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2022 Winter Paralympics Parade of Nations

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During the Parade of Nations within the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony on March 4, athletes and officials from each participating country marched in the Beijing National Stadium, preceded by their flag and placard bearer bearing the respective country's name. Each flag bearer was chosen either by the nation's National Paralympic Committee or by the team of athletes themselves.

Parade order

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Nations marched in the order of the host language, Simplified Chinese. China entered last as host, and Italy entered second-to-last as upcoming host.

As Chinese characters do not have an alphabetical order, they were sorted based on stroke count. Specifically:

  • Characters with fewer strokes march earlier, so New Zealand (新西兰) marched before Mexico (墨西哥) because 新 has 13 strokes and 墨 has 15 strokes.
  • If the initial characters have the same number of strokes, then the stroke orders of the two characters are grouped in the order 橫竖撇捺折 (horizontal/vertical/left falling/right falling/fold). For example, Denmark (丹麦) marched before Brazil (巴西) because 丹 has four strokes in the order ㇓㇆㇔㇐ (3541), while 巴 has four strokes in the order ㇕丨㇐㇟ (5215).
    • The second characters are not compared, even though 麦 has more strokes than 西.
  • While it is possible to have a pair of characters with the same stroke count and the same stroke order groups, this did not occur during the parade. If the initial characters are identical, the second characters of each nation are used, and so on.

Countries and flag bearers

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The following is a list of each country's flag bearer. The list is sorted by the sequence that each nation appeared in the Parade of Nations. The names are given in their official designations by the IPC, and the Chinese names follow their official designations by the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

This table is sortable by country name in English, country name in simplified Chinese, country name in pinyin, flag bearer name, and flag bearer sport.
Order Nation Chinese name Pinyin Flag bearer Sport/Function Ref.
1   Belgium (BEL) 比利时 Bǐlìshí Rémi Mazi Alpine skiing [1][2]
2   Japan (JPN) 日本 Rìběn Taiki Kawayoke [ja; no] Cross-country skiing [1][3]
3   Denmark (DEN) 丹麦 Dānmài Games Volunteer — [4]
4   Ukraine (UKR) 乌克兰 Wūkèlán Maksym Yarovyi [uk; no] Biathlon [1]
5   Brazil (BRA) 巴西 Bāxī Aline Rocha Cross-country skiing [4]
Cristian Ribera [pt; no]
6   Israel (ISR) 以色列 Yǐsèliè Games Volunteer — [4]
7   Canada (CAN) 加拿大 Jiānádà Ina Forrest Wheelchair curling [5][6]
Greg Westlake Para ice hockey
8   Spain (ESP) 西班牙 Xībānyá Víctor González Fernández [es] Snowboarding [4]
9   Liechtenstein (LIE) 列支敦士登 Lièzhīdūnshìdēng Sarah Hundert Alpine skiing [4]
10   Iran (IRI) 伊朗 Yīlǎng Elaheh Gholifallah Cross-country skiing [4]
11   Hungary (HUN) 匈牙利 Xiōngyálì Richard Dumity Alpine skiing [4]
12   Iceland (ISL) 冰岛 Bīngdǎo Hilmar Orvarsson Alpine skiing [4]
13   Andorra (AND) 安道尔 Āndàoěr Games Volunteer — [4]
14   Finland (FIN) 芬兰 Fēnlán Inkki Inola Cross-country skiing [4]
Maiju Laurila Alpine skiing
15   Croatia (CRO) 克罗地亚 Kèluódìyà Bruno Bošnjak [hr] Snowboarding [4]
16   Greece (GRE) 希腊 Xīlà Evangelia Nikou Alpine skiing [4]
Konstantinos Petrakis Snowboarding
17   Argentina (ARG) 阿根廷 Āgēntíng Enrique Plantey Alpine skiing [4]
18   Azerbaijan (AZE) 阿塞拜疆 Āsāibàijiāng Mehman Ramazanzade Cross-country skiing [4]
19   Latvia (LAT) 拉脱维亚 Lātuōwéiyà Ojars Briedis Wheelchair curling [4]
Poļina Rožkova
20   Great Britain (GBR) 英国 Yīngguó Gregor Ewan Wheelchair curling [4]
Meggan Dawson-Farrell
21   Romania (ROU) 罗马尼亚 Luōmǎníyà Mihăiță Papară Snowboarding [4]
Laura Văleanu Alpine skiing
22   France (FRA) 法国 Fǎguó Benjamin Daviet [fr] Biathlon
Cross-country skiing 		[4]
23   Poland (POL) 波兰 Bōlán Andrzej Szczesny [pl; no] Alpine skiing [4]
24   Puerto Rico (PUR) 波多黎各 Bōduō Lígè Orlando Perez Alpine skiing [1]
25   Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) 波黑 Bōhēi Jovica Goreta Alpine skiing [4]
Ilma Kazazić [bs]
26   Norway (NOR) 挪威 Nuówēi Sissel Løchen [no] Wheelchair curling [4]
Kjartan Haugen [no] Cross-country skiing
27   Kazakhstan (KAZ) 哈萨克斯坦 Hāsàkèsītǎn Yerbol Khamitov Biathlon [4]
28   United States (USA) 美国 Měiguó Tyler Carter Alpine skiing [7][8]
Danelle Umstead
29   Netherlands (NED) 荷兰 Hélán Lisa Bunschoten Snowboarding [9]
Chris Vos
30   Georgia (GEO) 格鲁吉亚 Gélǔjíyà Temuri Dadiani Cross-country skiing [4]
31   Estonia (EST) 爱沙尼亚 Aìshāníyà Signe Falkenberg [et] Wheelchair curling [4]
Mait Mätas
32   Czech Republic (CZE) 捷克 Jiékè Zdeněk Krupička Para ice hockey [4]
33   Slovenia (SLO) 斯洛文尼亚 Sīluòwénníyà Jernej Slivnik Alpine skiing [4]
34   Slovakia (SVK) 斯洛伐克 Sīluòfákè Miroslav Haraus [sk] Alpine skiing [4]
Monika Kunkelová Wheelchair curling
35   South Korea (KOR) 韩国 Hánguó Baek Hye-jin Wheelchair curling [10]
36   Chile (CHI) 智利 Zhìlì Nicolás Bisquertt Alpine skiing [4]
37   Austria (AUT) 奥地利 Aòdìlì Barbara Aigner Alpine skiing [4]
Markus Salcher [de]
38   Switzerland (SUI) 瑞士 Ruìshì Hans Burgener Wheelchair curling [4]
Romy Tschopp Snowboarding
39   Sweden (SWE) 瑞典 Ruìdiǎn Viljo Petersson-Dahl Wheelchair curling [4]
Kristina Ulander
40   Mongolia (MGL) 蒙古 Měnggǔ Batmönkhiin Ganbold Cross-country skiing [4]
41   New Zealand (NZL) 新西兰 Xīn Xīlán Games Volunteer — [4]
42   Mexico (MEX) 墨西哥 Mòxīgē Arly Velásquez [es] Alpine skiing [4]
43   Germany (GER) 德国 Déguó Martin Fleig [de] Biathlon [4]
Anna-Lena Forster [de] Alpine skiing
44   Australia (AUS) 澳大利亚 Àodàlìyǎ Melissa Perrine Alpine skiing [4]
Mitchell Gourley
45   Italy (ITA) 意大利 Yìdàlì Giacomo Bertagnolli [it] Alpine skiing [4]
46   China (CHN) 中国 Zhōngguó Guo Yujie Biathlon [11]
Wang Zhidong Para ice hockey

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "2022 Beijing Paralympics opening ceremony hosts Team USA, Ukraine". USA Today SPORT. 5 March 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Waarom de Antwerpse Linda Le Bon niet deelneemt aan de openingsceremonie". Antwerps persbureau (in Dutch). 4 March 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
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  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak "Full list of flagbearers for the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games Opening Ceremony". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 5 March 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
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  6. ^ "Message of peace: Beijing 2022 Paralympics commence in shadow of war in Ukraine". CBC Sports. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Danelle Umstead And Tyler Carter Elected As Team USA's Opening Ceremony Flag Bearers". Team USA. 2 March 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  8. ^ "Highlights from the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing". NPR. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  9. ^ Brennan, Eliott (7 February 2022). "Bunschoten and Vos named Paralympic flag bearers for The Netherlands". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  10. ^ "[패럴림픽] 대한민국 선수단 입장". 4 March 2022.
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