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 Lylynperä [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	Sergey 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

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2. Team Australia's Flag Bearer reveals her joy
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4. Source: B.C. curler to carry flag at Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck
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