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Jamie Braidwood

Every Olympic flagbearer for Paris 2024 closing ceremony including Alex Yee and Katie Ledecky

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The end of the Olympics has arrived with a closing ceremony at the Stade de France set to bring the curtain down on Paris 2024.

It’s been 17 days since the rain-soaked opening extravaganza on the River Seine and conditions are much brighter for the spectacle in Saint Denis.

Look out for reported appearances from the likes of Billie Eilish, Snoop Dogg and Red Hot Chili Peppers, as Paris begins the transition towards Los Angeles 2028.

While each country competing at the Olympics will also have their moment - although they will not be travelling down the Seine on boats this time.

Gold medallists Alex Yee and Bryony Page will be Great Britain’s flagbearers at the closing ceremony, and here’s a look at everyone else.

NOC Flagbearer Discipline
EOR Farida ABAROGE Athletics
Kasra MEHDIPOURNEJAD Taekwondo
Afghanistan Yulduz HASHIMI Cycling Road
Yulduz HASHIMI Cycling Track
Sha Mahmood NOOR ZAHI Athletics
South Africa Tatjana SMITH Swimming
Albania Islam DUDAEV Wrestling
Algeria Imane KHELIF Boxing
Djamel SEDJATI Athletics
Germany Laura LINDEMANN Triathlon
Max RENDSCHMIDT Canoe Sprint
Andorra Nahuel CARABANA Athletics
Angola Edmilson PEDRO Judo
Antigua and Barbuda Cejhae GREENE Athletics
Saudi Arabia Dunya Ali M ABUTALEB Taekwondo
Mohamed Daouda TOLO Athletics
Argentina Eugenia BOSCO Sailing
Jose TORRES GIL Cycling BMX Freestyle
Armenia Artur ALEKSANYAN Wrestling
Aruba Shanayah HOWELL Cycling BMX Racing
Ethan WESTERA Sailing
Austria Lukas MAEHR Sailing
Lara VADLAU Sailing
Azerbaijan Zeynab HUMMATOVA Rhythmic Gymnastics
Gashim MAGOMEDOV Taekwondo
Bahamas Charisma TAYLOR Athletics
Bahrain Akhmed TAZHUDINOV Wrestling
Bangladesh Games Volunteer
Barbados Matthew WRIGHT Triathlon
Belgium Nafissatou THIAM Athletics
Belize Shaun GILL Athletics
Benin Alexis Michel Roger Dodji KPADE Swimming
Noelie YARIGO Athletics
Bermuda Dara ALIZADEH Rowing
Bhutan Kinzang LHAMO Athletics
Bolivia Hector GARIBAY Athletics
Guadalupe TORREZ Athletics
Bosnia & Herzegovina Lana PUDAR Swimming
Botswana Oratile NOWE Athletics
Letsile TEBOGO Athletics
Brazil Eduarda SANTOS LISBOA Beach Volleyball
Ana Patricia SILVA RAMOS Beach Volleyball
Brunei Darussalam Hayley WONG Swimming
Bulgaria Boryana KALEYN Rhythmic Gymnastics
Semen Sergeevich NOVIKOV Wrestling
Burkina Faso Marthe KOALA Athletics
Hugues Fabrice ZANGO Athletics
Burundi Ange Ciella NIRAGIRA Judo
Cabo Verde Samuel FREIRE Athletics
Ivanusa MOREIRA Boxing
Cayman Islands Games Volunteer
Cambodia Bunthorn CHHUN Athletics
Apsara SAKBUN Swimming
Cameroon Emmanuel ESEME Athletics
Richelle Anita SOPPI MBELLA Judo
Canada Ethan KATZBERG Athletics
Summer MCINTOSH Swimming
Centr Afric Rep Tracy Marine ANDET Swimming
Herve TOUMANDJI Athletics
Chile Fernanda AGUIRRE Taekwondo
Clemente SEGUEL LACAMARA Sailing
China Fabin LI Weightlifting
Zixia OU Hockey
Cyprus Vera TUGOLUKOVA Rhythmic Gymnastics
Colombia Mariana PAJON LONDONO Cycling BMX Racing
Comoros Hachim MAAROUFOU Athletics
Maesha SAADI Swimming
Congo Natacha NGOYE Athletics
DR Congo Brigitte MBABI Boxing
Cook Islands Lanihei CONNOLLY Swimming
Korea Aeji IM Boxing
Taejoon PARK Taekwondo
Costa Rica Gerald DRUMMOND Athletics
Milagro MENA SOLANO Cycling Road
Côte d’Ivoire Arthur CISSE Athletics
Maboundou KONE Athletics
Croatia Ivan SAPINA Taekwondo
Lena STOJKOVIC Taekwondo
Cuba Yarisleidis CIRILO DUBOYS Canoe Sprint
Mijain LOPEZ NUNEZ Wrestling
Denmark To be announced
Djibouti Ibrahim HASSAN Athletics
Dominican Republic Alexander OGANDO Athletics
Beatriz PIRON CANDELARIO Weightlifting
Dominica Thea LAFOND Athletics
Egypt Sara AHMED Weightlifting
Ahmed ELGENDY Modern Pentathlon
El Salvador Games Volunteer
UA Emirates Games Volunteer
Ecuador Brian Daniel PINTADO Athletics
Lucia Yamileth YEPEZ GUZMAN Wrestling
Eritrea Samsom AMARE Athletics
Dolshi TESFU Athletics
Spain Maria ARAUJO Basketball
Jordan Alejandro DIAZ FORTUN Athletics
Estonia Janek OIGLANE Athletics
Reena PARNAT Archery
Eswatini Sibusiso MATSENJWA Athletics
Ethiopia Tigst ASSEFA Athletics
Tamirat TOLA Athletics
Fiji Venice Elizabeth Megan TRAILL Taekwondo
David YOUNG Swimming
Finland Saga VANNINEN Athletics
Gabon Wissy Frank HOYE YENDA MOUKOULA Athletics
Noelie Annette LACOUR Swimming
Gambia Alasan ANN Taekwondo
Gina Mariam BASS BITTAYE Athletics
Georgia Geno PETRIASHVILI Wrestling
Ghana Joseph Paul AMOAH Athletics
Rose Amoanimaa YEBOAH Athletics
Great Britain Bryony PAGE Trampoline Gymnastics
Alex YEE Triathlon
Grenada Halle HAZZARD Athletics
Kirani JAMES Athletics
Guam Mia Lahnee Ramos AQUINO Wrestling
Guatemala Alberto GONZALEZ MINDEZ Athletics
Adriana RUANO OLIVA Shooting
Guinea Elhadj N’gnane DIALLO Swimming
Fatoumata SYLLA Archery
Guinea-Bissau Diamantino IUNA FAFE Wrestling
Equatorial Guinea Games Volunteer
Guyana Aliyah ABRAMS Athletics
Emanuel ARCHIBALD Athletics
Haiti Cedrick BELONY-DULIEPRE Boxing
Emelia CHATFIELD Athletics
Honduras Julimar AVILA MANCIA Swimming
Kevin MEJIA CASTILLO Wrestling
Hong Kong, China Sze Wing LEE Cycling Road
Sze Wing LEE Cycling Track
Wai Fung LO Taekwondo
Hungary Tamara CSIPES Canoe Sprint
Kristof MILAK Swimming
India Manu BHAKER Shooting
Sreejesh PARATTU RAVEENDRAN Hockey
Indonesia Rizki JUNIANSYAH Weightlifting
IR Iran Fatemeh MOJALLALTOPRAGHGHALE Rowing
Arian SALIMI Taekwondo
Iraq Ali Ammar Yusur RUBAIAWI Weightlifting
Ireland Fintan MC CARTHY Rowing
Mona MC SHARRY Swimming
Iceland Erna Soley GUNNARSDOTTIR Athletics
Israel Romi PARITZKI Rhythmic Gymnastics
Tom REUVENY Sailing
Italy Rossella FIAMINGO Fencing
Gregorio PALTRINIERI Marathon Swimming
Gregorio PALTRINIERI Swimming
Jamaica Rajindra CAMPBELL Athletics
Japan Haruka KITAGUCHI Athletics
SHIGEKIX Breaking
Jordan Julyana ALSADEQ Taekwondo
Zaid KAREEM Taekwondo
Kazakhstan Elzhana TANIYEVA Rhythmic Gymnastics
Batyrkhan TOLEUGALI Taekwondo
Kenya Beatrice CHEBET Athletics
Eliud KIPCHOGE Athletics
Kyrgyzstan Akzhol MAKHMUDOV Wrestling
Aisuluu TYNYBEKOVA Wrestling
Kiribati Kaimauri ERATI Weightlifting
Kosovo Gresa BAKRACI Athletics
Adell SABOVIC Swimming
Kuwait Games Volunteer
Lao PDR Praewa Misato PHILAPHANDETH Rhythmic Gymnastics
Lesotho Mokulubete Blandina MAKATISI Athletics
Tebello RAMAKONGOANA Athletics
Latvia Gunta VAICULE Athletics
Ernests ZEBOLDS Cycling BMX Freestyle
Lebanon Laetitia AOUN Taekwondo
Liberia John SHERMAN Athletics
Libya Games Volunteer
Liechtenstein Games Volunteer
Lithuania NICKA Breaking
Luxembourg Patrizia VAN DER WEKEN Athletics
North Macedonia Vladimir EGOROV Wrestling
Madagascar Jonathan RAHARVEL Swimming
Rosina RANDAFIARISON Weightlifting
Malaysia Ashley LAU Golf
Malawi Games Volunteer
Maldives Mohamed Aan HUSSAIN Swimming
Aishath Ulya SHAIG Swimming
Mali Marine Fatoumatta Colette CAMARA Boxing
Alexien KOUMA Swimming
Malta Katryna ESPOSITO Judo
Morocco BILLY Breaking
Oumaima EL BOUCHTI Taekwondo
Marshall Islands Phillip KINONO Swimming
Mathlynn SASSER Weightlifting
Mauritius Jean DE FALBAIRE Sailing
Mauritania Games Volunteer
Mexico Nuria DIOSDADO Artistic Swimming
Marco Alonso VERDE ALVAREZ Boxing
Micronesia Games Volunteer
Republic of Moldova Anastasia NICHITA Wrestling
Serghei TARNOVSCHI Canoe Sprint
Monaco Quentin ANTOGNELLI Rowing
Lisa POU Marathon Swimming
Lisa POU Swimming
Mongolia Ankhtsetseg MUNKHJANTSAN Weightlifting
Tulga TUMUR OCHIR Wrestling
Montenegro Games Volunteer
Mozambique Tiago MUXANGA Boxing
Deizy NHAQUILE Sailing
Myanmar Phone Pyae HAN Swimming
Thuzar THET HTAR Badminton
Namibia Helalia JOHANNES Athletics
Phillip SEIDLER Marathon Swimming
Nauru Winzar KAKIOUEA Athletics
Nepal Shantoshi SHRESTHA Athletics
Nicaragua Maria CARMONA Athletics
Niger Samira AWALI BOUBACAR Athletics
Abdoul ISSOUFOU Taekwondo
Nigeria Patience Okon GEORGE Athletics
Norway Solfrid Eila Amena KOANDA Weightlifting
New Zealand Finn BUTCHER Canoe Slalom
Lisa CARRINGTON Canoe Sprint
Oman Games Volunteer
Uganda Oscar CHELIMO Athletics
Kathleen NOBLE Rowing
Uzbekistan Ulugbek RASHITOV Taekwondo
Pakistan Faiqa RIAZ Athletics
Palau Yuri HOSEI Swimming
Jion HOSEI Swimming
Palestine Valerie Rose TARAZI Swimming
Omar YASER ISMAIL Taekwondo
Panama Atheyna Bibeichi BYLON Boxing
Papua New Guinea Leonie BEU Athletics
Kevin Sogo KASSMAN Taekwondo
Paraguay Gabriela NARVAEZ Judo
Netherlands Femke BOL Athletics
Harrie LAVREYSEN Cycling Track
Peru Maria Belen BAZO GERMAN Sailing
Stefano PESCHIERA Sailing
Philippines Aira VILLEGAS Boxing
Carlos Edriel YULO Artistic Gymnastics
Poland Wiktor GLAZUNOW Canoe Sprint
Julia SZEREMETA Boxing
Puerto Rico Luis CASTRO RIVERA Athletics
Portugal Iuri LEITAO Cycling Track
Patricia SAMPAIO Judo
Qatar Games Volunteer
DPR Korea Mi Rae KIM Diving
Se Ung RI Wrestling
Romania Mihaela Valentina CAMBEI Weightlifting
Rwanda Clementine MUKANDANGA Athletics
Oscar Cyusa PEYRE MITILLA Swimming
St Kitts and Nevis Naquille HARRIS Athletics
Saint Lucia Games Volunteer
San Marino Myles Nazem AMINE Wrestling
Giorgia CESARINI Archery
StVincent&Grenadines Games Volunteer
Solomon Islands Sharon FIRISUA Athletics
Samoa Samalulu CLIFTON Canoe Sprint
Eroni LEILUA Sailing
American Samoa Filomenaleonisa IAKOPO Athletics
Sao Tome & Principe Roldeney DE OLIVEIRA Judo
Gorete SEMEDO Athletics
Senegal Louis Francois MENDY Athletics
Combe SECK Canoe Sprint
Serbia Zorana ARUNOVIC Shooting
Damir MIKEC Shooting
Seychelles Dylan SICOBO Athletics
Sierra Leone Joshua WYSE Swimming
Singapore Jiexian Stephenie CHEN Canoe Sprint
Maximilian MAEDER Sailing
Slovakia Viktoria FORSTER Athletics
Tajmuraz Mairbekovic SALKAZANOV Wrestling
Slovenia Pia BABNIK Golf
Toni VODISEK Sailing
Somalia Games Volunteer
Sudan Yaseen ABDALLA Athletics
South Sudan Abraham GUEM Athletics
Sri Lanka Dilhani LEKAMGE Athletics
Viren NETTASINGHE Badminton
Sweden Tara BABULFATH Judo
Anton DAHLBERG Sailing
Switzerland Julie DERRON Triathlon
Roman MITYUKOV Swimming
Suriname Jair TJON EN FA Cycling Track
Syria Games Volunteer
Tajikistan Munira ABDUSALOMOVA Taekwondo
Davlat BOLTAEV Boxing
Chinese Taipei Yu Ting LIN Boxing
Chun-Han YANG Athletics
Tanzania Sophia LATIFF Swimming
Collins SALIBOKO Swimming
Chad Valentin BETOUDJI Athletics
Demos MEMNELOUM Judo
Czechia Martin FUKSA Canoe Sprint
Nikola OGRODNIKOVA Athletics
Thailand Janjaem SUWANNAPHENG Boxing
Weeraphon WICHUMA Weightlifting
Timor-Leste Manuel ATAIDE Athletics
Ana DA COSTA DA SILVA PINTO Taekwondo
Togo Akoko KOMLANVI Rowing
Tonga Feofaaki EPENISA Boxing
Maleselo FUFOFUKA Athletics
Trinidad and Tobago Leah BERTRAND Athletics
Tunisia Karem BEN HNIA Weightlifting
Marwa BOUZAYANI Athletics
Türkiye Taha AKGUL Wrestling
Buse Naz CAKIROGLU Boxing
Turkmenistan Serdar RAHIMOV Judo
Tuvalu Karalo Hepoiteloto MAIBUCA Athletics
Temalini MANATOA Athletics
Ukraine Liudmyla LUZAN Canoe Sprint
Parviz NASIBOV Wrestling
Uruguay Dolores MOREIRA FRASCHINI Sailing
Matias Valentin OTERO EZCURRA Canoe Sprint
Vanuatu Hugo CUMBO Judo
Priscilla TOMMY Table Tennis
Venezuela Julio MAYORA PERNIA Weightlifting
Anyelin VENEGAS VALERA Weightlifting
Virgin Islands, US Eduardo Terrance GARCIA Athletics
Virgin Islands, B Rikkoi BRATHWAITE Athletics
Vietnam Games Volunteer
Yemen Yasameen AL RAIMI Shooting
Yusuf Marwan Abdullah NASSER Swimming
Zambia Muzala SAMUKONGA Athletics
Zimbabwe Isaac MPOFU Athletics
Rutendo Joan NYAHORA Athletics
Australia Kaylee MCKEOWN Swimming
Matt WEARN Sailing
United States Katie LEDECKY Swimming
Nick MEAD Rowing
France Antoine DUPONT Rugby Sevens
Pauline FERRAND PREVOT Cycling Mountain Bike
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