Jasmin Bambur
Para Alpine Skiing

Jasmin

Bambur

Paralympian 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022

Jasmin Bambur

Athlete Bio#

Jasmin Bambur gestures to the crowd from the snow

Height

6'1"

Age

45

Hometown

Granby, CO

Education

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

classification: LW11, Sitting

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)

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