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. 

 

ANDORRA 

Roger Puig Davi (Para alpine skiing) 

 

ARGENTINA 

Nicolas Lima (Para cross-country skiing) 

 

ARMENIA 

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

 

AUSTRALIA 

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

Sean Pollard (Para snowboard) 

 

AUSTRIA 

Veronika Aigner (Para alpine skiing) 

Johannes Aigner (Para alpine skiing) 

 

BELGUIM 

Marte Goossen (Para alpine skiing) 

Jérémie Pregardien (Para alpine skiing) 

 

BELARUS 

Valiantsina Biryla (Para cross-country skiing) 

Raman Svirydzenka (Para cross-country skiing) 

 

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 

Ilma Kazazić (Para alpine skiing) 

 

BRAZIL 

Andre Barbieri (Para snowboard) 

 

BULGARIA 

Stela Yanchovichina (Para alpine skiing)  

 

CANADA 

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

Mark Ideson (Wheelchair curling) 

 

CZECHIA 

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

 

CHILE 

Nicolás Bisquertt (Para alpine skiing) 

 

CHINA 

Meng Wang (Wheelchair curling) 

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

 

REPUBLIC OF KOREA 

Hyejin Baek (Wheelchair curling) 

Jehyuk Lee (Para snowboard) 

 

CROATIA 

Lucija Smetisko (Para alpine skiing) 

 

DENMARK 

Adam Nybo (Para alpine skiing) 

 

EL SALVADOR 

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

 

ESTONIA 

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

 

FINLAND 

Nette Kiviranta (Para alpine skiing) 

 

GEORGIA 

Valerian Lomaia (Para snowboard) 

 

GERMANY 

Andrea Rothfuss (Para alpine skiing) 

Christian Schmiedt (Para snowboard) 

 

JAPAN 

Aki Ogawa (Wheelchair curling) 

Junta Kosuda (Para snowboard) 

 

GREAT BRITAIN 

Jo Butterfield (Wheelchair curling) 

Neil Simpson (Para alpine skiing) 

 

GREECE 

Evangelia Nikou (Para alpine skiing) 

Konstantinos Petrakis (Para snowboard) 

 

HAITI 

Ralf Etienne (Para alpine skiing) 

 

ICELAND 

Not attending the Ceremony because of early departure 

 

ISRAEL 

Sheyne Vaspi (Para alpine skiing) 

 

KAZAKHSTAN 

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

 

LATVIA 

Have not nominated flagbearers but will attend the Ceremony. 

 

LIECHTENSTEIN 

Sarah Hundert (Para alpine skiing) 

 

LITHUANIA 

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

 

NORTH MACEDONIA 

Zoran Jovanovski (Para alpine skiing) 

 

MEXICO 

Arly Aristides Velasquez Peñaloza (Para alpine skiing) 

 

MONGOLIA 

Tsegmid Dashdorj (Para cross-country skiing) 

 

MONTENGRO 

Andrej Sibalic (Para snowboard) 

 

NORWAY 

Ingrid Djupskaas (Wheelchair curling) 

Jostein Stordahl (Wheelchair curling) 

 

NEW ZEALAND 

Corey Peters (Para alpine skiing) 

 

NETHERLANDS 

Lisa Bunschoten-Vos (Para snowboard) 

Jeroen Kampschreur (Para alpine skiing) 

 

POLAND 

Have not nominated flagbearers but will attend the Ceremony. 

 

PUERTO RICO 

Orlando Perez (Para alpine skiing) 

 

PORTUGAL 

D.C. Martins Rordigues Rebelo (Para snowboard) 

 

ROMANIA 

Andrei Sorin Popa (Para alpine skiing) 

 

RUSSIA 

Anastasia Bagiian (Para cross-country skiing) 

Ivan Golubkov (Para cross-country skiing) 

 

SERBIA 

Luca Bilcar (Para alpine skiing) 

 

SLOVAKIA 

Marek Kubacka (Para alpine skiing) 

 

SLOVENIA 

Tabea Dolžan (Para cross-country skiing) 

Jernej Slivnik (Para alpine skiing) 

 

SPAIN 

Audrey Pascual (Para alpine skiing) 

 

SWEDEN 

Ebba Aarsjoe (Para alpine skiing) 

Marcus Holm (Wheelchair curling) 

 

SWITZERLAND 

Robin Cuche (Para alpine skiing) 

 

UKRAINE 

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

 

UZBEKISTAN 

Not attending Ceremony because of early departure 

 

USA 

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

Andrew Kurka (Para alpine skiing) 

 

FRANCE 

Cecile Hernandez (Para snowboard) 

Jordan Broisin (Para alpine skiing) 

 

ITALY 

Emanuel Perathoner (Para snowboard) 

 

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