Summer Olympic Games Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony Flag Bearers

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• Afghanistan - Fariba Hashimi (Road Cycling) & Sha Mahmood Noor Zahi (Athletics)
• Albania - Kaltra Meca (Swimming) & Zelimkhan Abakarov (Freestyle Wrestling)
• Algeria - Amina Belkadi (Judo) & Yasser Triki (Athletics)
• American Samoa - Filomenaleonisa Iakopo (Athletics) & Micah Masei (Swimming)
• Andorra - Monica Doria VIlarrubla (Canoe Slalom) & Nahuel Carabana (Athletics)
• Angola - Azenaide Carlos (Handball) & Edmilson Pedro (Judo)
• Antigua and Barbuda - Joella Lloyd (Athletics) & Cejhae Greene (Athletics)
• Argentina - Rocio Sanchez Moccia (Field Hockey) & Luciano De Cecco (Volleyball)
• Armenia - Varsenik Manucharyan (Swimming) & Davit Chaloyan (Boxing)
• Aruba - Chloe Farro (Swimming) & Mikel Schreuders (Swimming)
• Australia - Jessica Fox (Canoe Slalom) & Eddie Ockenden (Field Hockey)
• Austria - Michaela Polleres (Judo) & Felix Oschmautz (Canoe Slalom)
• Azerbaijan - Gultaj Mammadaliyeva (Judo) & Mahammad Abdullayev (Boxing)
• Bahamas - Devynne Charlton (Athletics) & Steven Gardiner (Athletics)
• Bahrain - Amani Al Obaidili (Swimming) & Saud Ghali (Swimming)
• Bangladesh - Sonia Khatun (Swimming) & Sagor Islam (Archery)
• Barbados - Sada Williams (Athletics) & Jack Kirby (Swimming)
• Belgium - Emma Meesseman (Basketball) & Jerome Guery (Equestrian)
• Belize - Shaun Gill (Athletics)
• Benin - Noelie Yarigo (Athletics) & Valentin Houinato (Judo)
• Bermuda - Adriana Penruddocke (Sailing) & Jah-Nhai Perinchief (Athletics)
• Bhutan - Kinzang Lhamo (Athletics) & Sangay Tenzin (Swimming)
• Bolivia - Maria Jose Ribera (Swimming) & Hector Garibay (Athletics)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina - Larisa Ceric (Judo) & Mesud Pezer (Athletics)
• Botswana - Maxine Egner (Swimming) & Letsile Tebogo (Athletics)
• Brazil - Raquel Kochhann (Rugby Sevens) & Isaquias Guimaraes Queiroz (Canoe Sprint)
• British Virgin Islands - Adaejah Hodge (Athletics) & Thad Lettsome (Sailing)
• Brunei Darussalam - Hayley Wong (Swimming) & Zeke Chan (Swimming)
• Bulgaria - Stanimira Petrova (Boxing) & Lyubomir Epitropov (Swimming)
• Burkina Faso - Marthe Koala (Athletics) & Hugues Fabrice Zango (Athletics)
• Burundi - Ange Ciella Niragira (Judo) & Belly Cresus Ganira (Swimming)
• Cabo Verde - Djamila Silva (Judo) & David de Pina (Boxing)
• Cambodia - Apsara Katarina Sakbum (Swimming) & Chhun Bunthon (Athletics)
• Cameroon - Richelle Anita Soppi Mbella (Judo) & Emmanuel Eseme (Athletics)
• Canada - Maude Charron (Weightlifting) & Andre De Grasse (Athletics)
• Cayman Islands - Charlotte Webster (Sailing) & Jordan Crooks (Swimming)
• Central African Republic - Nadia Matchiko-Guimendego (Judo) & Terence Tengue (Swimming)
• Chad - Demos Memneloum (Judo) & Israel Madaye (Archery)
• Chile - Antonia Abraham (Rowing) & Nicolas Jarry (Tennis)
• China - Feng Yu (Artistic Swimming) & Ma Long (Table Tennis)
• Chinese Taipei - Tai Tzu-Ying (Badminton) & Quake (Breaking)
• Colombia - Flor Ruiz Hurtado (Athletics) & Kevin Quintero Chavarro (Track Cycling)
• Comoros - Maesha Saadi (Swimming) & Hachim Maaroufou (Athletics)
• Congo - Natacha Ngoye Akamabi (Athletics) & Freddy Mayala (Swimming)
• Congo Democratic Republic - Brigitte Mbabi (Boxing) & Dominique Mulamba (Athletics)
• Cook Islands - Lanihei Connolly (Swimming) & Alex Beddoes (Athletics)
• Costa Rica - Milagro Mena Solano (Road Cycling) & Gerald Drummond (Athletics)
• Côte d'Ivoire - Maboundou Kone (Athletics) & Cheick Sallah Cisse (Taekwondo)
• Croatia - Barbara Matic (Judo) & Giovanni Cernogoraz (Shooting)
• Cuba - Idalys Ortiz (Judo) & Julio Cesar la Cruz Peraza (Boxing)
• Cyprus - Elena Kulichenko (Athletics) & Milan Trajkovic (Athletics)
• Czechia - Marie Horackova (Archery) & Lukas Krpalek (Judo)
• Denmark - Anne Marie Rindom (Sailing) & Niklas Landin Jacobsen (Handball)
• Djibouti - Samiyah Hassan Nour (Athletics) & Mohamed Ismail (Athletics)
• Dominica - Thea Lafond (Athletics) & Dennick Luke (Athletics)
• Dominican Republic - Marileidy Paulino (Athletics) & Audrys Nin Reyes (Artistic Gymnastics)
• Ecuador - Neisi Patricia Dajomes Barrera (Weightlifting) & Julio Mendoza Loor (Equestrian)
• Egypt - Sara Samir Ahmed (Weightlifting) & Ahmed Elgendy (Modern Pentathlon)
• El Salvador - Celina Marquez (Swimming) & Uriel Canjura Artiga (Badminton)
• Equatorial Guinea - Sefora Ada Eto (Athletics) & Higinio Ndong Obama (Swimming)
• Eritrea - Christina Rach (Swimming) & Biniam Girmay (Road Cycling)
• Estonia - Reena Parnat (Archery) & Klen Kristofer Kaljulaid (Judo)
• Eswatini - Hayley Hoy (Swimming) & Chadd Ng Chiu Hing Ning (Swimming)
• Ethiopia - Lina Alemayehu Selo (Swimming) & Misgana Wakuma (Athletics)
• Federated States of Micronesia - Kestra Kihleng (Swimming) & Tasi Limtiaco (Swimming)
• Fiji - Raijieli Daveua (Rugby Sevens) & Viliame Ratulu (Sailing)
• Finland - Sinem Kurtbay (Sailing) & Eetu Kallioinen (Shooting)
• France - Melina Robert-Michon (Athletics) & Florent Manaudou (Swimming)
• Gabon - Noelie Anette Lacour (Swimming) & Wisy Hoye Yenda Moukoula (Athletics)
• Gambia - Gina Bass Bitaye (Athletics) & Faye Njie (Judo)
• Georgia - Nino Salukvadze (Shooting) & Lasha Talakhadze (Weightlifting)
• Germany - Anna-Maria Wagner (Judo) & Dennis Schroder (Basketball)
• Ghana - Rose Amoanimaa Yeboah (Athletics) & Joseph Paul Amoah (Athletics)
• Great Britain - Helen Glover (Rowing) & Tom Daley (Diving)
• Greece - Antigoni Ntrismpioti (Athletics) & Gianni Antetokounmpo (Basketball)
• Grenada - Tilly Collymore (Swimming) & Lindon Victor (Athletics)
• Guam - Rckaela Aquino (Freestyle Wrestling) & Joseph Green (Athletics)
• Guatemala - Waleska Soto Abril (Shooting) &  Kevin Cordon (Badminton)
• Guinea - Fatoumata Sylla (Archery) & Naby Keita (Football)
• Guinea-Bissau - Diamantino Iuna Fafe (Freestyle Wrestling)
• Guyana - Chelsea Edghill (Table Tennis) & Emanuel Archibald (Athletics)
• Haiti - Lynnzee Brown (Artistic Gymnastics) & Philippe-Abel Mettelus (Judo)
• Honduras - Julimar Avila Mancia (Swimming) & Kevin Mejia Castillo (Greco-Roman Wrestling)
• Hong Kong - Siobhan Bernadette Haughey (Swimming) & Cheung Ka Long (Fencing)
• Hungary - Blanka Bode-Biro (Handball) & Krisztian Toth (Judo)
• Iceland - Edda Hannesdottir (Triathlon) & Hakon Svavarsson (Shooting)
• India - Pusarla Venkatha Sindhu (Badminton) & Achantha Sharath Kamal (Table Tennis)
• Indonesia - Maryam March Maharani (Judo) & Bernard Van Aert (Track Cycling)
• Iran - Neda Shahsavari (Table Tennis) & Mehdi Olfati (Artistic Gymnastics)
• Iraq - Ali Ammar Yusur Rubaiawi (Weightlifting)
• Ireland - Sarah Lavin (Athletics) & Sean Lowry (Golf)
• Israel - Andrea Murez (Swimming) & Peter Paltschik (Judo)
• Italy - Arianna Errigo (Fencing) & Gianmarco Tamberi (Athletics)
• Jamaica - Shanieka Ricketts (Athletics) & Josh Kirlew (Swimming)
• Japan - Misaki Emura (Fencing) & Shigekix (Breaking)
• Jordan - Rama Abu Al-Rub (Taekwondo) & Saleh Al-Sharabati (Taekwondo)
• Kazakhstan - Olga Safronova (Athletics) & Aslanbek Shymbergenov (Boxing)
• Kenya - Triza Atuka (Volleyball) & Ferdinand Omanyala (Athletics)
• Kiribati - Nera Tiebwa (Judo) & Kaimauri Erati (Weightlifting)
• Kosovo - Nora Gjakova (Judo) & Akil Gjakova (Judo)
• Kuwait - Soaad Al Faqaan (Rowing) & Yousef Al Shamlan (Fencing)
• Kyrgyzstan - Elizaveta Pecherskikh (Swimming) & Erlan Sherov (Judo)
• Laos - Silina Pha Aphay (Athletics) & Steven Insixiengmay (Swimming)
• Latvia - Tina Graudina (Beach Volleyball) & Nauris Miezis (Basketball 3x3)
• Lebanon - Laetitia Aoun (Taekwondo) & Simon Doueihy (Swimming)
• Lesotho - Michelle Tau (Taekwondo) & Tebello Ramakongoana (Athletics)
• Liberia - Thelma Davies (Athletics) & Emmanuel Matadi (Athletics)
• Libya - Mek Al Mukhtar (Swimming) & Mohamed Bukrah (Rowing)
• Liechtenstein - Romano Puentener (MTB Cycling)
• Lithuania - Justina Vanagaite (Equestrian) & Rycius Jasiunas (Sailing)
• Luxembourg - Ni Xia Lian (Table Tennis) & Bob Bertemes (Athletics)
• Madagascar - Rosina Randafiarison (Weightlifting) & Fabio Rakotoarimanana (Table Tennis)
• Malawi - Asimenye Simwaka (Athletics) & Filipe Gomes (Swimming)
• Malaysia - Nur Shazrin Mohamad Latif (Sailing) & Bertrand Rhodict Lises (Diving)
• Maldives - Fathimath Dheema Ali (Table Tennis) & Ibadulla Adam (Athletics)
• Mali - Marine Fatoumatta Camara (Boxing) & Alexien Kouma (Swimming)
• Malta - Sasha Gatt (Swimming) & Gianluca Chetcuti (Shooting)
• Marshall Islands - Mathlynn Sasser (Weightlifting) & William Reed (Shooting)
• Mauritania - Salam Bouha Ahamdy (Athletics) & Camil Oud Doua (Swimming)
• Mauritius - Aurelie Halbwachs (Road Cycling) & Jean L´Entete (Triathlon)
• Mexico - Alejandra Orozco Loza (Diving) & Emiliano Hernández (Modern Pentathlon)
• Moldova - Alexandra Mirca (Archery) & Dan Olaru (Archery)
• Monaco - Lisa Pou (Swimming) & Theo Druenne (Swimming)
• Mongolia - Yesugen  Oyuntsetseg  (Boxing) & Ser-Od Bat-Ochir (Athletics)
• Montenegro - Danka Kovinic (Tennis) &  Milivoj Dukic (Sailing)
• Morocco - Ines Laklalech (Golf) & Yessin Rahmouni (Equestrian)
• Mozambique - Alcinda dos Santos (Boxing) & Matthew Lawrence (Swimming)
• Myanmar - Thet Htar Thuzar (Badminton) & Han Phone Pyae (Swimming)
• Namibia - Vera Looser (Road Cycling) & Alexander Miller (MTB Cycling)
• Nauru - Winzar Kakiouea (Athletics)
• Nepal - Manita Shrestha (Judo) & Santoo Shrestha (Table Tennis)
• Netherlands - Lois Abbingh (Handball) & Worthy de Jong (Basketball 3x3)
• New Zealand - Jo Aleh (Sailing) & Aaron Gate (Track Cycling)
• Nicaragua - Izayana Marenco (Judo) & Gerald Hernandez (Swimming)
• Niger - Samira Awali Boubacar (Athletics) & Abdoul Issoufou (Taekwondo)
• Nigeria - Tobi Amusan (Athletics) & Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori (Badminton)
• North Korea - Mun Song-Hui (Judo) & Im Yong-Myong (Diving)
• North Macedonia - Miljana Reljikj (Taekwondo) & Dario Ivanovski (Athletics)
• Norway - Katrine Lunde (Handball) & Christian Sandlie Soerum (Beach Volleyball)
• Oman - Mazoon Al Alawi (Athletics) & Ali Anwar Al Balushi (Athletics)
• Pakistan - Jehanara Nabi (Swimming) & Arshad Nadeem (Athletics)
• Palau - Sydney Francisco (Athletics) & Jion Hosei (Swimming)
• Palestine - Valerie Rose Tarazi (Swimming) & Wasim Abusal (Boxing)
• Panama - Hillary Heron (Artistic Gymnastics) & Frankin Archibold (Road Cycling)
• Papua New Guinea - Georgia-Leigh Vele (Swimming) & Gibson Mara (Taekwondo)
• Paraguay - Alejandra Alonso alderete (Rowing) & Fabrizio Zanotti (Golf)
• Peru - María Luisa Doig Calderon (Fencing) & Juan Miguel Postigos (Judo)
• Philippines - Nesthy Petecio (Boxing) & Carlo Paalam (Boxing)
• Poland - Anita Wlodarczyk (Athletics) & Przemyslaw Zamojski (Basketball 3x3)
• Portugal - Ana Cabecinha (Athletics) & Fernando Pimenta (Canoe Sprint)
• Puerto Rico - Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (Athletics) & Sebastian Rivera (Wrestling)
• Qatar - Shahd Ashraf (Athletics) & Mutaz Barshim (Athletics)
• Refugee Olympic Team - Cindy Ngamba (Boxing) & Yahya Al-Ghotany (Taekwondo)
• Romania - Ionela Cozmiuc (Rowing) & Marius Cozmiuc (Rowing)
• Rwanda - Clementine Mukandanga (Athletics) & Eric Manizabayo (Road Cycling)
• Saint Kitts and Nevis - Zahria Allers-Liburd (Athletics) & Naquille Harris (Athletics)
• Saint Lucia - Jayhan Odlum-Smith (Swimming)
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Shafiqua Maloney (Swimming) & Alex Joachim (Swimming)
• Samoa - Iuniarra Sipaia (Weightlifting) & Don Opeloge (Weightlifting)
• San Marino - Alessandra Gasparelli (Athletics) & Loris Bianchi (Swimming)
• Sao Tome and Principe - Gorete Semedo (Athletics) & Roldeney de Oliveira (Judo)
• Saudi Arabia - Dunya Abutaleb (Taekwondo) & Ramzy Al Duhami (Equestrian)
• Senegal - Combe Seck (Canoe Sprint) & Louis Francois Mendy (Athletics)
• Serbia - Maja Ognjenovic (Volleyball) & Dusan Mandic (Water Polo)
• Seychelles - Khema Elizabeth (Swimming) & Dylan Sicobo (Athletics)
• Sierra Leone - Mariama Koroma (Judo) & Joshua Wyse (Swimming)
• Singapore - Veronica Shanti Pereira (Athletics) & Ryan Lo (Sailing)
• Slovakia - Zuzana Pankova (Canoe Slalom) & Jakub Grigar (Canoe Slalom)
• Slovenia - Ana Gros (Handball) & Benjamin Savsek (Canoe Slalom)
• Solomon Islands - Isabella Millar (Swimming)
• Somalia - Ali Idow Hassan (Athletics)
• South Africa - Caitlin Rooskrantz (Artistic Gymnastics) & Akani Simbine (Athletics)
• South Korea - Kim Seo-Yeong (Swimming) & Woo Sang-Hyeok (Athletics)
• South Sudan - Lucia Morris (Athletics) & Kuany Kuany (Basketball)
• Spain - Tamara Echegoyen Dominguez (Sailing) & Marcus Cooper (Canoe Sprint)
• Sri Lanka - Nadeesha Dilhani Lekamge (Athletics) & Viren Nettasinghe (Badminton)
• Sudan - Rana Saadeldin (Swimming) & Yaseen Abdalla (Athletics)
• Suriname - Kaelyn Djoparto (Swimming) & Irvin Hoost (Swimming)
• Sweden - Josefin Olsson (Sailing) & Peder Fredricson (Equestrian)
• Switzerland - Nina Christen (Shooting) & Nino Schurter (MTB Cycling)
• Syria - Alisar Youssef (Athletics) & Amre Hamcho (Equestrian)
• Tajikistan - Mijgona Samadova (Boxing) & Temur Rakhimov (Judo)
• Tanzania - Sophia Latiff (Swimming) & Andrew Mlugu (Judo)
• Thailand - Vareeraya Sukasem (Skateboarding) & Puripol Boonson (Athletics)
• Timor Leste - Ana Da Costa Da Silva Pinto (Taekwondo) & Jolanio Guterres (Swimming)
• Togo - Naomi Akakpo (Athletics) & Eloi Adjavon (Triathlon)
• Tonga - Noelani Malia Day (Swimming) & Maleselo Fufofuka (Athletics)
• Trinidad and Tobago - Michelle Lee-Ahye (Athletics) & Dylan Carter (Swimming)
• Tunisia - Khadija Krimi (Rowing) & Salim Jemai (Canoe Slalom)
• Türkiye - Busenaz Surmeneli (Boxing) & Mete Gazoz (Archery)
• Turkmenistan - Maysa Pardayeva (Judo) & Serdar Rahimov (Judo)
• Tuvalu - Temalini Manatoa (Athletics) & Karalo Maibuca (Athletics)
• Uganda - Gloria Muzito (Swimming) & Charles Kagimu (Road Cycling)
• Ukraine - Elina Svitolina (Tennis) & Mykhailo Romanchuk (Swimming)
• United Arab Emirates - Safia Al Sayegh (Road Cycling) & Omar Al Marzouqi (Equestrian) 
• United States - Coco Gauff (Tennis) & LeBron James (Basketball)
• Uruguay - Maria Sara Grippoli Gagliardo (Taekwondo) & Emiliano Lasa (Athletics)
• Uzbekistan - Zaynab Dayobekova (Fencing) & Abdumalik Khalokov (Boxing)
• Vanuatu - Priscilla Tommy (Table Tennis) & Hugo Cumbo (Judo)
• Venezuela - Anriquelis Barrios (Judo) & Julio Mayora Pernia (Weightlifting) 
• Vietnam - Nguyen Thi Huong (Canoe Sprint) & Le Duc Phat (Badminton)
• Virgin Islands - Natalia Kuipers (Swimming) & Kruz Schembri (Fencing)
• Yemen - Samer Al-Yafaee (Athletics)
• Zambia - Margret Tembo (Boxing) & Muzola Samukonga (Athletics)
• Zimbabwe - Paige van der Westhuizen (Swimming) & Makanakaishe Charamba (Athletics)

 

Edited July 26, 2024 by hckošice

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 Camil Ould Doua (swimming)

 

Mauritania selects swimmer Camil Ould Doua to be flag bearer at Paris 2024 Olympics (swimswam.com)

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Is it still going to be two flag bearers or back to one?

 

We always pick people with Olympic history (though of course there are always rumours that someone more famous like Tsitsipas or Antetokounmpo will do it, which anyone who knows anything knows won't happen as long as there are Olympic medalists around).

 

Of active gold medalists, for women we have Anna Korakaki and Katerina Stefanidi, for men we have Eleftherios Petrounias, Miltiadis Tentoglou, and Stefanos Ntouskos. Korakaki and Petrounias already did it. It will probably be Stefanidi and Tentoglou. I can't see Ntouskos doing it as the rowing competition starts early, and even still, Tentoglou is much more successful than him.

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3 hours ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

 Camil Ould Doua (swimming)

 

Mauritania selects swimmer Camil Ould Doua to be flag bearer at Paris 2024 Olympics (swimswam.com)

That is a bit too early no ? Aren´t they expecting any athletics invitation ?

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Seeing this thread again makes me want to speculate. Some interesting candidates for  would be Roy van den Berg (track cycling team sprint) and Sharon van Rouwendaal (open water swimming). The TeamNL media has been focussing very much on 'the story behind the medal', so I expect we'll see athletes with an emotional or personal story be given the spotlight. For me the story of Van den Berg and Van Rouwendaal would be the almost nomadic focus on training and performance and that they always give absolutely everything.

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Edited March 16, 2024 by Benolympique

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https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/sharath-kamal-to-be-indias-flag-bearer-mary-kom-appointed-chef-de-mission-for-paris-games/articleshow/108683720.cms

 

 Achantha Sharath Kamal - Table Tennis

 

Fair choice, the 41 year old still goes strong and reached QFs of Singapore Smash, the premium TT events.

[Fer GUA 607]

Luis Grijalva, Athletics 5,000 meters, is being considered to be a flag bearer for 

 

He placed 12th at Tokyo 2020.

 

 

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@hckošice you can remove Independent Athletes from both Belarus and Russia from the list, as they aren't allowed to march in parade of nations, per latest IOC decision.