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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