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Dževad Hamzić
Dževad Hamzić (born 4 September 1968) is a Bosnian sitting volleyball player. A member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national sitting volleyball team, he won medals at the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020 and 2024 Summer Paralympics. Biography Hamzić was born on 4 September 1968. He served in the Bosnian War as a member of the Bosnian Army. While serving in the war, he stepped on a mine in the village of Nišići, leaving him visually impaired and requiring a leg amputation. As part of his rehabilitation, he started playing sitting volleyball in 1996. Beginning with the "A" club that year, he later joined the club SDI Spid in 1998. Hamzić was called up to the Bosnia and Herzegovina national sitting volleyball team in 1998 and has been one of the main players for the team since; by 2019, he had appeared in 148 matches, a joint-record he shared with Sabahudin Delalić, Ismet Godinjak and Adnan Manko. Hamzić helped the Bosnian sitting volleyball team to a bronze medal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SDI Spid
The Bosnia and Herzegovina men's national sitting volleyball team (; ; ) represents Bosnia and Herzegovina in international sitting volleyball competitions and friendly matches. Bosnia is one of the dominant forces in sitting volleyball worldwide, alongside Iran. The team won a bronze medal, during ECVD European Championships in 1997 in Tallinn. It took nearly two decades later for the nation to win a medal outside the sport of sitting volleyball when Amel Tuka won bronze during 2015 World Championships in Athletics. The team is the most decorated in Bosnia and Herzegovina sport having won 2 paralympic volleyball gold medals, 4 paralympic silver medals, 3 World Cup titles, and 9 won European Championships straight. The team won World titles and European titles either side of winning Paralympics Gold in 2004 Athens. The team is a member of the world (WOVD) and European (ECVD) sitting volleyball governing bodies. It is governed by the Association of sitting volleyball of Bosnia a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sitting Volleyball At The 2020 Summer Paralympics
Two sitting volleyball team events were held at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, one for men and one for women. They were held at the Makuhari Messe in Tokyo, Japan. The Tokyo Games were the fifth time the women's sitting volleyball event was contested. It was also the fifth Summer Paralympic Games without standing volleyball events, which had been included from the introduction of volleyball in 1976 through 2000. The 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games were postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They kept the 2020 name and were held from 24 August to 5 September 2021. Qualification There were 16 teams (8 male, 8 female) that competed in the competition. During the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, the USA women won the event for the first time beating China in the final. Both of these teams qualified again to be joined by six other national teams. Men Women Medalists See also * Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics References External linksResults ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Summer Paralympics
The Summer Paralympics, also known as the Games of the Paralympiad, are an international multi-sport event where athletes with physical disabilities compete. This includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and cerebral palsy. The Paralympic Games are held every four years, organized by the International Paralympic Committee. Medals are awarded in every event, with gold medals for first place, silver for second and bronze for third, a tradition that the Olympic Games started in 1904. The United States, United Kingdom and Japan have each hosted the Summer Paralympic Games twice. Another eleven countries hosted the summer Paralympics once, this list includes: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, South Korea and Spain. As of the 2024 Summer Paralympics, fourteen countries have competed in every edition of the Summer Games: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, France, Great Britain, Ireland, Israel, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Para Volleyball Championship
World Para Volleyball Championship, was played first time at 1983 and organized by World ParaVolley. WOVD World Championships * 2022 Sitting Volleyball World Championships – Men's event * 2022 Sitting Volleyball World Championships – Women's event Sitting volleyball Men's Sitting - Past winners Ranking Women's Sitting - Past winners Ranking Standing Beach Ranking Men # 1985 (10) Iran Yugoslavia Netherlands Sweden Norway Hungary Germany Finland Austria Great Britain # 1986 (13) Iran Hungary Netherlands Yugoslavia Norway Germany Finland Sweden Austria Czechoslovakia Egypt USA GB # 1989 (9) Netherlands Hungary Germany Norway Finland Iraq GB Switzerland USA # 1990 (9) Iran Netherlands Yugoslavia Hungary Germany Norway Sweden Finland GB # 1994 (8) Iran Norway Netherlands Finland Hungary Germany Slovenia Sweden # 1998 (12) Iran Finland Bosnia I Hercegovina Netherlands Germany Norway Egypt Kazakhstan Iraq Sl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bošnjaci
Bošnjaci () is a village and municipality in Vukovar-Syrmia County in eastern Croatia. The 2011 census listed a total of 3,855 inhabitants, 98.8% of whom identified themselves as Croats. See also * Spačva basin The Spačva basin ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Spačvanski bazen, Спачвански базен) is a geographic microregion in eastern Croatia and northwest Serbia. The region is located in the southwestern part of Syrmia—the latter being divided by ... References External links * Municipalities of Croatia Populated places in Syrmia Populated places in Vukovar-Srijem County {{VukovarSyrmia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayback Machine
The Wayback Machine is a digital archive of the World Wide Web founded by Internet Archive, an American nonprofit organization based in San Francisco, California. Launched for public access in 2001, the service allows users to go "back in time" to see how websites looked in the past. Founders Brewster Kahle and Bruce Gilliat developed the Wayback Machine to provide "universal access to all knowledge" by preserving archived copies of defunct web pages. The Wayback Machine's earliest archives go back at least to 1995, and by the end of 2009, more than 38.2 billion webpages had been saved. As of November 2024, the Wayback Machine has archived more than 916 billion web pages and well over 100 petabytes of data. History The Internet Archive has been archiving cached web pages since at least 1995. One of the earliest known pages was archived on May 8, 1995. Internet Archive founders Brewster Kahle and Bruce Gilliat launched the Wayback Machine in San Francisco, California ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adnan Manko
Adnan Manko (born 16 January 1977) is a Bosnian sitting volleyball player. A member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national sitting volleyball team, he won medals at the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020 and 2024 Summer Paralympics. Biography Manko was born on 16 January 1977 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. He started playing sitting volleyball in 1994. He recalled that "One of my neighbours played sitting volleyball before the osnianwar and invited me to start training. Never before in my life had I played volleyball, but after just a few training sessions I loved the sport." He was selected for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national sitting volleyball team in 1997 and became one of their leading players in subsequent years, having recorded 148 appearances by 2019, a joint-record held along with Ismet Godinjak, Dževad Hamzić and Sabahudin Delalić. Manko helped the Bosnian sitting volleyball team to a bronze medal at the European Championships in 1997, which was followed by a gold m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ismet Godinjak
Ismet Godinjak (born 17 March 1973) is a Bosnian sitting volleyball player. A member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national sitting volleyball team, he won medals at the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020 and 2024 Summer Paralympics. Biography Godinjak was born on 17 March 1973 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. He grew up playing volleyball, and after the Bosnian War, began competing in sitting volleyball as part of his rehabilitation. He was selected for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national sitting volleyball team and debuted for them at the 1995 European Championships in Ljubljana. He has been one of the main players for the team since, having competed for the team in 148 matches by 2019, a record he jointly-held with Dževad Hamzić, Sabahudin Delalić, and Adnan Manko. Godinjak helped the Bosnian sitting volleyball team to a bronze medal at the European Championships in 1997, which was followed by a gold medal in 1999 and further titles in 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabahudin Delalić
Sabahudin Delalić (born 17 August 1972) is a Bosnian sitting volleyball player. The captain of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national sitting volleyball team, he won medals at the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020 and 2024 Summer Paralympics. He has helped Bosnia and Herzegovina win medals at over 25 international competitions and served as the Bosnian flagbearer at two Paralympics. Early life Delalić was born on 17 August 1972, in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. He received his education in Sarajevo and graduated with a master's degree from the Faculty of Sports and Physical Education at the University of Sarajevo. He served in the Bosnian War, but was wounded in the village of Azići in 1992, being hit by tank fire that required a partial amputation of his leg. As part of his rehabilitation, he began playing sports. He described that "This is perhaps the best way for psychological and physical rehabilitation for people with different kinds of impairments. Everybody, including me, has ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nezavisne Novine
''Nezavisne novine'' () is a Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian daily newspaper based in Banja Luka. Early history In 1995, shortly after the Dayton Agreement which ended the Bosnian War, Željko Kopanja co-founded ''Nezavisne Novine'', a weekly independent newspaper, in order to "foster improved relationships among Serbs, Muslims and Croats in Bosnia". The magazine was funded in part by the United States Agency for International Development, per a part of the Dayton Agreement which had called for funding for non-nationalist media. Beginning with a circulation of 4,000, the newspaper later became a daily, and its circulation climbed to 18,000 in the next five years. In August 1999, ''Nezavisne Novine'' broke new ground by reporting on the murder of 200 Muslim civilians by Serbian police officers in 1992. With the report, the paper became the first Bosnian Serb paper to report on war crimes by Bosnian Serbs during the Yugoslav Wars. At the same time, Kopanja stated that he "stands b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nišići
Nišići () is a village in the municipality of Ilijaš, situated north from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on a highland karst plateau In geology and physical geography, a plateau (; ; : plateaus or plateaux), also called a high plain or a tableland, is an area of a highland consisting of flat terrain that is raised sharply above the surrounding area on at least one side. ... with a same name. Nature park Bijambare The region of Nišići within areal of Bijambare is a karst enclave with all its commonly observed characteristics and features: caves, lost rivers, intriguing funnel-shaped depressions and rocky massifs. The five caves are located in three horizons, and a 50 meters high waterfall nearby. Well known for its karstic features, part of the Nišići plateau around Bijambare is designated nature park, '' Bijambare Nature Park'', and is important tourist and speleological destination. Demographics According to the 2013 census, its population was 48. Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World ParaVolley
World ParaVolley, formerly the World Organization Volleyball for Disabled (WOVD), is an international organization that is for people with physical disabilities. It is affiliated with the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). The World Organization Volleyball for Disabled was established in 1981 and was part of the International Sports Organization for Disabled (ISOD). In 1992 the WOVD became its own separate Organization in Barcelona, Spain. The WOVD Headquarters were also established in the Netherlands. The WOVD is responsible for managing and controlling the conduct of international volleyball competitions for men, women and youth. The WOVD also liaises with IPC (as an independent organisation) and with other organizations for people with or without disabilities. The organization adopted its present name World ParaVolley at its 2014 general assembly. History As volleyball caught on and became a popular sport and the Olympics became increasingly popular, the paralympic game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
