Flagbearers for Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Closing Ceremony
14 Mar 2026
The flagbearers for the Closing Ceremony of the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games have been confirmed.
The full list of flagbearers has been published according to Italian alphabetical order.
ANDORRA
Roger Puig Davi (Para alpine skiing)
ARGENTINA
Nicolas Lima (Para cross-country skiing)
ARMENIA
Not participating in the Ceremony. A volunteer will carry the flag.
AUSTRALIA
Lauren Parker (Para cross-country skiing and Para biathlon)
Sean Pollard (Para snowboard)
AUSTRIA
Veronika Aigner (Para alpine skiing)
Johannes Aigner (Para alpine skiing)
BELGUIM
Marte Goossen (Para alpine skiing)
Jérémie Pregardien (Para alpine skiing)
BELARUS
Valiantsina Biryla (Para cross-country skiing)
Raman Svirydzenka (Para cross-country skiing)
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Ilma Kazazić (Para alpine skiing)
BRAZIL
Andre Barbieri (Para snowboard)
BULGARIA
Stela Yanchovichina (Para alpine skiing)
CANADA
Natalie Wilkie (Para biathlon and Para cross-country skiing)
Mark Ideson (Wheelchair curling)
CZECHIA
Not participating in the Ceremony. A volunteer will carry the flag.
CHILE
Nicolás Bisquertt (Para alpine skiing)
CHINA
Meng Wang (Wheelchair curling)
Jiayun Cai (Para biathlon and Para cross-country skiing)
REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Hyejin Baek (Wheelchair curling)
Jehyuk Lee (Para snowboard)
CROATIA
Lucija Smetisko (Para alpine skiing)
DENMARK
Adam Nybo (Para alpine skiing)
EL SALVADOR
Not participating in the Ceremony. A volunteer will carry the flag.
ESTONIA
Not participating in the Ceremony. A volunteer will carry the flag.
FINLAND
Nette Kiviranta (Para alpine skiing)
GEORGIA
Valerian Lomaia (Para snowboard)
GERMANY
Andrea Rothfuss (Para alpine skiing)
Christian Schmiedt (Para snowboard)
JAPAN
Aki Ogawa (Wheelchair curling)
Junta Kosuda (Para snowboard)
GREAT BRITAIN
Jo Butterfield (Wheelchair curling)
Neil Simpson (Para alpine skiing)
GREECE
Evangelia Nikou (Para alpine skiing)
Konstantinos Petrakis (Para snowboard)
HAITI
Ralf Etienne (Para alpine skiing)
ICELAND
Not attending the Ceremony because of early departure
ISRAEL
Sheyne Vaspi (Para alpine skiing)
KAZAKHSTAN
Not participating in the Ceremony. A volunteer will carry the flag.
LATVIA
Have not nominated flagbearers but will attend the Ceremony.
LIECHTENSTEIN
Sarah Hundert (Para alpine skiing)
LITHUANIA
Not participating in the Ceremony. A volunteer will carry the flag.
NORTH MACEDONIA
Zoran Jovanovski (Para alpine skiing)
MEXICO
Arly Aristides Velasquez Peñaloza (Para alpine skiing)
MONGOLIA
Tsegmid Dashdorj (Para cross-country skiing)
MONTENGRO
Andrej Sibalic (Para snowboard)
NORWAY
Ingrid Djupskaas (Wheelchair curling)
Jostein Stordahl (Wheelchair curling)
NEW ZEALAND
Corey Peters (Para alpine skiing)
NETHERLANDS
Lisa Bunschoten-Vos (Para snowboard)
Jeroen Kampschreur (Para alpine skiing)
POLAND
Have not nominated flagbearers but will attend the Ceremony.
PUERTO RICO
Orlando Perez (Para alpine skiing)
PORTUGAL
D.C. Martins Rordigues Rebelo (Para snowboard)
ROMANIA
Andrei Sorin Popa (Para alpine skiing)
RUSSIA
Anastasia Bagiian (Para cross-country skiing)
Ivan Golubkov (Para cross-country skiing)
SERBIA
Luca Bilcar (Para alpine skiing)
SLOVAKIA
Marek Kubacka (Para alpine skiing)
SLOVENIA
Tabea Dolžan (Para cross-country skiing)
Jernej Slivnik (Para alpine skiing)
SPAIN
Audrey Pascual (Para alpine skiing)
SWEDEN
Ebba Aarsjoe (Para alpine skiing)
Marcus Holm (Wheelchair curling)
SWITZERLAND
Robin Cuche (Para alpine skiing)
UKRAINE
Not participating in the Ceremony. A volunteer will carry the flag.
UZBEKISTAN
Not attending Ceremony because of early departure
USA
Kendall Gretsch (Para biathlon and Para cross-country skiing)
Andrew Kurka (Para alpine skiing)
FRANCE
Cecile Hernandez (Para snowboard)
Jordan Broisin (Para alpine skiing)
ITALY
Emanuel Perathoner (Para snowboard)
A record 611 Para athletes from 55 NPCs competed at the Milano Cortina 2026.
