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Olympic Games

Summer

Olympics	Role	Name	Nation
1972	Bearer	Horst Meyer	FRG	Rowing	Bearer
1972	Bearer	Dirk Schreyer	FRG	Rowing	Bearer
1972	Bearer	Rüdiger Henning	FRG	Rowing	Bearer
1972	Bearer	Egbert Hirschfelder	FRG	Rowing	Bearer
1972	Bearer	Jörg Siebert	FRG	Rowing	Bearer
1972	Bearer	Niko Ott	FRG	Rowing	Bearer
1972	Bearer	Roland Böse	FRG	Rowing	Bearer
1972	Bearer	Gunther Tiersch	FRG	Rowing	Bearer
1976	Bearer Kingston	Ross McIlquham	CAN		Bearer Kingston
1976	Bearer Kingston	John Valberg	CAN		Bearer Kingston
1976	Bearer Kingston	Larry Duchene	CAN		Bearer Kingston
1976	Bearer Kingston	Tom Szparlo	CAN		Bearer Kingston
1976	Bearer Kingston	Steve Mecredy	CAN		Bearer Kingston
1976	Bearer Kingston	David Amundrud	CAN		Bearer Kingston
1976	Bearer Kingston	Dan Wyjad	CAN		Bearer Kingston
1976	Bearer Kingston	Richard Christie	CAN		Bearer Kingston
1976	Bearer Kingston	Harry Noble	CAN		Bearer Kingston
1984	Bearer	Wyomia Tyus	USA	Athletics	Bearer
1984	Bearer	John Naber	USA	Swimming	Bearer
1984	Bearer	Parry O'Brien	USA	Athletics	Bearer
1984	Bearer	Al Oerter	USA	Athletics	Bearer
1984	Bearer	Bruce Jenner	USA	Athletics	Bearer
1984	Bearer	Billy Mills	USA	Athletics	Bearer
1984	Bearer	Mack Robinson	USA	Athletics	Bearer
1984	Escort	Sammy Lee	USA	Diving	Escort
1984	Escort	Pat McCormick	USA	Diving	Escort
1984	Escort	Richie Sandoval	USA		Escort
1984	Bearer	Bill Thorpe	USA		Bearer
1988	Bearer	Yang Jeong-Mo	KOR	Wrestling	Bearer
1988	Bearer	Yu In-Tak	KOR	Wrestling	Bearer
1988	Bearer	Kim Won-Gi	KOR	Wrestling	Bearer
1988	Bearer	Sin Jun-Seop	KOR	Boxing	Bearer
1988	Bearer	Jo Hye-Jeong	KOR	Volleyball	Bearer
1988	Bearer	Choi Ae-Yeong	KOR	Basketball	Bearer
1988	Bearer	Yun Su-Gyeong	KOR	Handball	Bearer
1988	Bearer	Seo Hyang-Sun	KOR	Archery	Bearer
1992	Bearer	José Manuel Abascal	ESP	Athletics	Bearer
1992	Bearer	José Luis Doreste	ESP	Sailing	Bearer
1992	Bearer	Blanca Fernández Ochoa	ESP	Alpine Skiing	Bearer
1992	Bearer	Lolo Ibern	ESP	Water Polo	Bearer
1992	Bearer	Jorge Llopart	ESP	Athletics	Bearer
1992	Bearer	Eladio Vallduví	ESP	Shooting	Bearer
1992	Bearer	Dolores Buch	ESP		Bearer
1992	Bearer	Jordi Tabuenca	ESP		Bearer
1996	Bearer	Edwin Moses	USA	Athletics	Bearer
1996	Bearer	Steve Lundquist	USA	Swimming	Bearer
1996	Bearer	Katrina McClain	USA	Basketball	Bearer
1996	Bearer	Geoff Gaberino	USA	Swimming	Bearer
1996	Bearer	Mary T. Meagher	USA	Swimming	Bearer
1996	Bearer	Ralph Boston	USA	Athletics	Bearer
1996	Bearer	Dave Maggard	USA	Athletics	Bearer
1996	Bearer	Benita Fitzgerald-Brown	USA	Athletics	Bearer
2000	Bearer	Bill Roycroft	AUS	Equestrian Eventing	Bearer
2000	Bearer	Murray Rose	AUS	Swimming	Bearer
2000	Bearer	Liane Tooth	AUS	Hockey	Bearer
2000	Bearer	Gillian Rolton	AUS	Equestrian Eventing	Bearer
2000	Bearer	Marjorie Jackson	AUS	Athletics	Bearer
2000	Bearer	Lorraine Crapp	AUS	Swimming	Bearer
2000	Bearer	Mike Wenden	AUS	Swimming	Bearer
2000	Bearer	Nick Green	AUS	Rowing	Bearer
2004	Bearer	Michail Mouroutsos	GRE	Taekwondo	Bearer
2004	Bearer	Petros Galaktopoulos	GRE	Wrestling	Bearer
2004	Bearer	Niki Bakogianni	GRE	Athletics	Bearer
2004	Bearer	Ilias Chatzipavlis	GRE	Sailing	Bearer
2004	Bearer	Dimosthenis Tampakos	GRE	Artistic Gymnastics	Bearer
2004	Bearer	Valerios Leonidis	GRE	Weightlifting	Bearer
2004	Bearer	Leonidas Kokas	GRE	Weightlifting	Bearer
2004	Bearer	Angelos Basinas	GRE		Bearer
2008	Bearer	Zheng Fengrong	CHN		Bearer
2008	Bearer	Yang Yang (A)	CHN	Short Track Speed Skating	Bearer
2008	Bearer	Yang Ling	CHN	Shooting	Bearer
2008	Bearer	Xiong Ni	CHN	Diving	Bearer
2008	Bearer	Li Lingwei	CHN		Bearer
2008	Bearer	Mu Xiangxiong	CHN		Bearer
2008	Bearer	Pan Duo	CHN		Bearer
2008	Bearer	Zhang Xielin	CHN		Bearer
2012	Bearer	Ban Gi-Mun	KOR		Bearer
2012	Bearer	Haile Gebrselassie	ETH	Athletics	Bearer
2012	Bearer	Cassius Clay	USA	Boxing	Bearer
2012	Bearer	Leymah Gbowee	LBR		Bearer
2012	Bearer	Daniel Barenboim	ISR		Bearer
2012	Bearer	Marina Silva	BRA		Bearer
2012	Bearer	Shami Chakrabarti	GBR		Bearer
2012	Bearer	Sally Becker	GBR		Bearer
2012	Bearer	Doreen Lawrence	GBR		Bearer
2016	Bearer	Marta	BRA	Football	Bearer
2016	Bearer	Sandra Pires	BRA	Beach Volleyball	Bearer
2016	Bearer	Emanuel	BRA	Beach Volleyball	Bearer
2016	Bearer	Oscar Schmidt	BRA	Basketball	Bearer
2016	Bearer	Torben Grael	BRA	Sailing	Bearer
2016	Bearer	Joaquim Cruz	BRA	Athletics	Bearer
2016	Bearer	Rosa Celia Pimentel	BRA		Bearer
2016	Bearer	Ellen Gracie	BRA		Bearer
2020	Bearer	Kento Momota	JPN	Badminton	Bearer
2020	Bearer	Mehdi Essadiq	MAR	Triathlon	Bearer
2020	Bearer	Paula Pareto	ARG	Judo	Bearer
2020	Bearer	Elena Galiabovitch	AUS	Shooting	Bearer
2020	Bearer	Cyrille Tchatchet II	EOR	Weightlifting	Bearer
2020	Bearer	Paola Egonu	ITA	Volleyball	Bearer
2024	Masked rider on horseback who carried the Olympic Flag along the Seine.	Floriane Issert	FRA		Masked rider on horseback who carried the Olympic Flag along the Seine.

Winter

Olympics	Role	Name	Nation
1976	Bearer	Yukio Kasaya	JPN	Nordic CombinedSki Jumping	Bearer
1980	Bearer	George Bonfiglio	USA		Bearer
1980	Escort	Andrea Mead-Lawrence	USA	Alpine Skiing	Escort
1980	Escort	Tenley Albright	USA	Figure Skating	Escort
1980	Escort	Al Oerter	USA	Athletics	Escort
1980	Escort	Willie Davenport	USA	AthleticsBobsleigh	Escort
1980	Escort	Barbara Cochran	USA	Alpine Skiing	Escort
1980	Escort	Sheila Young	USA	Speed Skating	Escort
1980	Escort	Edgar Seymour	USA	Bobsleigh	Escort
1980	Escort	Dick Button	USA	Figure Skating	Escort
1980	Bearer	Rich Michaud	USA		Bearer
1980	Bearer	Paul O'Keefe	USA		Bearer
1980	Bearer	Michael Motherway	USA		Bearer
1980	Bearer	John Philbrook	USA		Bearer
1980	Bearer	David Goss	USA		Bearer
1980	Bearer	Cliff White	USA		Bearer
1980	Bearer	Chris Langlois	USA		Bearer
1980	Bearer	Marie Ferrante McBride	USA		Bearer
1980	Bearer	Barbara Hopkins	USA		Bearer
1988	Bearer	Lucile Wheeler	CAN	Alpine Skiing	Bearer
1988	Bearer	Anne Heggtveit	CAN	Alpine Skiing	Bearer
1988	Bearer	Kathy Kreiner	CAN	Alpine Skiing	Bearer
1988	Bearer	Nancy Greene	CAN	Alpine Skiing	Bearer
1988	Bearer	Liisa Savijarvi	CAN	Alpine Skiing	Bearer
1988	Bearer	George Mara	CAN	Ice Hockey	Bearer
1988	Bearer	Frank Sullivan	CAN	Ice Hockey	Bearer
1988	Bearer	Gaétan Boucher	CAN	Speed Skating	Bearer
1988	Bearer	Steve Podborski	CAN	Alpine Skiing	Bearer
1988	Bearer	Vic Emery	CAN	Bobsleigh	Bearer
1994	Bearer	Birger Ruud	NOR	Alpine SkiingSki Jumping	Bearer
1994	Bearer	Hjalmar Andersen	NOR	Speed Skating	Bearer
1994	Bearer	Stein Eriksen	NOR	Alpine Skiing	Bearer
1994	Bearer	Hallgeir Brenden	NOR	Cross Country Skiing	Bearer
1994	Bearer	Bjørg Eva Jensen	NOR	Speed Skating	Bearer
1994	Bearer	Linda Andersen	NOR	Sailing	Bearer
1994	Bearer	Heidi Sundal	NOR	Handball	Bearer
1994	Bearer	Grete Andersen-Waitz	NOR	Athletics	Bearer
1994	Bearer (Closing)	Magnar Solberg	NOR	Biathlon	Bearer (Closing)
1994	Bearer (Closing)	Knut Johannesen	NOR	Speed Skating	Bearer (Closing)
1994	Bearer (Closing)	Peder Lunde, Jr.	NOR	Sailing	Bearer (Closing)
1994	Bearer (Closing)	Jon Rønningen	NOR	Wrestling	Bearer (Closing)
1994	Bearer (Closing)	Berit Kvello-Aunli	NOR	Cross Country Skiing	Bearer (Closing)
1994	Bearer (Closing)	Brit Pettersen	NOR	Cross Country Skiing	Bearer (Closing)
1994	Bearer (Closing)	Birthe Hegstad	NOR		Bearer (Closing)
1994	Bearer (Closing)	Ingrid Hadler	NOR		Bearer (Closing)
1998	Bearer	Seiko Hashimoto	JPN	Cycling TrackSpeed Skating	Bearer
1998	Bearer	Chiharu Igaya	JPN	Alpine Skiing	Bearer
1998	Bearer	Yukio Kasaya	JPN	Nordic CombinedSki Jumping	Bearer
1998	Bearer	Yoshihiro Kitazawa	JPN	Speed Skating	Bearer
1998	Bearer	Yuko Otaka	JPN	Luge	Bearer
1998	Bearer	Akitsugu Konno	JPN	Ski Jumping	Bearer
1998	Bearer	Hatsue Nagakubo-Takamizawa	JPN	Speed Skating	Bearer
1998	Bearer	Hiromi Yamamoto	JPN	Speed Skating	Bearer
2002	Bearer	Jean-Claude Killy	FRA	Alpine Skiing	Bearer
2002	Bearer	Kazuyoshi Funaki	JPN	Ski Jumping	Bearer
2002	Bearer	Cathy Freeman	AUS	Athletics	Bearer
2002	Bearer	Jean-Michel Cousteau	FRA		Bearer
2002	Bearer	John Glenn	USA		Bearer
2002	Bearer	Steven Spielberg	USA		Bearer
2002	Bearer	Lech Wałęsa	POL		Bearer
2002	Bearer	Desmond Tutu	RSA		Bearer
2006	Bearer	Nawal El-Moutawakel	MAR	Athletics	Bearer
2006	Bearer	Manuela Di Centa	ITA	Cross Country Skiing	Bearer
2006	Bearer	Maria Mutola	MOZ	Athletics	Bearer
2006	Bearer	Sophia Loren	ITA		Bearer
2006	Bearer	Isabel Allende	CHI		Bearer
2006	Bearer	Susan Sarandon	USA		Bearer
2006	Bearer	Wangari Maathai	KEN		Bearer
2006	Bearer	Mam Somaly	CAM		Bearer
2010	Bearer	Barbara Ann Scott	CAN	Figure Skating	Bearer
2010	Bearer	Roméo Dallaire	CAN		Bearer
2010	Bearer	Betty Fox	CAN		Bearer
2010	Bearer	Anne Murray	CAN		Bearer
2010	Bearer	Julie Payette	CAN		Bearer
2010	Bearer	Donald Sutherland	CAN		Bearer
2010	Bearer	Jacques Villeneuve	CAN		Bearer
2010	Bearer	Bobby Orr	CAN		Bearer
2014	Bearer	Lidiya Skoblikova	RUS	Speed Skating	Bearer
2014	Bearer	Vyacheslav Fetisov	RUS	Ice Hockey	Bearer
2014	Bearer	Valery Gergiyev	RUS		Bearer
2014	Bearer	Chulpan Khamatova	RUS		Bearer
2014	Bearer	Anastasiya Popova	RUS		Bearer
2014	Bearer	Valentina Tereshkova	RUS		Bearer
2014	Bearer	Alan Yenileyev	RUS		Bearer
2014	Bearer	Nikita Mikhalkov	RUS		Bearer
2018	Bearer	Sin Hye-Suk	KOR	Figure Skating	Bearer
2018	Bearer	Kim Yun-Man	KOR	Speed Skating	Bearer
2018	Bearer	Kim Gwi-Jin	KOR	Speed Skating	Bearer
2018	Bearer	Yu Yeong	KOR	Figure Skating	Bearer
2018	Bearer	Jang Yu-Jin	KOR	Freestyle Skiing	Bearer
2018	Bearer	Gang Chan-Yong	KOR		Bearer
2018	Bearer	Lee Jun-Seo	KOR		Bearer
2018	Bearer	Jeong Seung-Gi	KOR	Skeleton	Bearer
2022	Bearer	Zhang Hui	CHN	Short Track Speed Skating	Bearer
2022	Bearer	Li Jiajun	CHN	Short Track Speed Skating	Bearer
2022	Bearer	Shen Xue	CHN	Figure Skating	Bearer
2022	Bearer	Han Xiaopeng	CHN	Freestyle Skiing	Bearer
2022	Bearer	Zhang Hong	CHN	Speed Skating	Bearer
2022	Bearer	Luo Zhihuan	CHN		Bearer
2026		Tadatoshi Akiba	JPN
2026		Maryam Bukar Hassan	NGR
2026		Nicolò Govoni	ITA
2026		Filippo Grandi	ITA
2026		Cindy Ngamba	EOR	Boxing
2026		Rebeca Andrade	BRA	Artistic Gymnastics
2026		Eliud Kipchoge	KEN	Athletics
2026		Pita Taufatofua	TGA	Cross Country Skiing
2026		Franco Nones	ITA	Cross Country Skiing
2026		Martina Valcepina	ITA	Short Track Speed Skating

Equestrian

Youth Olympic Games

Summer

Olympics	Role	Name	Nation
2010	Bearer (Senior)	Tiger Tan	SGP	Weightlifting	Bearer (Senior)
2010	Bearer (Senior)	Yelena Isinbayeva	RUS	Athletics	Bearer (Senior)
2010	Bearer (Senior)	Yang Yang (A)	CHN	Short Track Speed Skating	Bearer (Senior)
2010	Bearer (Senior)	Tan Eng Liang	SGP	Water Polo	Bearer (Senior)
2010	Bearer (Senior)	Frankie Fredericks	NAM	Athletics	Bearer (Senior)
2010	Bearer (Senior)	Pat Chan	SGP	Swimming	Bearer (Senior)
2010	Bearer (Senior)	Tao Li	SGP	Swimming	Bearer (Senior)
2010	Bearer (Senior)	Sergey Bubka	UKR	Athletics	Bearer (Senior)
2010	Bearer (Youth)	Isabelle Li	SGP	Table Tennis	Bearer (Youth)
2010	Bearer (Youth)	Carol Lee	SGP	Shooting	Bearer (Youth)
2010	Bearer (Youth)	Natasha Yokoyama	SGP	Sailing	Bearer (Youth)
2010	Bearer (Youth)	Rania Herlina Rahardja	SGP	Fencing	Bearer (Youth)
2010	Bearer (Youth)	Timothy Tay	SGP	Artistic Gymnastics	Bearer (Youth)
2010	Bearer (Youth)	Zachary Devaraj	SGP	Athletics	Bearer (Youth)
2014	Bearer	Ren Cancan	CHN	Boxing	Bearer
2014	Bearer	Wu Minxia	CHN	Diving	Bearer
2014	Bearer	Liu Xiang	CHN	Athletics	Bearer
2014	Bearer	Lei Sheng	CHN	Fencing	Bearer
2014	Bearer	Wu Jingyu	CHN	Taekwondo	Bearer
2014	Bearer	Wang Liqin	CHN	Table Tennis	Bearer
2014	Bearer	Zhang Xia	CHN	Artistic Gymnastics	Bearer
2014	Bearer	Qiu Jian	CHN	Shooting	Bearer
2014	Bearer (Youth)	Xu Zhihang	CHN	Athletics	Bearer (Youth)
2014	Bearer (Youth)	Shi Yuqi	CHN	Badminton	Bearer (Youth)
2014	Bearer (Youth)	Yan Jiahua	CHN	Canoe Sprint	Bearer (Youth)
2014	Bearer (Youth)	Huang Ali	CHN	Fencing	Bearer (Youth)
2014	Bearer (Youth)	Marty Dou	CHN	Golf	Bearer (Youth)
2014	Bearer (Youth)	Zhong Xiuting	CHN	Modern Pentathlon	Bearer (Youth)
2014	Bearer (Youth)	Yang Feifei	CHN	Rugby Sevens	Bearer (Youth)
2014	Bearer (Youth)	Zhang Zhihao	CHN	Swimming	Bearer (Youth)
2018	Bearer (Senior)	Leonardo Gutiérrez	ARG	Basketball	Bearer (Senior)
2018	Bearer (Senior)	Carlos Weber	ARG	Volleyball	Bearer (Senior)
2018	Bearer (Senior)	Serena Amato	ARG	Sailing	Bearer (Senior)
2018	Bearer (Senior)	Karina Masotta	ARG	Hockey	Bearer (Senior)
2018	Bearer (Senior)	Magdalena Aicega	ARG	Hockey	Bearer (Senior)
2018	Bearer (Senior)	Carlos Espínola	ARG	Sailing	Bearer (Senior)
2018	Bearer (Youth)	Martina Campi	ARG	Equestrian Jumping	Bearer (Youth)
2018	Bearer (Youth)	Francisco Saubidet	ARG	Sailing	Bearer (Youth)
2018	Bearer (Youth)	Fernanda Russo	ARG	Shooting	Bearer (Youth)
2018	Bearer (Youth)	Lautaro Bazán	ARG	Rugby Sevens	Bearer (Youth)
2018	Bearer (Youth)	Braian Toledo	ARG	Athletics	Bearer (Youth)
2018	Bearer (Youth)	María Baldoni	ARG	Hockey	Bearer (Youth)

Winter

Olympics	Role	Name	Nation
2012	Bearer	Karl Schnabl	AUT	Ski Jumping	Bearer
2012	Bearer	Toni Innauer	AUT	Ski Jumping	Bearer
2012	Bearer	Brigitte Totschnig	AUT	Alpine Skiing	Bearer
2012	Bearer	Karl Schranz	AUT	Alpine Skiing	Bearer
2012	Bearer	Josef Feistmantl	AUT	Luge	Bearer
2012	Bearer	Edith Zimmermann	AUT	Alpine Skiing	Bearer
2012	Bearer (Youth)	Lukas Telsnig	AUT	Ice Hockey	Bearer (Youth)
2012	Bearer (Youth)	Thomas Petutschnigg	AUT	Speed Skating	Bearer (Youth)
2012	Bearer (Youth)	Benjamin Maier	AUT	Bobsleigh	Bearer (Youth)
2012	Bearer (Youth)	Nina Wolfslast	AUT	Figure Skating	Bearer (Youth)
2012	Bearer (Youth)	Irena Brettbacher	AUT	Curling	Bearer (Youth)
2012	Bearer (Youth)	Miriam Kastlunger	AUT	Luge	Bearer (Youth)
2016	Bearer (Senior)	Yu-Na Kim	KOR	Figure Skating	Bearer (Senior)
2016	Bearer (Senior)	Espen Bredesen	NOR	Ski Jumping	Bearer (Senior)
2016	Bearer (Senior)	Anita Moen-Guidon	NOR	Cross Country Skiing	Bearer (Senior)
2016	Bearer (Senior)	Bjørn Dæhlie	NOR	Cross Country Skiing	Bearer (Senior)
2016	Bearer (Senior)	Stine Lise Hattestad	NOR	Freestyle Skiing	Bearer (Senior)
2016	Bearer (Senior)	Éric Alard	FRA	Bobsleigh	Bearer (Senior)
2016	Bearer (Youth)	Anna Odine Strøm	NOR	Mixed SportsSki Jumping	Bearer (Youth)
2016	Bearer (Youth)	Ane Farstad	NOR	Short Track Speed Skating	Bearer (Youth)
2016	Bearer (Youth)	Fredrik Bucher-Johannessen	NOR	Biathlon	Bearer (Youth)
2016	Bearer (Youth)	Vebjørn Hegdal	NOR	Cross Country SkiingMixed Sports	Bearer (Youth)
2016	Bearer (Youth)	Herman Møller Svendsen	NOR	Snowboarding	Bearer (Youth)
2016	Bearer (Youth)	Ena Marie Nystrøm	NOR	Ice Hockey	Bearer (Youth)
2020	Bearer (Senior)	Florence Schelling	SUI	Ice Hockey	Bearer (Senior)
2020	Bearer (Senior)	Didier Cuche	SUI	Alpine Skiing	Bearer (Senior)
2020	Bearer (Youth)	Anais Coraducci	SUI	Figure Skating	Bearer (Youth)
2020	Bearer (Youth)	Loris Uberti	SUI	Ice Hockey	Bearer (Youth)