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Torch bearers

Olympic Games

Summer

Olympics	Torch bearer	NOC(s)	Sport(s)	Note
1936	Fritz Schilgen	GER		Lit flame
1948	John Mark	GBR		Lit flame
1952	Hannes Kolehmainen	FIN	ATH	Lit flame
1952	Paavo Nurmi	FIN	ATH	Lit secondary flame
1956	Ron Clarke	AUS	ATH	Lit flame
1960	Giancarlo Peris	ITA		Lit flame
1964	Yoshinori Sakai	JPN		Lit flame
1968	Enriqueta Basilio	MEX	ATH	Lit flame
1972	Günter Zahn	FRG		Lit flame
1972	Philipp Lubinus	FRG		Lit flame at Kiel (Sailing venue)
1972	Karl Heinz Englet	FRG		Lit flame at Augsburg (whitewater canoe venue)
1976	Stéphane Préfontaine	CAN		Lit flame
1976	Sandra Henderson	CAN		Lit flame
1980	Sergey Belov	RUS URS	BKB	Lit flame
1980	Aliaksandr Miadved	BLR URS	WRE	Lit flame at Minsk
1980	Leonid Litvinenko	URS UKR	ATH	Lit flame at Kyiv
1980	Yevgeny Belyayev	RUS URS	CCS	Lit flame at Leningrad
1980	Vaiko Vooremaa	EST URS		Lit flame at Tallinn
1984	Rafer Johnson	USA	ATH	Lit flame
1984	Gina Hemphill	USA		Torch bearer within stadium
1988	Son Gi-Jeong	JPN KOR	ATH	Torch bearer within stadium
1988	Kim Won-Tak	KOR	ATH	Lit flame
1988	Sohn Mi-Chung	KOR		Lit flame
1988	Im Chun-Ae	KOR	ATH	Torch bearer within stadium
1988	Chung Sun-Man	KOR		Lit flame
1992	Antonio Rebollo	ESP		Lit flame - archer
1992	Epi	ESP	BKB	Torch bearer within stadium
1992	Herminio Menéndez	ESP	CSP	Torch bearer within stadium
1996	Cassius Clay	USA	BOX	Lit flame
1996	Voula Patoulidou	GRE	ATH	Torch bearer within stadium
1996	Janet Evans	USA	SWM	Torch bearer within stadium
1996	Al Oerter	USA	ATH	Torch bearer within stadium
1996	Evander Holyfield	USA	BOX	Torch bearer within stadium
2000	Cathy Freeman	AUS	ATH	Lit flame
2000	Raelene Boyle	AUS	ATH	Torch bearer within stadium
2000	Betty Cuthbert	AUS	ATH	Torch bearer within stadium
2000	Debbie Flintoff-King	AUS	ATH	Torch bearer within stadium
2000	Shirley Strickland de la Hunty	AUS	ATH	Torch bearer within stadium
2000	Dawn Fraser	AUS	SWM	Torch bearer within stadium
2000	Shane Gould	AUS	SWM	Torch bearer within stadium
2004	Nikos Kaklamanakis	GRE	SAL	Lit flame
2004	Ioannis Melissanidis	GRE	GAR	Torch bearer within stadium
2004	Akakios Kakiasvili	GEO GRE EUN	WLF	Torch bearer within stadium
2004	Voula Patoulidou	GRE	ATH	Torch bearer within stadium
2004	Mimis Domazos	GRE		Torch bearer within stadium
2004	Nikos Galis	GRE		Torch bearer within stadium
2008	Xu Haifeng	CHN	SHO	Torch bearer within stadium
2008	Gao Min	CHN	DIV	Torch bearer within stadium
2008	Li Xiaoshuang	CHN	GAR	Torch bearer within stadium
2008	Zhan Xugang	CHN	WLF	Torch bearer within stadium
2008	Zhang Jun	CHN	BDM	Torch bearer within stadium
2008	Chen Zhong	CHN	TKW	Torch bearer within stadium
2008	Sun Jinfang	CHN		Torch bearer within stadium
2008	Li Ning	CHN	GAR	Lit flame
2012	Steven Redgrave	GBR	ROW	Torch bearer within stadium
2012	Callum Airlie	GBR		Lit flame
2012	Jordan Duckitt	GBR		Lit flame
2012	Desiree Henry	GBR	ATH	Lit flame
2012	Cameron MacRitchie	GBR		Lit flame
2012	Aidan Reynolds	GBR		Lit flame
2012	Adelle Tracey	GBR		Lit flame
2012	Katie Kirk	GBR		Lit flame
2016	Vanderlei de Lima	BRA	ATH	Lit flame
2016	Guga Kuerten	BRA	TEN	Torch bearer within stadium
2016	Hortência	BRA	BKB	Torch bearer within stadium
2016	Jorge Gomes	BRA		Lit secondary flame
2020	Naomi Osaka	JPN	TEN	Lit flame
2020	Tadahiro Nomura	JPN	JUD	Torch bearer within stadium
2020	Saori Yoshida	JPN	WRE	Torch bearer within stadium
2020	Sadaharu Oh	JPN		Torch bearer within stadium
2020	Hideki Matsui	JPN		Torch bearer within stadium
2020	Iroki Ohashi	JPN		Torch bearer within stadium
2020	Junko Kitagawa	JPN		Torch bearer within stadium
2020	Wakako Tsuchida	JPN		Torch bearer within stadium

Winter

Olympics	Torch bearer	NOC(s)	Sport(s)	Note
1952	Eigil Nansen	NOR		Lit flame
1956	Guido Caroli	ITA	SSK	Lit flame
1960	Ken Henry	USA	SSK	Lit flame
1964	Josl Rieder	AUT	ALP	Lit flame
1968	Alain Calmat	FRA	FSK	Lit flame
1972	Hideki Takada	JPN		Lit flame
1976	Josef Feistmantl	AUT	LUG	Lit flame
1976	Christl Haas	AUT	ALP	Lit secondary flame
1980	Charles Kerr	USA		Lit flame
1984	Sanda Dubravčić	CRO YUG	FSK	Lit flame
1988	Robyn Perry	CAN		Lit flame
1992	François-Cyrille Grange	FRA		Lit flame
1992	Michel Platini	FRA	FBL	Torch bearer within stadium
1994	Haakon, Kronprins av Norge	NOR		Lit flame
1994	Stein Gruben	NOR		Ski jumper
1994	Cathrine Nøttingnes	NOR		Torch bearer within stadium
1998	Midori Ito	JPN	FSK	Lit flame
1998	Takanori Kono	JPN	NCB	Torch bearer within stadium
2002	Mike Eruzione	USA	IHO	Lit flame
2002	Bill Baker	USA	IHO	Lit flame
2002	Neal Broten	USA	IHO	Lit flame
2002	Dave Christian	USA	IHO	Lit flame
2002	Steve Christoff	USA	IHO	Lit flame
2002	Jim Craig	USA	IHO	Lit flame
2002	John Harrington	USA	IHO	Lit flame
2002	Mark Johnson	USA	IHO	Lit flame
2002	Rob McClanahan	USA	IHO	Lit flame
2002	Ken Morrow	USA	IHO	Lit flame
2002	Jack O'Callahan	USA	IHO	Lit flame
2002	Mark Pavelich	USA	IHO	Lit flame
2002	Mike Ramsey	USA	IHO	Lit flame
2002	Buzz Schneider	USA	IHO	Lit flame
2002	Dave Silk	USA	IHO	Lit flame
2002	Eric Strobel	USA	IHO	Lit flame
2002	Rob Suter	USA	IHO	Lit flame
2002	Phil Verchota	USA	IHO	Lit flame
2002	Mark Wells	USA	IHO	Lit flame
2002	Picabo Street	USA	ALP	Torch bearer within stadium
2002	Peggy Fleming	USA	FSK	Torch bearer within stadium
2002	Dorothy Hamill	USA	FSK	Torch bearer within stadium
2002	Cammi Granato	USA	IHO	Torch bearer within stadium
2002	Bonnie Blair	USA	SSK	Torch bearer within stadium
2002	Bill Johnson	USA	ALP	Torch bearer within stadium
2002	Phil Mahre	USA	ALP	Torch bearer within stadium
2002	Jim Shea	USA	CCS/NCB	Torch bearer within stadium
2002	Dick Button	USA	FSK	Torch bearer within stadium
2002	Scott Hamilton	USA	FSK	Torch bearer within stadium
2002	Dan Jansen	USA	SSK	Torch bearer within stadium
2006	Stefania Belmondo	ITA	CCS	Lit flame
2006	Alberto Tomba	ITA	ALP	Torch bearer within stadium
2006	Maurilio De Zolt	ITA	CCS	Torch bearer within stadium
2006	Marco Albarello	ITA	CCS	Torch bearer within stadium
2006	Giorgio Vanzetta	ITA	CCS	Torch bearer within stadium
2006	Silvio Fauner	ITA	CCS	Torch bearer within stadium
2006	Piero Gros	ITA	ALP	Torch bearer within stadium
2006	Deborah Compagnoni	ITA	ALP	Torch bearer within stadium
2010	Wayne Gretzky	CAN	IHO	Lit secondary flame
2010	Rick Hansen	CAN	ATH	Lit flame
2010	Catriona Le May Doan	CAN	SSK	Did not light flame due to cauldron malfunction
2010	Steve Nash	CAN	BKB	Lit flame
2010	Nancy Greene	CAN	ALP	Lit flame
2014	Vladislav Tretyak	RUS URS	IHO	Lit flame
2014	Irina Rodnina	RUS URS	FSK	Lit flame
2014	Alina Kabayeva	RUS	GRY	Torch bearer within stadium
2014	Aleksandr Karelin	RUS URS EUN	WRE	Torch bearer within stadium
2014	Yelena Isinbayeva	RUS	ATH	Torch bearer within stadium
2014	Mariya Sharapova	RUS	TEN	Torch bearer within stadium
2018	Yu-Na Kim	KOR	FSK	Lit flame
2018	Jeon I-Gyeong	KOR	STK	Torch bearer within stadium
2018	Park In-Bi	KOR	GLF	Torch bearer within stadium
2018	An Jeong-Hwan	KOR		Torch bearer within stadium
2022	Yilamujiang Dinigeer	CHN	CCS	Lit flame
2022	Zhao Jiawen	CHN	NCB/SJP	Lit flame
2022	Zhou Yang	CHN	STK	Torch bearer within stadium
2022	Su Bingtian	CHN	ATH	Torch bearer within stadium
2022	Yang Yang (A)	CHN	STK	Torch bearer within stadium
2022	Li Yan	CHN	STK	Torch bearer within stadium
2022	Zhao Weichang	CHN	SSK	Torch bearer within stadium

Equestrian

Olympics	Torch bearer	NOC(s)	Sport(s)	Note
1956	Hans Wikne	SWE	EDR	Lit flame
1956	Karin Lindberg	SWE	GAR	Torch bearer within stadium

Youth Olympic Games

Summer

Olympics	Torch bearer	NOC(s)	Sport(s)	Note
2010	Darren Choy	SGP	SAL	Lit flame
2010	Amanda Lim	SGP	SWM	Torch Bearer within Stadium
2010	Silas Abdul Razak Noor Shah	SGP	HOC	Torch Bearer within Stadium
2010	Griselda Khng	SGP	SAL	Torch Bearer within Stadium
2010	Jeffrey Lightfoot	SGP	FBL	Torch Bearer within Stadium
2010	Jasmine Ser	SGP	SHO	Torch Bearer within Stadium
2014	Chen Ruolin	CHN	DIV	Lit flame
2018	Paula Pareto	ARG	JUD	Lit flame
2018	Santiago Lange	ARG	SAL	Lit flame

Winter

Olympics	Torch bearer	NOC(s)	Sport(s)	Note
2012	Egon Zimmermann	AUT	ALP	Lit flame
2012	Franz Klammer	AUT	ALP	Lit flame
2012	Leonhard Stock	AUT	ALP	Torch bearer within stadium
2012	Yu-Na Kim	KOR	FSK	Torch bearer within stadium
2012	Patrick Ortlieb	AUT	ALP	Torch bearer within stadium
2012	Sigrid Wolf	AUT	ALP	Torch bearer within stadium
2012	Fritz Strobl	AUT	ALP	Torch bearer within stadium
2012	Doris Neuner	AUT	LUG	Torch bearer within stadium
2012	Paul Gerstgraser	AUT	NCB/SJP	Lit flame
2016	Ingrid Alexandra, Prinsesse av Norge	NOR		Lit flame