During the Parade of Nations at the 2010 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony

2010 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony

The Opening Ceremony of the 2010 Winter Paralympics was held on March 12, 2010 beginning at 6:00 pm PST at the BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada....

, which was held beginning at 6:00 PM PST on March 12, 2010, 44 athletes beared the flags of their respective nations and lead their national delegations as they paraded into BC Place Stadium

BC Place Stadium

BC Place is a multi-purpose stadium located at the north side of False Creek, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It serves as the home field for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League and the Vancouver Whitecaps FC of Major League Soccer . Originally opened on June 19, 1983 as the...

 in the host city of Vancouver

Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...

, British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

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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.

Nation	Flag bearer	Sport
	Xabier Fernández	Alpine skiing Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics The alpine skiing competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics will be held at Whistler, British Columbia. The events were due to be held between 13 March and 21 March 2010...
	Juan Ignacio Maggi	Alpine skiing Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics The alpine skiing competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics will be held at Whistler, British Columbia. The events were due to be held between 13 March and 21 March 2010...
	Gayane Usnyan	Alpine skiing Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics The alpine skiing competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics will be held at Whistler, British Columbia. The events were due to be held between 13 March and 21 March 2010...
	Toby Kane Toby Kane Toby Kane is an Australian Paralympian who won bronze in the Men's Super-G - Standing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics. He lost his lower right leg in a car accident when he was two, but has no memory of this or ever skiing on two legs. He is expected to compete in the 2010 Winter Paralympics and is...	Alpine skiing Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics The alpine skiing competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics will be held at Whistler, British Columbia. The events were due to be held between 13 March and 21 March 2010...
	Robert Meusburger	Alpine skiing Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics The alpine skiing competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics will be held at Whistler, British Columbia. The events were due to be held between 13 March and 21 March 2010...
	Liudmila Vauchok Liudmila Vauchok Liudmila Vauchok is Belarusian Paralympian.She had excelled in athletics and she had won the Belarusian national titles in runs between 1500 and 5000 meters distances before she injured her spine in 2001 and was forced to use a wheelchair. She stayed involved in sports after her injury winning...	Cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics The cross-country skiing competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics were held at Whistler, British Columbia. The events were held between 14 March and 21 March 2010.-Medal table:-Events:...
	Natasha De Troyer	Alpine skiing Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics The alpine skiing competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics will be held at Whistler, British Columbia. The events were due to be held between 13 March and 21 March 2010...
	Memic Nijaz	Alpine skiing Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics The alpine skiing competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics will be held at Whistler, British Columbia. The events were due to be held between 13 March and 21 March 2010...
	Alexander Stoyanov	Cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics The cross-country skiing competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics were held at Whistler, British Columbia. The events were held between 14 March and 21 March 2010.-Medal table:-Events:...
	Tomas De Villar	Alpine skiing Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics The alpine skiing competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics will be held at Whistler, British Columbia. The events were due to be held between 13 March and 21 March 2010...
	Cheng Shishuai	Cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics The cross-country skiing competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics were held at Whistler, British Columbia. The events were held between 14 March and 21 March 2010.-Medal table:-Events:...
	Maric Dadic	Alpine skiing Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics The alpine skiing competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics will be held at Whistler, British Columbia. The events were due to be held between 13 March and 21 March 2010...
	Anna Kuliskova	Alpine skiing Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics The alpine skiing competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics will be held at Whistler, British Columbia. The events were due to be held between 13 March and 21 March 2010...
	Marianne Haiboll	Cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics The cross-country skiing competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics were held at Whistler, British Columbia. The events were held between 14 March and 21 March 2010.-Medal table:-Events:...
	Ilkka Toumisto	Cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics The cross-country skiing competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics were held at Whistler, British Columbia. The events were held between 14 March and 21 March 2010.-Medal table:-Events:...
	Romain Riboud	Alpine skiing Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics The alpine skiing competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics will be held at Whistler, British Columbia. The events were due to be held between 13 March and 21 March 2010...
	Frank Höfle Frank Höfle Frank Höfle is a disabled German biathlete and cross-country skier. He first participated in the Winter Paralympic Games in 1984 and won his first medal, a gold, in 1988. He has competed in every Winter Paralympics since then and has won a total of 21 medals, 13 of them gold...	Cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics The cross-country skiing competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics were held at Whistler, British Columbia. The events were held between 14 March and 21 March 2010.-Medal table:-Events:...
	Michael McCreadie Michael McCreadie Michael McCreadie is a Paralympian with successes in lawn bowls and wheelchair curling. He won two bronze medals in lawn bowls at the 1976 Summer Paralympics. After that he coached the British wheelchair basketball team. Later in life he moved on to wheelchair curling and was on the silver medal...	Wheelchair curling Wheelchair curling at the 2010 Winter Paralympics The wheelchair curling competition of the 2010 Winter Paralympics was held at the Hillcrest Park in Vancouver, Canada, from 13 March to 20 March 2010...
	Vivi Christodoulopoulou	Alpine skiing Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics The alpine skiing competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics will be held at Whistler, British Columbia. The events were due to be held between 13 March and 21 March 2010...
	Balazs Koleszar	Alpine skiing Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics The alpine skiing competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics will be held at Whistler, British Columbia. The events were due to be held between 13 March and 21 March 2010...
	Erna Fridriksdottir	Alpine skiing Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics The alpine skiing competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics will be held at Whistler, British Columbia. The events were due to be held between 13 March and 21 March 2010...
	Sadegh Kalhor	Alpine skiing Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics The alpine skiing competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics will be held at Whistler, British Columbia. The events were due to be held between 13 March and 21 March 2010...
	Gianmaria Dal Maistro	Alpine skiing Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics The alpine skiing competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics will be held at Whistler, British Columbia. The events were due to be held between 13 March and 21 March 2010...
	Takayuki Endo	Ice sledge hockey Ice sledge hockey at the 2010 Winter Paralympics The ice sledge hockey competition of the 2010 Winter Paralympics was held at the UBC Winter Sports Centre in Vancouver, Canada, from 13 March to 20 March 2010.For the first time, women were allowed to compete in ice sledge hockey at the Paralympic Games....
	Oleg Syssolyatin	Cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics The cross-country skiing competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics were held at Whistler, British Columbia. The events were held between 14 March and 21 March 2010.-Medal table:-Events:...
	Juan Armando Ruiz Hernandez	Alpine skiing Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics The alpine skiing competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics will be held at Whistler, British Columbia. The events were due to be held between 13 March and 21 March 2010...
	Enkhbaatar Zorig	Cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics The cross-country skiing competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics were held at Whistler, British Columbia. The events were held between 14 March and 21 March 2010.-Medal table:-Events:...
	Falco Jeitsma	Alpine skiing coach
	Adam Hall	Alpine skiing Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics The alpine skiing competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics will be held at Whistler, British Columbia. The events were due to be held between 13 March and 21 March 2010...
	Mariann Vestbostad	Cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics The cross-country skiing competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics were held at Whistler, British Columbia. The events were held between 14 March and 21 March 2010.-Medal table:-Events:...
	Jarosław Rola	Alpine skiing Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics The alpine skiing competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics will be held at Whistler, British Columbia. The events were due to be held between 13 March and 21 March 2010...
	Laura Valenu	Alpine skiing Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics The alpine skiing competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics will be held at Whistler, British Columbia. The events were due to be held between 13 March and 21 March 2010...
	Valery Kupchinskii	Cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics The cross-country skiing competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics were held at Whistler, British Columbia. The events were held between 14 March and 21 March 2010.-Medal table:-Events:...
	Jasmin Bambur	Alpine skiing Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics The alpine skiing competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics will be held at Whistler, British Columbia. The events were due to be held between 13 March and 21 March 2010...
	Ivaeta Chlebakova	Alpine skiing Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics The alpine skiing competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics will be held at Whistler, British Columbia. The events were due to be held between 13 March and 21 March 2010...
	Gal Jakic	Alpine skiing Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics The alpine skiing competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics will be held at Whistler, British Columbia. The events were due to be held between 13 March and 21 March 2010...
	David Bruce Warner	Alpine skiing Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics The alpine skiing competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics will be held at Whistler, British Columbia. The events were due to be held between 13 March and 21 March 2010...
	Han Min-su	Ice sledge hockey Ice sledge hockey at the 2010 Winter Paralympics The ice sledge hockey competition of the 2010 Winter Paralympics was held at the UBC Winter Sports Centre in Vancouver, Canada, from 13 March to 20 March 2010.For the first time, women were allowed to compete in ice sledge hockey at the Paralympic Games....
	Ursula Pueyo	Alpine skiing Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics The alpine skiing competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics will be held at Whistler, British Columbia. The events were due to be held between 13 March and 21 March 2010...
	Jens Kask Jens Kask Jens Kask was a Swedish Paralympic ice sledge hockey player. He won one gold medal and two bronze medals for Sweden, and was captain of the Swedish team for many years...	Ice sledge hockey Ice sledge hockey at the 2010 Winter Paralympics The ice sledge hockey competition of the 2010 Winter Paralympics was held at the UBC Winter Sports Centre in Vancouver, Canada, from 13 March to 20 March 2010.For the first time, women were allowed to compete in ice sledge hockey at the Paralympic Games....
	Thomas Pfyl Thomas Pfyl Thomas Pfyl is a Swiss alpine skier and Paralympian.He competed in the 2006 Winter Paralympics in Turin, Italy.He won a silver medal in the Slalom, and a bronze medal in the Giant Slalom, standing...	Alpine skiing Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics The alpine skiing competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics will be held at Whistler, British Columbia. The events were due to be held between 13 March and 21 March 2010...
	Olena Irkovska	Cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics The cross-country skiing competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics were held at Whistler, British Columbia. The events were held between 14 March and 21 March 2010.-Medal table:-Events:...
	Heath Calhoun	Alpine skiing Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics The alpine skiing competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics will be held at Whistler, British Columbia. The events were due to be held between 13 March and 21 March 2010...
	Jean Labonté Jean Labonte Jean Labonté is a Canadian sledge hockey player.Labonté was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in his left tibia in 1986 at the age of 17 and finally lost his leg at the age of 20, in 1990. After his amputation, Labonté turned his sights towards sledge hockey and made the Canadian National Sledge hockey...	Ice sledge hockey Ice sledge hockey at the 2010 Winter Paralympics The ice sledge hockey competition of the 2010 Winter Paralympics was held at the UBC Winter Sports Centre in Vancouver, Canada, from 13 March to 20 March 2010.For the first time, women were allowed to compete in ice sledge hockey at the Paralympic Games....