Jasmin

Bambur

Quick Facts

• When he was 12 years old, Bambur and his family fled Bosnia because of war
• His father located a home in the U.S. for him through a high school foreign exchange program
• He excelled in the U.S. and joined multiple sports teams before finding his passion in team handball
• In 2000, he played for the U.S. National Handball Team while enrolled as a student at Middle Georgia College
• One night after training, Bambur fell asleep at the wheel, crashing his car and sustaining a spinal cord injury which made him a paraplegic
• He struggled with depression after his injury, but a visit from 1992 Paralympic gold medalist Bert Burns opened his eyes
• Bambur tried wheelchair tennis and basketball, along with waterskiing before he picked up skiing
• He competed at the Paralympic Winter Games Vancouver 2010 for Serbia, to become the first ever winter Paralympian in Serbian history
• In 2010 he was granted his U.S. citizenship, and he was named a member of the U.S. Paralympics Alpine Skiing National Team beginning in 2012
• He competed at the Paralympic Winter Games Sochi 2014 for Team USA
• Son of Dzafer and Miljana Bambur
• Married to Sarah Bambur
• Has one brother, Ismar
• Has three daughters: Lejla, Maja and Adelyn
• Multilingual in English, Serbian, Bosnian, Croatian and Macedonian
• Hobbies include fishing, hunting, kayaking, boating and camping.

Years of World Championships participation: 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017. Most recent: 2017 – 9th (super combined), 12th (downhill, giant slalom, slalom), 19th (super-G). Top Finish: 5th – 2015 (slalom)

Paralympic Experience

• 4-time Paralympian
  • Paralympic Games Beijing 2022, 8th (Slalom - Sitting - Men), 16th (Giant Slalom - Sitting - Men)
  • Paralympic Games Pyeongchang 2018, (Giant Slalom - Sitting - Men, Slalom - Sitting - Men, Super-G - Sitting - Men), 12th (Super Combined - Sitting - Men)
  • Paralympic Games Sochi 2014, (Downhill - Sitting - Men, Slalom - Sitting - Men, Super Combined - Sitting - Men), 7th (Super-G - Sitting - Men), 17th (Giant Slalom - Sitting - Men)
  • Paralympic Games Vancouver 2010, (Giant Slalom - Sitting - Men), 9th (Downhill - Sitting - Men), 20th (Super-G - Sitting - Men), 25th (Slalom - Sitting - Men)

World Championships Experience

• Most recent: 2022 – (Slalom - Sitting - Men), 13th (Giant Slalom - Sitting - Men)
• Years of participation: Giant Slalom - Sitting - Men 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2022; Slalom - Sitting - Men 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2022; Downhill - Sitting - Men 2011, 2015, 2017; Super Combined - Sitting - Men 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017; Super-G - Sitting - Men 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017
• Top finish: – 2009 (Giant Slalom - Sitting - Men), 2009 (Slalom - Sitting - Men), 2009 (Super Combined - Sitting - Men), 2011 (Downhill - Sitting - Men), 2011 (Super Combined - Sitting - Men), 2011 (Super-G - Sitting - Men), 2015 (Downhill - Sitting - Men), 2015 (Giant Slalom - Sitting - Men), 2015 (Super-G - Sitting - Men), 2022 (Slalom - Sitting - Men)