cristian Bernardi Athletics 127 KSA 2012 Summer Masaud Osamah Al Shanqiti Athletics 128 SEN 2012 Summer Ndiaye Mor Athletics 129 SRB 2012 Summer Draženko Mitrović Athletics 130 SLE 2012 Summer Mohamed Kamara parathlete Athletics 131 SIN 2012 Summer Ruisi Theresa Goh Swimming 132 SVK 2012 Summer Vladislav Janovjak Cycling 133 SLO 2012 Summer Mateja Pintar Table tennis 134 SOL 2012 Summer Hellen Glenda Saohaga Athletics 135 RSA 2012 Summer Oscar Pistorius Athletics 136 ESP 2012 Summer Teresa Perales Swimming 137 SRI 2012 Summer Lal Pushpakumara Pattiwila Arachchilage Athletics 138 SUR 2012 Summer Biondi Misasi Athletics 139 SWE 2012 Summer Jonas Jacobsson Shooting 140 SUI 2012 Summer Beat Boesch Athletics 141 SYR 2012 Summer Rasha Alshikh Powerlifting 142 TPE 2012 Summer Lin Wen-Hsin Table tennis 143 TJK 2012 Summer Parviz Odinaev Powerlifting 144 TAN 2012 Summer Zaharani Mwenemti Athletics 145 THA 2012 Summer Saysunee Jana Wheelchair fencing 146 TLS 2012 Summer Filomeno Soares Athletics 147 TGA 2012 Summer Aloalo Liku Athletics 148 TRI 2012 Summer Ronald Greene 1 Athletics 149 TUN 2012 Summer Abderrahim Zhiou Athletics 150 TUR 2012 Summer Gizem Girismen Archery 151 TKM 2012 Summer Sohbet Charyyev Athletics 152 UGA 2012 Summer Christine Akullo Athletics 153 UKR 2012 Summer Margaryta Pryvalykhina Sitting volleyball 154 UAE 2012 Summer Mohammed Khalaf Powerlifting 155 USA 2012 Summer Scott Danberg Athletics 156 URU 2012 Summer Gonzalo Gabriel Jutra Irinitz Swimming 157 ISV 2012 Summer Lee Frawley Equestrian 158 UZB 2012 Summer Husniddin Norbekov Athletics 159 VAN 2012 Summer Marcel Houssimoli Athletics 160 VEN 2012 Summer Naomi Suazo Judo 161 VIE 2012 Summer Ngoc Hung Cao Athletics 162 ZAM 2012 Summer Lassam Katongo Athletics 163 ZIM 2012 Summer Elliot Mujaji Athletics 164 GBR 2012 Summer Peter Norfolk Wheelchair tennis See also 2012 Summer Olympics national flag bearers References Parade of Nations Category:Lists of Paralympic flag bearers Category:Parades in London