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)