2012 Winter Youth Olympics national flag bearers

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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

OrderNationGermanFlag bearerSport
1Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)Griechenland Anastasia Gkogkou [1] Alpine skiing
2Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra  (AND)Andorra Sara Ramentol [1] Alpine skiing
3Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina  (ARG)Argentinien Ramiro Fregonese [1] Alpine skiing
4Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia  (ARM)Armenien Lilit Tonoyan [1] Cross-country skiing
5Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)Australien Greta Small [2] Alpine skiing
6Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus  (BLR)Belarus Anastasiya Lesik [1] Alpine skiing
7Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)Belgien Sebbe De Buck [1] Snowboarding
8Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina  (BIH)Bosnien und Herzegovina Kerim Catal [1] Luge
9Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)Brasilien Eliza Nobre [1] Alpine skiing
10Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria  (BUL)Bulgarien Aleksandra Popova [1] Alpine skiing
11Flag of Chile.svg  Chile  (CHI)Chile Sebastian Echeverría [1] Alpine skiing
12Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)(People's Republic of China)Volksrepublik China Han Yan [1] Figure skating
13Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)Dänemark Philip Due Schmidt [1] Speed skating
14Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)Deutschland Katharina Althaus [1] Ski jumping
15Flag of Macedonia.svg  Macedonia  (MKD)(Former Yugoslav Rep. of Macedonia)Ehemalige Jugoslawische Republik Mazedonien Marijan Nasoku [1] Alpine skiing
16Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea  (ERI)Eritrea Shannon Abeda [1] Alpine skiing
17Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia  (EST)Estland Rene Zahkna [1] Biathlon
18Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)Finnland Katri Lylynperä [1] Cross-country skiing
19Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)Frankreich Estelle Alphand [1] Alpine skiing
20Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia  (GEO)Georgien Susana Gavva [1] Alpine skiing
21Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)Grossbritannien Katie Summerhayes [3] Freestyle skiing
22Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)Indien Aanchal Thakur [1] Alpine skiing
23Flag of Iran.svg  Iran  (IRI)(Islamic Republic of Iran)Islamische Republik Iran Yaghoub Kiashemshaki [1] Cross-country skiing
24Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland  (IRL)Irland Florence Bell [1] Alpine skiing
25Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland  (ISL)Island Jakob Bjarnason [1] Alpine skiing
26Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)Italien Florian Gruber [1] Luge
27Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)Japan Sumire Kikuchi [1] Short track speed skating
Speed skating
28Flag of the Cayman Islands (pre-1999).svg  Cayman Islands  (CAY)Kaimaninseln Dean Travers [1] Alpine skiing
29Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)Kanada Corryn Brown [4] Curling
30Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan  (KAZ)Kasachstan Kanat Khamitov [1] Ski jumping
31Flag of Kyrgyzstan (1992-2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan  (KGZ)Kirgisistan Zafar Shakhmuratov [1] Cross-country skiing
32Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea  (KOR)(Rep. of Korea)Republik Korea Dong-Woo Kim [1] Alpine skiing
33Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia  (CRO)Kroatien Istok Rodeš [1] Alpine skiing
34Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia  (LAT)Lettland Ulla Zirne [1] Luge
35Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon  (LIB)Libanon Alexandre Mohbat [1] Alpine skiing
36Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein  (LIE)Liechtenstein Martin Vögeli [1] Cross-country skiing
37Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)Litauen Rokas Zaveckas [1] Alpine skiing
38Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg  (LUX)Luxemburg Catherine Elvinger [1] Alpine skiing
39Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco  (MAR)Marokko Adam Lamhamedi [1] Alpine skiing
40Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)Mexiko Joshua Montiel Santander [1] Skeleton
41Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova  (MDA)(Rep. of Moldova)Moldawien Irina Cozonac [1] Biathlon
42Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco  (MON)Monaco Rudy Rinaldi [1] Bobsleigh
43Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia  (MGL)Mongolei Dandar Usukhbayar [1] Cross-country skiing
44Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro  (MNE)Montenegro Milena Radojicic [1] Alpine skiing
45Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal  (NEP)Nepal Bibash Lama [1] Alpine skiing
46Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)New Zealand Beau-James Wells [5] Freestyle skiing
47Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)Niederlande Oldrik van der Aalst [1] Ski jumping
48Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)Norwegen Ina Roll Backe [1] Curling
49Flag of Peru.svg  Peru  (PER)Peru Isabella Todd [1] Alpine skiing
50Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines  (PHI)PhilippinenAbel Tesfamariam [1] Alpine skiing
51Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)Polen Urszula Letocha [1] Cross-country skiing
52Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROU)Rumänien Daniel Pripici [1] Cross-country skiing
53Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)Russische Föderation Sergei Mozgov [1] Figure skating
54Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino  (SMR)San Marino Vincenzo Michelotti [6] Alpine skiing
55Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)Schweden Linn Petersson [1] Hockey
56Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI)Schweiz Jasmina Suter [1] Alpine skiing
57Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia  (SRB)Serbien Dženis Avdić [7] Biathlon
58Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia  (SVK)Slowakei Andrej Segec [1] Cross-country skiing
59Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia  (SLO)Slowenien Tim-Kevin Ravnjak [1] Snowboarding
60Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)Spanien Manex Azula [1] Snowboarding
61Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)Südafrika Sive Speelman [1] Alpine skiing
62Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei  (TPE)Chinese Taipei Lien Te-An [1] Luge
63Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)Tschechische Republik Petr Knop [1] Cross-country skiing
64Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)Türkei Dila Kavur [1] Alpine skiing
65Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)Ukraine Anton Dukach [1] Luge
66Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)Ungarn David Panyik [1] Biathlon
67Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan  (UZB)Usbekistan Arkadiy Semenchenko [1] Alpine skiing
68Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika Jake Peterson [1] Bobsleigh
69Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus  (CYP)Zypern Dinos Lefkaritis [1] Alpine skiing
70Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)Österreich Tamara Grascher [1] Hockey

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