CANCAR Nizam

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sitting Volleyball
17 Sep 1975
45
Male
VS1
ZENICA
 
Bosnia and Herzegovina
ZENICA
 
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
VBS Sitting Volleyball Men
BIH
Bosnia Herzegovina
 3 Bronze Medal

Schedule

Change
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

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RankEventYearLocation
Paralympic Games
1Men2012London, GBR
2Men2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA
World Championships
1Men2014Elblag, POL
2Men2018Netherlands
European Championships
2Men2019Budapest, HUN
3Men2017Porec, CRO
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Wife Nura, sons Ernad and Ejmen
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Bosnian
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Zenica 92 [Bosnia & Herzegovina]
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Mirza Hrustemovic [national], BIH
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He began playing sitting volleyball in 1996 in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. (klix.ba, 30 Nov 2015)
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He took up the sport as part of his rehabilitation. (Sitting Volleyball Club Fantomi - Monography, 2011)
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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 2019 Best Male Athlete with an Impairment in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. (report.ba, 05 Mar 2020)

He was named Best Blocker at the 2018 World Championships in the Netherlands. (direktno.ba, 23 Jul 2018)

General Interest

Classification
VS1 (worldparavolley.org, 12 Dec 2020)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (zenica24sata.com, 07 Oct 2013)

Impairment Details
He lost his right leg in 1994 while serving in the Bosnian Army. (nytimes.com, 04 Apr 2018; rferl.org, 04 Oct 2017; zenica24sata.com, 07 Oct 2013)

General
COACHING
In 2020 he was appointed head coach of the newly established women's sitting volleyball national team of Bosnia and Herzegovina. "They mastered the basics very well in half a year. We try as hard as we can. The quality of this team is really visible." (federalna.ba, 25 Dec 2020)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
He featured in a project led by Italian photographer Rocco Rorandelli called 'Mineland - The Endless War', which presented portraits of people that had survived land mine explosions during the Bosnian War. (nytimes.com, 04 Apr 2018)

PLAYING FOR CROATIA
He was invited to train with the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team, but after being passed over for selection he switched to compete for Croatia. In 2009 he made the decision to start representing Bosnia and Herzegovina again. "At the end of 2004 or 2005 I decided to compete for Croatia at the world championships. Four years later, the Bosnian Federation asked me to come back and compete for Bosnia and Herzegovina and it finally happened in 2009." (klix.ba, 30 Nov 2015)

Legend
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Bronze Medal
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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