List of flag bearers for independent Olympians at the Olympics
Sporting event delegation
Independent Olympians at the Olympics | |
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IOC code | IOP, IOA, OAR |
Medals |
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Summer appearances | |
Independent Olympic participants (1992) Individual Olympic athletes (2000) Independent Olympic athletes (2012) Independent Olympic athletes (2016) | |
Winter appearances | |
Independent Olympic Participants (2014) |
This is a list of flag bearers who have competed as individual Olympic athletes at the Olympics.[1]
Flag bearers carry the Olympic Flag at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.
List
Event year | Season | Flag bearer | Sport | Nationality[NB 1] | Notes |
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2018 | Winter | Volunteer from POCOG | — | ? | [2] |
2016 | Summer | Rose Nathike Lokonyen | Distance running | South Sudan | [3] Refugee Olympian Team (ROT) ; UNHCR identified refugees selected by the IOC.[4] The Flag Bearer from South Sudan was certified by the Kenyan NOC[3] |
2016 | Summer | Volunteer from the organizing committee | — | ? | Independent Olympian team (IOA) ; IOC allowed competitors separate from their nationalities. The Kuwaiti NOC was barred from 2016, leaving their Olympians to compete independently, along with other independents. The Kuwaiti flag bearer Fehaid al-Deehani did not carry the Olympic Flag.[5][6][7] |
2014 | Winter | Volunteer from SOCOG | — | ? | [8] |
2012 | Summer | Brooklyn Kerlin (from LOCOG) | — | United Kingdom not a competitor | [9] |
2000 | Summer | Victor Ramos | Boxing | East Timor | [10] |
1992 | Summer | none | — | Athletes from Independent Olympic Participants at the 1992 Summer Olympics did not attend the parade of nations, but still competed at the Games.[11] |
Notes
- ^ The athlete's nationality is listed at the time of the competition.
References
- ^ Individual Olympic athletes. Olympics at Sport-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Accessed 14 August 2014.
- ^ "Opening Ceremony Flagbearers - Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018" (PDF). olympic.org. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 9 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ a b Jonathan Clayton (5 August 2016). "South Sudanese runner leads refugee team into Games". UNHCR.
- ^ "Rio 2016: Refugee Olympic Team". UN Refugee Agency. 1 August 2016.
- ^ AFP (1 August 2016). "Proud Kuwaiti soldier refuses to carry Olympic flag". Al Monitor.
- ^ Motez Bishara (5 August 2016). "Rio 2016: Bittersweet Olympic dream for Kuwaiti swimmer". Al Jazeera.
- ^ "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ^ "Sochi 2014 Opening Ceremony – Flagbearers" (PDF). The International Olympic Committee (IOC). Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ^ "Brooklyn Kerlin". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
- ^ Mathews, Wallace (18 September 2000). "East Timor's Ramos True Freedom Fighter". New York Post. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
- ^ Olympic Flag - Olympic-Legacy.com Pe04.com Archived June 3, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
See also
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