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

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All nations paraded in alphabetical order of the Russian alphabet except the host country, the Russian Federation, who entered last.

Countries and flag bearers

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The following is a list of all parading countries with their respective flag bearer, sorted in the order they appeared in the parade.[1] 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.

Order Country Russian Romanisation Flag bearer Sport
1   Australia (AUS) Австралия Avstraliya Cameron Rahles-Rahbula Alpine skiing
2   Austria (AUT) Австрия Avstriya Philipp Bonadimann Alpine skiing
3   Andorra (AND) Андорра Andorra Xavier Fernandez Alpine skiing
4   Argentina (ARG) Аргентина Argentina Pablo Javier Robledo Nordic skiing
5   Armenia (ARM) Армения Armeniya Mher Avanesyan Alpine skiing
6   Belarus (BLR) Республика Беларусь Respublika Belarus’ Yadviha Skorabahataya Nordic skiing
7   Belgium (BEL) Бельгия Bel'giya Denis Colle Snowboarding
8   Bulgaria (BUL) Болгария Bolgariya Svetoslav Georgiev Nordic skiing
9   Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) Босния и Герцеговина Bosniya i Gertsegovina Ilma Kazazic Alpine skiing
10   Brazil (BRA) Бразилия Braziliya André Pereira Snowboarding
11   Great Britain (GBR) Великобритания Velikobritaniya Millie Knight Alpine skiing
12   Germany (GER) Германия Germania Andrea Rothfuß Alpine skiing
13   Greece (GRE) Греция Gretsiya Efthymios Kalaras Alpine skiing
14   Denmark (DEN) Дания Daniya Ulrik Nyvold Alpine skiing
15   Iran (IRI) Иран Iran Sadegh Kalhor Alpine skiing
16   Iceland (ISL) Исландия Islandiya Erna Fridriksdottir Alpine skiing
17   Spain (ESP) Испания Ispaniya Jon Santacana Maiztegui Alpine skiing
18   Italy (ITA) Италия Italiya Andrea Chiarotti Ice sledge hockey
19   Kazakhstan (KAZ) Казахстан Kazakhstan Yerlan Omarov Nordic skiing
20   Canada (CAN) Канада Kanada Sonja Gaudet Wheelchair curling
21   China (CHN) Китайская Народная Республика Kitaiskaya Narodnaya Respublika Tian Ye Nordic skiing
22   Mexico (MEX) Мексика Meksika Arly Velásquez Alpine skiing
23   Mongolia (MGL) Монголия Mongoliya Ganbold Batmunkh Nordic skiing
24   Netherlands (NED) Нидерланды Niderlandy Bibian Mentel-Spee Snowboarding
25   New Zealand (NZL) Новая Зеландия Novaya Zelandiya Adam Hall Alpine skiing
26   Norway (NOR) Норвегия Norvegiya Mariann Marthinsen Nordic skiing
27   Poland (POL) Польша Pol'sha Maciej Krezel Alpine skiing
28   South Korea (KOR) Республика Корея Respublika Koreya Jung Seung-Hwan Ice sledge hockey
29   Romania (ROU) Румыния Rumyniya Laura Valeanu Alpine skiing
30   Serbia (SRB) Сербия Serbiya Jugoslav Milosevic Alpine skiing
31   Slovakia (SVK) Словакия Slovakiya Jakub Krako Alpine skiing
32   Slovenia (SLO) Словения Sloveniya Gal Jakic Alpine skiing
33   United States (USA) Соединенные Штаты Америки Soyedinennye Shtaty Ameriki Jonathan Lujan Alpine skiing
34   Turkey (TUR) Турция Turtsiya Mehmet Çekiç Alpine skiing
35   Uzbekistan (UZB) Узбекистан Uzbekistan Ramil Gayazov Alpine skiing
36   Ukraine (UKR) Украина Ukraina Mykhaylo Tkachenko Nordic skiing
37   Finland (FIN) Финляндия Finlyandiya Katja Saarinen Alpine skiing
38   France (FRA) Франция Frantsiya Vincent Gauthier-Manuel Alpine skiing
39   Croatia (CRO) Хорватия Horvatiya Dino Sokolovic Alpine skiing
40   Czech Republic (CZE) Чехия Chekhiya Stanislav Loska Alpine skiing
41   Chile (CHI) Чили Chili Jorge Migueles Alpine skiing
42   Switzerland (SUI) Швейцария Shveitsariya Christoph Kunz Alpine skiing
43   Sweden (SWE) Швеция Shvetsiya Jalle Jungnell Wheelchair curling
44   Japan (JPN) Япония Yaponiya Shoko Ota Nordic skiing
45   Russia (RUS) Российская Федерaция Rossiyskaya Federatsiya Valerii Redkobuzov Alpine skiing

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "List of Opening Ceremony flag bearers". International Paralympic Committee. 8 March 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2014.