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.