Flagbearers for Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Closing Ceremony

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.

1. ANDORRA

Roger Puig Davi (Para alpine skiing)

2. ARGENTINA

Nicolas Lima (Para cross-country skiing)

3. ARMENIA

Not participating in the Ceremony. A volunteer will carry the flag.

4. AUSTRALIA

Lauren Parker (Para cross-country skiing and Para biathlon)

Sean Pollard (Para snowboard)

5. AUSTRIA

Veronika Aigner (Para alpine skiing)

Johannes Aigner (Para alpine skiing)

6. BELGUIM

Marte Goosen (Para alpine skiing)

Jérémie Pregardien (Para alpine skiing)

7. BELARUS

Valiantsina Biryla (Para cross-country skiing)

Raman Svirydzenka (Para cross-country skiing)

8. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Ilma Kazazić (Para alpine skiing)

9. BRAZIL

Andre Barbieri (Para snowboard)

10. BULGARIA

Stela Yanchovichina (Para alpine skiing)

11. CANADA

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

Mark Ideson (Wheelchair curling)

12. CZECHIA

Not participating in the Ceremony. A volunteer will carry the flag.

13. CHILE

Nicolás Bisquertt (Para alpine skiing)

14. CHINA

Meng Wang (Wheelchair curling)

Jiayun Cai (Para biathlon and Para cross-country skiing)

15. REPUBLIC OF KOREA

Hyejin Baek (Wheelchair curling)

Jehyuk Lee (Para snowboard)

16. CROATIA

Lucija Smetisko (Para alpine skiing)

17. DENMARK

Adam Nybo (Para alpine skiing)

18. EL SALVADOR

Not participating in the Ceremony. A volunteer will carry the flag.

19. ESTONIA

Not participating in the Ceremony. A volunteer will carry the flag.

20. FINLAND

Nette Kiviranta (Para alpine skiing)

21. GEORGIA

Valerian Lomaia (Para snowboard)

22. GERMANY

Andrea Rothfuss (Para alpine skiing)

Christian Schmiedt (Para snowboard)

23. JAPAN

Aki Ogawa (Wheelchair curling)

Junta Kosuda (Para snowboard)

24. GREAT BRITAIN

Jo Butterfield (Wheelchair curling)

Neil Simpson (Para alpine skiing)

25. GREECE

Evangelia Nikou (Para alpine skiing)

Konstantinos Petrakis (Para snowboard)

26. HAITI

Ralf Etienne (Para alpine skiing)

27. ICELAND

Not attending the Ceremony because of early departure

28. ISRAEL

Sheyne Vaspi (Para alpine skiing)

29. KAZAKHSTAN

Not participating in the Ceremony. A volunteer will carry the flag.

30. LATVIA

Have not nominated flagbearers but will attend the Ceremony.

31. LIECHTENSTEIN

Sarah Hundert (Para alpine skiing)

32. LITHUANIA

Not participating in the Ceremony. A volunteer will carry the flag.

33. NORTH MACEDONIA

Zoran Jovanovski (Para alpine skiing)

34. MEXICO

Arly Aristides Velasquez Peñaloza (Para alpine skiing)

35. MONGOLIA

Tsegmid Dashdorj (Para cross-country skiing)

36. MONTENGRO

Andrej Sibalic (Para snowboard)

37. NORWAY

Ingrid Djupskås (Wheelchair curling)

Jostein Stordahl (Wheelchair curling)

38. NEW ZEALAND

Corey Peters (Para alpine skiing)

39. NETHERLANDS

Lisa Bunschoten-Vos (Para snowboard)

Jeroen Kampschreur (Para alpine skiing)

40. POLAND

Have not nominated flagbearers but will attend the Ceremony.

41. PUERTO RICO

Orlando Perez (Para alpine skiing)

42. PORTUGAL

D.C. Martins Rodrigues Rebelo (Para snowboard)

43. ROMANIA

Andrei Popa (Para alpine skiing)

44. RUSSIA

Anastasia Bagiian (Para cross-country skiing)

Ivan Golubkov (Para cross-country skiing)

45. SERBIA

Luca Bilcar (Para alpine skiing)

46. SLOVAKIA

Marek Kubacka (Para alpine skiing)

47. SLOVENIA

Tabea Dolžan (Para cross-country skiing)

Jernej Slivnik (Para alpine skiing)

48. SPAIN

Audrey Pascual Seco (Para alpine skiing)

49. SWEDEN

Ebba Aarsjoe (Para alpine skiing)

Marcus Holm (Wheelchair curling)

50. SWITZERLAND

Robin Cuche (Para alpine skiing)

51. UKRAINE

Not participating in the Ceremony. A volunteer will carry the flag.

52. UZBEKISTAN

Not attending Ceremony because of early departure

53. USA

Kendall Gretsch (Para cross-country skiing and Para biathlon)

Andrew Kurka (Para alpine skiing)

54. FRANCE

Cecile Hernandez (Para snowboard)

Jordan Broisin (Para alpine skiing)

55. ITALY

Emanuel Perathoner (Para snowboard)

A record 611 Para athletes from 55 NPCs competed at the Milano Cortina 2026.