This is a list of flag bearers who have represented India at the Olympics.India. Olympics at Sport-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Accessed 25 October 2011. Flag bearers carry the national flag of their country at the opening ceremony of the Summer and Winter Olympic Games.
Men and women from across the country and from a variety of sports have been chosen to bear the flag at the opening ceremonies. Field hockey player Balbir Singh Sr. and Luge runner Shiva Keshvan are the only athletes who have been given the honour on more than one occasion. Balbir Singh Sr. was given this honour twice in 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics, while Shiva Keshavan led the Indian contingent four times in 1998, 2002, 2010 and 2018 Winter Olympics. In the 1992 Summer Olympics, Shiny Wilson became the first woman to carry the flag of India at the opening ceremony of any Olympics. The first female flag bearer at the Winter Olympics was Neha Ahuja at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
List of flag bearers Summer Olympics
Event year Flag bearer Sport 1920 Purma Bannerjee Athletics 1932 Lal Shah Bhokhari Field hockey 1936 Dhyan Chand Field hockey 1948 Talimeran Ao Football 1952 Balbir Singh, Sr Field hockey 1956 Field hockey 1964 Gurbachan Singh Randhawa Athletics 1972 D. N. Devine Jones Boxing 1984 Zafar Iqbal Field hockey 1988 Kartar Singh Wrestling 1992 Shiny Wilson Athletics 1996 Pargat Singh Field hockey 2000 Leander Paes Tennis 2004 Anju Bobby George Athletics 2008 Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Shooting 2012 Sushil Kumar Wrestling 2016 Abhinav Bindra Shooting 2020 Mary KomManpreet Singh BoxingHockey 2024 Sharath Kamal PV Sindhu Table tennisBadminton
Winter Olympics
Event year Flag bearer Sport 1964 Jeremy Bujakowski Alpine skiing 1968 Jeremy Bujakowski Alpine skiing 1988 Kishor Rahtna Rai Alpine skiing 1998 Shiva Keshavan Luge 2002 Luge 2006 Neha Ahuja Alpine skiing 2010 Shiva Keshavan Luge 2018 Luge 2022 Arif Khan Alpine skiing
See also India at the Olympics
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