Asim Medic

Started: He began playing sitting volleyball in 1995 at the SDI Spid club in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. (azramag.ba, 09 Feb 2016) Reason: In 1995 he joined the SDI Spid club in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, as a shooting coach. His friends encouraged him to join the club's sitting volleyball team because a player was missing. Once he tried the sport, he discovered he had a talent for it. (azramag.ba, 09 Feb 2016) Milestones: He is one of five Bosnia and Herzegovina players [along with Adnan Manko, Dzevad Hamzic, Ismet Godinjak and Sabahudin Delalic] to have won six career Paralympic medals in the sport. (SportsDeskOnline, 01 Jul 2024) Awards: In 2020 he received a Recognition Award from World ParaVolley in acknowledgement of his contribution towards sitting volleyball and the development of the sport. (worldparavolley.org, 24 Apr 2020) He was named Best Athlete at the 1998 European Champions Cup in Osijek, Croatia. (bhdani.ba, 08 Dec 2000) In 1998 and 1999 he was named Best Para Athlete in Bosnia and Herzegovina. (bhdani.ba, 08 Dec 2000)