2010 Winter Paralympics national flag bearers

2010 Winter Paralympics
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During the Parade of Nations at the 2010 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony, which was held beginning at 6:00 PM PST on March 12, 2010, 44 athletes bore the flags of their respective nations and lead their national delegations as they paraded into BC Place Stadium in the host city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

The flag was borne by a sportsperson, from that country, chosen either by the National Paralympic Committee or by the athletes themselves to represent their country.

The following is a list of each country's flag bearer.^[1]

Nation	Flag bearer	Sport
Andorra (AND)	Xabier Fernández	Alpine skiing
Argentina (ARG)	Juan Ignacio Maggi	Alpine skiing
Armenia (ARM)	Gayane Usnyan	Alpine skiing
Australia (AUS)	Toby Kane	Alpine skiing
Austria (AUT)	Robert Meusburger	Alpine skiing
Belarus (BLR)	Liudmila Vauchok	Cross-country skiing
Belgium (BEL)	Natasha De Troyer	Alpine skiing
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)	Memic Nijaz	Alpine skiing
Bulgaria (BUL)	Alexander Stoyanov	Cross-country skiing
Chile (CHI)	Tomas De Villar	Alpine skiing
China (CHN)	Cheng Shishuai	Cross-country skiing
Croatia (CRO)	Maric Dadic	Alpine skiing
Czech Republic (CZE)	Anna Kuliskova	Alpine skiing
Denmark (DEN)	Marianne Haiboll	Cross-country skiing
Finland (FIN)	Ilkka Toumisto	Cross-country skiing
France (FRA)	Romain Riboud	Alpine skiing
Germany (GER)	Frank Höfle	Cross-country skiing
Great Britain (GBR)	Michael McCreadie	Wheelchair curling
Greece (GRE)	Vivi Christodoulopoulou	Alpine skiing
Hungary (HUN)	Balazs Koleszar	Alpine skiing
Iceland (ISL)	Erna Fridriksdottir	Alpine skiing
Iran (IRI)	Sadegh Kalhor	Alpine skiing
Italy (ITA)	Gianmaria Dal Maistro	Alpine skiing
Japan (JPN)	Takayuki Endo	Ice sledge hockey
Kazakhstan (KAZ)	Oleg Syssolyatin	Cross-country skiing
Mexico (MEX)	Juan Armando Ruiz Hernandez	Alpine skiing
Mongolia (MGL)	Enkhbaatar Zorig	Cross-country skiing
Netherlands (NED)	Falco Jeitsma	Alpine skiing coach
New Zealand (NZL)	Adam Hall	Alpine skiing
Norway (NOR)	Mariann Vestbostad	Cross-country skiing
Poland (POL)	Jarosław Rola	Alpine skiing
Romania (ROU)	Laura Valenu	Alpine skiing
Russia (RUS)	Valery Kupchinskii	Cross-country skiing
Serbia (SRB)	Jasmin Bambur	Alpine skiing
Slovakia (SVK)	Ivaeta Chlebakova	Alpine skiing
Slovenia (SLO)	Gal Jakic	Alpine skiing
South Africa (RSA)	David Bruce Warner	Alpine skiing
South Korea (KOR)	Han Min-su	Ice sledge hockey
Spain (ESP)	Ursula Pueyo	Alpine skiing
Sweden (SWE)	Jens Kask	Ice sledge hockey
Switzerland (SUI)	Thomas Pfyl	Alpine skiing
Ukraine (UKR)	Olena Irkovska	Cross-country skiing
United States (USA)	Heath Calhoun	Alpine skiing
Canada (CAN)	Jean Labonté	Ice sledge hockey