List of flag bearers for Nigeria at the Olympics

Nigeria at the Olympics
IOC code	NGR
NOC	Nigeria Olympic Committee
Website	www.nigeriaolympiccommittee.org
Medals	Gold 3 Silver 11 Bronze 13 Total 27
Summer appearances
1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Winter appearances
2018 2022

This is a list of flag bearers who have represented Nigeria at the Olympics. ^[1]

Flag bearers carry the national flag of their country at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.

#	Event year	Season	Flag bearer	Sport
1	1972	Summer	Benedict Majekodunmi	Athletics	[1]
2	1984	Summer	Yusuf Alli	Athletics
3	1988	Summer	Yusuf Alli	Athletics
4	1996	Summer	Mary Onyali-Omagbemi	Athletics
5	2000	Summer	Sunday Bada	Athletics
6	2004	Summer	Mary Onyali-Omagbemi	Athletics
7	2008	Summer	Bose Kaffo	Table Tennis
8	2012	Summer	Sinivie Boltic	Wrestling
9	2016	Summer	Olufunke Oshonaike	Table tennis
10	2018	Winter	Ngozi Onwumere	Bobsleigh	[2]
11	2020	Summer	Odunayo Adekuoroye	Wrestling	[3]
			Quadri Aruna	Table tennis
12	2022	Winter	Seun Adigun	Team official	[lower-alpha 1] [4]
13	2024	Summer	Tobi Amusan	Athletics	[5] [6]
			Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	Badminton

See also

• Nigeria at the Olympics

Notes

1. Adigun represented Nigeria at the 2018 Winter Olympics in bobsleigh, and was the official team doctor for these games.

References

1. Nigeria. Olympics at Sport-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Accessed 25 October 2011.
2. "The Flagbearers for the PyeongChang 2018 Opening Ceremony" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC . Retrieved 1 May 2022.
3. "The flagbearers for the Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC . Retrieved 1 May 2022.
4. Montgomery, Dawn; Umontuen, Itoro (6 February 2022). "Black-owned apparel company outfits well-dressed Team Nigeria in Olympics". The Atlanta Voice. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
5. "Paris 2024: Opening ceremony flagbearers information" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC . Retrieved 27 July 2024.
6. Pick, Oscar (26 July 2024). "Every Olympic flagbearer for Paris 2024 opening ceremony as Tom Daley and LeBron James take stage". The Independent . Retrieved 26 July 2024.