List of flag bearers for Independent Olympians at the Olympics

Independent Olympians at the
Olympics
IOC code IOP, IOA, OAR
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 yearSeasonFlag bearerSportNationality[NB 1]Notes
2018WinterVolunteer from POCOGN/A?[2]
2016SummerRose Nathike LokonyenDistance running South Sudan[3] Refugee Olympian Team (ROT) ; United Nations UNHCR identified refugees selected by the International Olympic Committee IOC.[4] The Flag Bearer from South Sudan was certified by the Kenya Kenyan NOC [3]
2016SummerVolunteer from the organizing committeeN/A?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 Kuwait Kuwaiti flag bearer Fehaid al-Deehani did not carry the Olympic Flag.[5][6][7]
2014WinterVolunteer from SOCOGN/A?[8]
2012SummerBrooklyn Kerlin
(from LOCOG)		N/A United Kingdom
not a competitor		[9]
2000SummerVictor RamosBoxing East Timor[10]
1992SummernoneN/AAthletes from Independent Olympic Participants at the 1992 Summer Olympics did not attend the parade of nations, but still competed at the Games.[11]

Notes

  1. ↑ The athlete's nationality is listed at the time of the competition.

References

  1. ↑ Individual Olympic Athletes. Olympics at Sport-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Accessed 14 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "Opening Ceremony Flagbearers - Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018" (PDF). olympic.org. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 9 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  3. 1 2 Jonathan Clayton (5 August 2016). "South Sudanese runner leads refugee team into Games". UNHCR.
  4. ↑ "Rio 2016: Refugee Olympic Team". UN Refugee Agency. 1 August 2016.
  5. ↑ AFP (1 August 2016). "Proud Kuwaiti soldier refuses to carry Olympic flag". Al Monitor.
  6. ↑ Motez Bishara (5 August 2016). "Rio 2016: Bittersweet Olympic dream for Kuwaiti swimmer". Al Jazeera.
  7. ↑ "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  8. ↑ "Sochi 2014 Opening Ceremony – Flagbearers" (PDF). The International Olympic Committee (IOC). Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  9. ↑ "Brooklyn Kerlin". Top Drawer Soccer.com. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  10. ↑ Mathews, Wallace (18 September 2000). "East Timor's Ramos True Freedom Fighter". New York Post. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  11. ↑ Olympic Flag - Olympic-Legacy.com Pe04.com Archived June 3, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.

See also

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