2012 Winter Youth Olympics national flag bearers

The following is a list of national flagbearers for the 70 countries which took part in the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics.

Athletes entered the stadium in an order dictated by tradition. As the originator of the Olympics, Greece entered first. Austrian delegates entered last, representing the host nation. The delegations entered by German the official language of the host nation.

List
Order Nation German Flag bearer Sport
1 Greece (GRE) Griechenland Anastasia Gkogkou[1] Alpine skiing
2 Andorra (AND) Andorra Sara Ramentol[1] Alpine skiing
3 Argentina (ARG) Argentinien Ramiro Fregonese[1] Alpine skiing
4 Armenia (ARM) Armenien Lilit Tonoyan[1] Cross-country skiing
5 Australia (AUS) Australien Greta Small[2] Alpine skiing
6 Belarus (BLR) Belarus Anastasiya Lesik[1] Alpine skiing
7 Belgium (BEL) Belgien Sebbe De Buck[1] Snowboarding
8 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) Bosnien und Herzegovina Kerim Catal[1] Luge
9 Brazil (BRA) Brasilien Eliza Nobre[1] Alpine skiing
10 Bulgaria (BUL) Bulgarien Aleksandra Popova[1] Alpine skiing
11 Chile (CHI) Chile Sebastian Echeverría[1] Alpine skiing
12 China (CHN) (People's Republic of China) Volksrepublik China Han Yan[1] Figure skating
13 Denmark (DEN) Dänemark Philip Due Schmidt[1] Speed skating
14 Germany (GER) Deutschland Katharina Althaus[1] Ski jumping
15 Macedonia (MKD) (Former Yugoslav Rep. of Macedonia) Ehemalige Jugoslawische Republik Mazedonien Marijan Nasoku[1] Alpine skiing
16 Eritrea (ERI) Eritrea Shannon Abeda[1] Alpine skiing
17 Estonia (EST) Estland Rene Zahkna[1] Biathlon
18 Finland (FIN) Finnland Katri Lylynpera[1] Cross-country skiing
19 France (FRA) Frankreich Estelle Alphand[1] Alpine skiing
20 Georgia (GEO) Georgien Susana Gavva[1] Alpine skiing
21 Great Britain (GBR) Grossbritannien Katie Summerhayes[3] Freestyle skiing
22 India (IND) Indien Aanchal Thakur[1] Alpine skiing
23 Iran (IRI) (Islamic Republic of Iran) Islamische Republik Iran Yaghoub Kiashemshaki[1] Cross-country skiing
24 Ireland (IRL) Irland Florence Bell[1] Alpine skiing
25 Iceland (ISL) Island Jakob Bjarnason[1] Alpine skiing
26 Italy (ITA) Italien Florian Gruber[1] Luge
27 Japan (JPN) Japan Sumire Kikuchi[1] Short track speed skating
Speed skating
28 Cayman Islands (CAY) Kaimaninseln Dean Travers[1] Alpine skiing
29 Canada (CAN) Kanada Corryn Brown[4] Curling
30 Kazakhstan (KAZ) Kasachstan Kanat Khamitov[1] Ski jumping
31 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) Kirgisistan Zafar Shakhmuratov[1] Cross-country skiing
32 South Korea (KOR) (Rep. of Korea) Republik Korea Dong-Woo Kim[1] Alpine skiing
33 Croatia (CRO) Kroatien Istok Rodeš[1] Alpine skiing
34 Latvia (LAT) Lettland Ulla Zirne[1] Luge
35 Lebanon (LIB) Libanon Alexandre Mohbat[1] Alpine skiing
36 Liechtenstein (LIE) Liechtenstein Martin Vögeli[1] Cross-country skiing
37 Lithuania (LTU) Litauen Rokas Zaveckas[1] Alpine skiing
38 Luxembourg (LUX) Luxemburg Catherine Elvinger[1] Alpine skiing
39 Morocco (MAR) Marokko Adam Lamhamedi[1] Alpine skiing
40 Mexico (MEX) Mexiko Joshua Montiel Santander[1] Skeleton
41 Moldova (MDA) (Rep. of Moldova) Moldawien Irina Cozonac[1] Biathlon
42 Monaco (MON) Monaco Rudy Rinaldi[1] Bobsleigh
43 Mongolia (MGL) Mongolei Dandar Usukhbayar[1] Cross-country skiing
44 Montenegro (MNE) Montenegro Milena Radojicic[1] Alpine skiing
45 Nepal (NEP) Nepal Bibash Lama[1] Alpine skiing
46 New Zealand (NZL) New Zealand Beau-James Wells[5] Freestyle skiing
47 Netherlands (NED) Niederlande Oldrik van der Aalst[1] Ski jumping
48 Norway (NOR) Norwegen Ina Roll Backe[1] Curling
49 Peru (PER) Peru Isabella Todd[1] Alpine skiing
50 Philippines (PHI) Philippinen Abel Tesfamariam[1] Alpine skiing
51 Poland (POL) Polen Urszula Letocha[1] Cross-country skiing
52 Romania (ROU) Rumänien Daniel Pripici[1] Cross-country skiing
53 Russia (RUS) Russische Föderation Sergei Mozgov[1] Figure skating
54 San Marino (SMR) San Marino Vincenzo Michelotti[6] Alpine skiing
55 Sweden (SWE) Schweden Linn Petersson[1] Hockey
56 Switzerland (SUI) Schweiz Jasmina Suter[1] Alpine skiing
57 Serbia (SRB) Serbien Dženis Avdić[7] Biathlon
58 Slovakia (SVK) Slowakei Andrej Segec[1] Cross-country skiing
59 Slovenia (SLO) Slowenien Tim-Kevin Ravnjak[1] Snowboarding
60 Spain (ESP) Spanien Manex Azula[1] Snowboarding
61 South Africa (RSA) Südafrika Sive Speelman[1] Alpine skiing
62 Chinese Taipei (TPE) Chinese Taipei Lien Te-An[1] Luge
63 Czech Republic (CZE) Tschechische Republik Petr Knop[1] Cross-country skiing
64 Turkey (TUR) Türkei Dila Kavur[1] Alpine skiing
65 Ukraine (UKR) Ukraine Anton Dukach[1] Luge
66 Hungary (HUN) Ungarn David Panyik[1] Biathlon
67 Uzbekistan (UZB) Usbekistan Arkadiy Semenchenko[1] Alpine skiing
68 United States (USA) Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika Jake Peterson[1] Bobsleigh
69 Cyprus (CYP) Zypern Dinos Lefkaritis[1] Alpine skiing
70 Austria (AUT) Österreich Tamara Grascher[1] Hockey

References
  1. Innsbruck 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games Opening Ceremony NOC Flag Bearer
  2. Team Australia's Flag Bearer reveals her joy
  3. "Summerhayes to Carry Flag for Team GB at Youth Winter Olympics". Archived from the original on 2012-01-15. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
  4. Source: B.C. curler to carry flag at Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck
  5. NZ flag bearer for Winter Youth Olympic Games named
  6. Cons. Vincenzo Michelotti gareggerà agli YOG (Giochi olimpici invernali) Archived 2012-05-02 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)
  7. Zastavu Srbije nosiće Dženis Avdić Archived 2012-05-27 at Archive.today (in Serbian)
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