Winter Olympic Games Beijing 2022 Opening Ceremony Flag Bearers

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• Albania - Denni Xhepa (Alpine Skiing)
• American Samoa - Nathan Crumpton (Skeleton)
• Andorra - Maeva Estevez (Snowboarding)
• Argentina - Franco Dal Farra (Cross-Country Skiing) & Francesca Baruzzi (Alpine Skiing)
• Armenia - Mikayel Mikayelyan (Cross-Country Skiing) & Tina Garabedian (Figure Skating)
• Australia - Brendan Kerry (Figure Skating) & Laura Peel (Freestyle Skiing)
• Austria - Benjamin Maier (Bobsleigh) & Julia Dujmovits (Snowboarding)
• Azerbaijan - Vladimir Litvintsev (Figure Skating)
• Belarus - Ignat Golovatsiuk (Speed Skating) & Hanna Nifantava (Speed Skating)
• Belgium - Armand Marchant (Alpine Skiing) & Leona Hendrickx (Figure Skating)
• Bolivia - Simon Breitfuss Kammerlander (Alpine Skiing)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina - Mirza Nikolajev (Luge) & Elvedina Muzaferija (Alpine Skiing)
• Brazil - Edson Bindilatti (Bobsleigh) & Jaqueline Mourao (Cross-Country Skiing)
• Bulgaria - Radoslav Yankov (Snowboarding) & Milena Todorova (Biathlon)
• Canada - Charles Hamelin (Short Track) & Marie Philip Poulin (Ice Hockey)
• Chile - Henrik Von Appen (Alpine Skiing) & Dominique Ohaco (Freestyle Hockey)
• China - Gao Tingyu (Speed Skating) & Zhao Dan (Skeleton)
• Chinese Taipei - Ho Ping-Jui (Alpine Skiing) & Huang Yu-Ting (Speed Skating)
• Colombia - Carlos Andres Quintana (Cross-Country Skiing) & Laura Gomez (Speed Skating)
• Croatia - Marko Skender (Cross-Country Skiing) & Zrinka Ljutic (Alpine Skiing)
• Cyprus - Yianno Kouyoumdjian (Alpine Skiing)
• Czech Republic - Michal Brezina (Figure Skating) & Alena Mills (Ice Hockey)
• Denmark - Frans Nielsen (Ice Hockey) & Madeleine Dupont (Curling)
• Ecuador - Sarah Escobar (Alpine Skiing)
• Eritrea - Shannon Abeda (Alpine Skiing)
• Estonia - Martin Himma (Cross-Country Skiing) & Kelly Sildaru (Freestyle Skiing)
• Finland - Valtteri Filppula (Ice Hockey)
• France - Kevin Rolland (Freestyle Skiing) & Tessa Worley (Alpine Skiing)
• Georgia - Moris Kvitelashvili (Figure Skating) & Nino Tsiklauri (Alpine Skiing)
• Germany - Francesco Friedrich (Bobsleigh) & Claudia Pechstein (Speed Skating)
• Ghana - Carlos Maeder (Alpine Skiing)
• Great Britain - Dave Ryding (Alpine Skiing) & Eve Muirhead (Curling)
• Greece - Apostolos Angelis (Cross-Country Skiing) & Maria Ntanou (Cross-Country Skiing)
• Haiti - Richardson Viano (Alpine Skiing)
• Hong Kong - Sidney K. Chu (Short Track)
• Hungary - Marton Kekesi (Alpine Skiing) & Zita Toth (Alpine Skiing)
• Iceland - Sturla Snaer Snorrason (Alpine Skiing) & Kristrun Gudnadottir (Cross-Country Skiing)
• India - Arif Mohd Khan (Alpine Skiing)
• Iran - Seyed Sattar Seyd (Cross-Country Skiing) & Atefeh Ahmadi (Alpine Skiing)
• Ireland - Brendan Newby (Freestyle Skiing) & Elsa Desmond (Luge)
• Israel - Evgeni Krasnopolski (Figure Skating) & Noa Szollos (Alpine Skiing)
• Italy - Michela Moioli (Snowboarding)
• Jamaica - Benjamin Alexander (Alpine Skiing) & Jazmine Fanlator-Victorian (Bobsleigh)
• Japan - Akito Watabe (Nordic Combined) & Arisa Go (Speed Skating)
• Kazakhstan - Abzal Azhgaliyev (Short Track) & Yekaterina Aidova (Speed Skating)
• Kosovo - Albin Tahiri (Alpine Skiing) & Kiana Kryeziu (Alpine Skiing)
• Kyrgyzstan - Maksim Gordeev (Alpine Skiing)
• Latvia - Lauris Darzins (Ice Hockey) & Eliza Tiruma (Luge)
• Lebanon - Cesar Arnouk (Alpine Skiing) & Manon Ouaiss (Alpine Skiing)
• Liechtenstein -  Volunteer
• Lithuania - Deividas Kizala (Figure Skating) & Paulina Ramanauskaite (Figure Skating)
• Luxembourg - Matthieu Osch (Alpine Skiing) & Gwyneth Ten Raa (Alpine Skiing)
• Madagascar - Mathieu Neumuller (Alpine Skiing) & Mialitiana Clerc (Alpine Skiing)
• Malaysia - Jeffrey Webb (Alpine Skiing) & Aruwin Salehhuddin (Alpine Skiing)
• Malta - Jenise Spiteri (Snowboarding)
• Mexico - Donovan Carrillo (Figure Skating) & Sarah Schleper (Alpine Skiing)
• Moldova - Doina Descalui (Luge)
• Monaco - Arnaud Alessandria (Alpine Skiing)
• Mongolia - Achbadrakh Batmunkh (Cross-Country Skiing) & Enkhtuul Ariunsanaa (Cross-Country Skiing)
• Montenegro - Eldar Salihovic (Alpine Skiing) & Jelena Vujicic (Alpine Skiing)
• Morocco - Yassine Aouich (Alpine Skiing)
• Netherlands - Kjeld Nuis (Speed Skating) & Lindsay Van Zundert (Figure Skating)
• New Zealand - Finn Bilous (Freestyle Skiing) & Alice Robinson (Alpine Skiing)
• Nigeria -  Volunteer
• North Macedonia - Dardan Dehari (Alpine Skiing)
• Norway - Kjetil Jansrud (Alpine Skiing) & Maiken Caspersen Falla (Cross-Country Skiing)
• Pakistan - Muhammad Karim (Alpine Skiing)
• Peru - Ornella Oettl Reyes (Alpine Skiing)
• Philippines - Asa Miller (Alpine Skiing)
• Poland - Zbigniew Brodka (Speed Skating) & Aleksandra Krol (Snowboarding)
• Portugal - Ricardo Brancal (Alpine Skiing) & Vanina Guerillot (Alpine Skiing)
• Puerto Rico - William Flaherty (Alpine Skiing) & Kellie Delka (Skeleton)
•  ROC - Vadim Shipachyov (Ice Hockey) & Olga Fatkulina (Speed Skating)
• Romania - Paul Pepene (Cross-Country Skiing) & Raluca Stramaturaru (Luge)
• San Marino - Matteo Gatti (Alpine Skiing) & Anna Torsani (Alpine Skiing)
• Saudi Arabia - Fayik Abdi (Alpine Skiing)
• Serbia - Marko Vukicevic (Alpine Skiing)
• Slovakia - Marek Hrivik (Ice Hockey) & Katarina Simonakova (Luge)
• Slovenia - Rok Marguc (Snowboarding) & Ilka Stuhec (Alpine Skiing)
• South Korea - Kwak Yoon-Gi (Short Track) & Kim A-Lang (Short Track)
• Spain - Anders Mirambell (Skeleton) & Queralt Castellet (Snowboarding)
• Sweden - Oliwer Magnusson (Freestyle Skiing) & Ema Nordin (Ice Hockey)
• Switzerland - Andres Ambuehl (Ice Hockey) & Wendy Holdener (Alpine Skiing)
• Thailand - Nicola Zanon (Alpine Skiing) & Karen Chanloung (Cross-Country Skiing)
• Timor-Leste - Yohan Goncalves Goutt (Alpine Skiing)
• Trinidad and Tobago - Andre Marcano (Bobsleigh)
• Turkey - Furkan Akar (Short Track) & Aysenur Duman (Cross-Country Skiing)
• Ukraine - Oleksandr Abramenko (Freestyle Skiing) & Alexandra Nazarova (Figure Skating)
• United States - John Shuster (Curling) & Brittany Bowe (Speed Skating)
• Uzbekistan - Komiljon Tukhtaev (Alpine Skiing)
• Virgin Islands -  Volunteer

[Gianlu33 6,007]

Sofia Goggia will be the Italian flag bearer at the opening ceremony, Michela Moioli will carry the Italian flag at the closing ceremony. 

[phelps 8,693]

10 minutes ago, Gianlu33 said:

Sofia Goggia will be the Italian flag bearer at the opening ceremony, Michela Moioli will carry the Italian flag at the closing ceremony. 

source (in Italian):

https://www.coni.it/it/news/18683-sofia-goggia-portabandiera-nella-cerimonia-di-apertura,-michela-moioli-alfiere-nella-cerimonia-di-chiusura-2.html

[dcro 10,211]

Well, let's hope the IOC approves this and thus ends the dark age of joint flag bearers.

 

I am not exactly hopeful, though...

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16 minutes ago, dcro said:

Well, let's hope the IOC approves this and thus ends the dark age of joint flag bearers.

 

I am not exactly hopeful, though...

A lot of countries will only qualify one athlete.... so it defeats the purpose of dual flag bearers 

[Dunadan 1,103]

Choosing Goggia in October when the Games are in February 

[Monzanator 5,111]

I read Michela Moioli will be the bearer during the closing ceremony so at least they have a backup Btw, so the two bearers per one stick fiasco is shelved for WOG?

[Makedonas 2,262]

I'd be shocked if we don't pick Maria Ntanou. This will be her third Olympics (and possibly her last considering her age). She has never done it before (and it's not like we have a ton of options) and she works for the IOC and Hellenic Olympic Committee. She was an Athlete Role Model at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics too.

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12 minutes ago, Makedonas said:

I'd be shocked if we don't pick Maria Ntanou. This will be her third Olympics (and possibly her last considering her age). She has never done it before (and it's not like we have a ton of options) and she works for the IOC and Hellenic Olympic Committee. She was an Athlete Role Model at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics too.

I sat beside her at Short track speed skating in 2018... very nice and down to earth person lol