List of flag bearers for independent Olympians at the Olympics
Template:Infobox Olympics Independents 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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2016 | Summer | Rose Nathike Lokonyen | Distance running | South Sudan | [2] Refugee Olympian Team (ROT) ; UNHCR identified refugees selected by the IOC.[3] The Flag Bearer from South Sudan was certified by the Kenyan NOC [2] |
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.[4][5][6] |
2014 | Winter | Volunteer from SOCOG | — | ? | [7] |
2012 | Summer | Brooklyn Kerlin (from LOCOG) |
— | United Kingdom not a competitor |
[8] |
2000 | Summer | Victor Ramos | Boxing | East Timor | [9] |
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.[10] |
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.
- ^ 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". Top Drawer Soccer.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