GODINJAK Ismet

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sitting Volleyball

Date of Birth: 17 Mar 1973

Age: 48

Gender: Male

Sport Class: VS1

Place of birth: SARAJEVO

Birth Country:

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Sitting Volleyball	Men BIH Bosnia Herzegovina	3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Men's Preliminaries Pool A #02 EGY Egypt 0 BIH Bosnia Herzegovina 3	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Men's Preliminaries Pool A #05 RPC RPC 3 BIH Bosnia Herzegovina 0	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Men's Preliminaries Pool A #12 BIH Bosnia Herzegovina 3 JPN Japan 0	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Men's Semifinals #16 IRI Islamic Rep. of Iran 3 BIH Bosnia Herzegovina 0	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall A	Men's Bronze Medal Match #17 BRA Brazil 1 BIH Bosnia Herzegovina 3	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
1	Men	2012	London, GBR
1	Men	2004	Athens, GRE
2	Men	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
2	Men	2008	Beijing, CHN
2	Men	2000	Sydney, NSW, AUS
World Championships
1	Men	2014	Elblag, POL
2	Men	2018	Netherlands
European Championships
2	Men	2019	Budapest, HUN
3	Men	2017	Porec, CRO

Occupation:

Sports Administrator

Sons Haris and Aldin

Languages spoken:

OKI Fantomi [Sarajevo, BIH] since 1995

Sevko Nuhanovic [club]; Mirza Hrustemovic [national], BIH

1995 for Bosnia & Herzegovina, European Championships in Ljubljana, Slovenia (Sitting Volleyball Club Fantomi - Monography, 2011)

He took up the sport in 1995. (Sitting Volleyball Club Fantomi - Monography, 2011)

He played volleyball in high school and got involved in sitting volleyball as part of his rehabilitation. (Sitting Volleyball Club Fantomi - Monography, 2011; csmonitor.com, 11 Jul 1995)

To win gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (ba.n1info.com, 22 Jul 2019)

Winning gold medals at the Paralympic Games in 2004 and 2012. (ba.n1info.com, 22 Jul 2019)

In 2020 he received a Recognition Award from the World ParaVolley Federation. The honour acknowledges the recipient's significant contribution towards and development of sitting volleyball. (worldparavolley.org, 24 Apr 2020)

He was named the 2011 Male Para Athlete of the Year in Bosnia and Herzegovina. (dnevniavaz.ba, 16 Jan 2012)

General Interest

Classification
VS1 (worldparavolley.org, 12 Dec 2020)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (csmonitor.com, 11 Jul 1995)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (csmonitor.com, 11 Jul 1995)

Impairment Details
In 1994 he was serving with the Bosnian Army when he lost his left leg after stepping on a landmine. (csmonitor.com, 11 Jul 1995)

General
GOLDEN GENERATION
He has been part of the Bosnian sitting volleyball team that reached five consecutive finals at the Paralympic Games between 2000 and 2016, winning two gold medals and three silver medals. "Our mentality is our advantage. We come from a small country, which experienced hard times in the past. We want to achieve success and we don't like to lose. We want to show our strength on the court. We motivate and support each other." (ba.n1info.com, 22 Jul 2019)

CLUB FOUNDER
He is co-founder and president of the OKI Fantomi sitting volleyball club in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. (ba.n1info.com, 07 Jun 2019; fantomi.ba, 15 Dec 2016; avaz.ba, 09 Oct 2015)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
He has served as a president of the Association of Soldiers with Highest Military Awards of the Sarajevo Canton [Savez udruzenja dobitnika najvecih ratnih priznanja]. (fmbi.gov.ba, 24 Dec 2020)

Legend

:: Bronze Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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