Flagbearers for the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games

The flagbearers for all 56 competing National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) at the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games have been confirmed.

The full list of flagbearers can be found here in the marching order which is according to Italian alphabetical order.

Please note that although each NPC has announced flagbearers, it was agreed with competing NPCs in August 2025 that volunteers will carry each nation’s flag during the Opening Ceremony in Verona as not all flagbearers are able to attend.

All NPC flagbearers will feature in short films which will be played out during the Athlete Parade of the Opening Ceremony.

The IPC will also publish a list of the athletes marching in the Opening Ceremony.

List of flagbearers for the NPCs (Listed in marching order according to Italian alphabetical order)

 

1. ANDORRA

Roger Puig Davi (Para alpine skiing)

 

2. ARGENTINA 

Enrique Plantey (Para alpine skiing) 

 

3. ARMENIA

Garik Melkonyan (Para cross-country skiing) 

 

4. AUSTRALIA

Georgia Gunew (Para alpine skiing)

Ben Tudhope (Para snowboard)

 

5. AUSTRIA

Veronika Aigner (Para alpine skiing)

Markus Salcher (Para alpine skiing)

 

6. BELGIUM

Maximilien Seeger (Para alpine skiing)

 

7. BELARUS

Lidziya Loban (Para cross-country skiing)

 

8. BOSNIA AND HERZIGOVINA

Ilma Kazazić (Para alpine skiing)

 

9. BRAZIL

Aline dos Santos Rocha (Para biathlon, Para cross-country skiing)

Cristian Westemaier Ribera (Para cross-country skiing)

 

10. BULGARIA

Stela Yanchovichina (Para alpine skiing) 

 

11. CANADA

Natalie Wilkie (Para biathlon, Para cross-country skiing)

Tyler McGregor (Para ice hockey) 

 

12. CZECHIA

Decided not to announce flagbearers

 

13. CHILE

Nicolas Bisquertt (Para alpine skiing)

 

14. CHINA

Sitong Liu (Para alpine skiing)

Lijia Ji (Para snowboard)

 

15. REPUBLIC OF KOREA 

Yunji Kim (Para biathlon, Para cross-country skiing) 

Yongsuk Lee (Wheelchair curling) 

 

16. CROATIA

Lucija Smetisko (Para alpine skiing)

Dino Sokolovic (Para alpine skiing) 

 

17. DENMARK

Adam Nybo (Para alpine skiing)

 

18. EL SALVADOR

David Chavez (Para cross-country skiing) 

 

19. ESTONIA

Decided not to announce flagbearers

 

20. FINLAND

Nette Kiviranta (Para alpine skiing)

Matti Sairanen (Para snowboard)

 

21. GEORGIA

Termuri Dadiani (Para cross-country skiing) 

 

22. GERMANY

Anna-Lena Forster (Para alpine skiing)

Jörg Wedde (Para ice hockey)

 

23. JAPAN

Aki Ogawa (Wheelchair curling)

Junta Kosuda (Para snowboard)

 

24. GREAT BRITAIN

Menna Fitzpatrick (Para alpine skiing)

Scott Meenagh (Para biathlon, Para cross-country skiing) 

 

25. GREECE

Evangelia Nikou (Para alpine skiing)

Konstantinos Petrakis (Para snowboard)

 

26. HAITI

Ralf Etienne (Para alpine skiing)

 

27. ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN

Khatibi Mianaei Aboulfazl (Para cross-country skiing) 

 

28. ICELAND

Arna Albertsdottir (Para cross-country skiing)

 

29. ISRAEL

Sheyne Vaspi (Para alpine skiing)

 

30. KAZAKHSTAN

Nurlan Alimov (Para cross-country skiing)

 

31. LATVIA

Decided not to have flag bearers

 

32. LIECHTENSTEIN

Sarah Hundert (Para alpine skiing)

 

33. LITHUANIA

Decided not to announce flagbearer

 

34. NORTH MACEDONIA

Zoran Jovanovski (Para alpine skiing)

 

35. MEXICO

Arly Aristides Velasquez Peñaloza (Para alpine skiing)

 

36. MONGOLIA

Dashdorj Tsegmid (Para cross-country skiing)

 

37. MONTENEGRO

Andrej Sibalic (Para snowboard)

 

38. NORWAY

Vilde Nilsen (Para cross-country skiing)

Jesper Saltvik Pedersen (Para alpine skiing)

 

39. NEW ZEALAND

Adam Hall (Para alpine skiing)

 

40. NETHERLANDS

Claire Petit (Para alpine skiing)

Jeroen Kampschreur (Para alpine skiing)

 

41. POLAND

Aneta Kobryn (Para cross-country skiing)

Michal Golas (Para alpine skiing)

 

42. PUERTO RICO

Orlando Pérez (Para alpine skiing)

 

43. PORTUGAL

Diogo Carmona (Para snowboard)

 

44. ROMANIA

Mihaita Papara (Para snowboard)

 

45. RUSSIA

Anastasiia Bagiian (Para cross-country skiing)

Alexey Bugaev (Para alpine skiing)

 

46. SERBIA

Luka Bilcar (Para alpine skiing)

 

47. SLOVAKIA

Miroslav Haraus (Para alpine skiing)

 

48. SLOVENIA

Tabea Dolžan (Para cross-country skiing)

 

49. SPAIN

Audrey Pascual (Para alpine skiing)

 

50. SWEDEN

Ebba Aarsjoe (Para alpine skiing)

Zebastian Modin (Para biathlon, Para cross-country skiing) 

 

51. SWITZERLAND

Theo Gmür (Para alpine skiing)

 

52. UKRAINE

Decided not to have flagbearers

 

53. UZBEKISTAN

Yulduz Makhmudova (Para alpine skiing)

Firdavs Khudoyatov (Para alpine skiing)

 

54. USA

Laurie Stephens (Para alpine skiing)

Josh Paul (Para ice hockey)

 

55. FRANCE

Cécile Hernandez (Para snowboard)

Jordan Broisin (Para alpine skiing) 

 

56. ITALY

Chiara Mazzel (Para alpine skiing)

Rene De Silvestro (Para alpine skiing)