Adnan Manko

Adnan Manko (born 16 January 1977) is a Bosnian sitting volleyball player. A member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national sitting volleyball team, he won medals at the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020 and 2024 Summer Paralympics. Biography Manko was born on 16 January 1977 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. He started playing sitting volleyball in 1994.

Manko helped the Bosnian sitting volleyball team to a bronze medal at the European Championships in 1997, which was followed by a gold medal in 1999 and further titles in 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, and 2015. After a bronze in 2017, and a silver in 2019, Manko helped Bosnia win another title in 2021 and their 11th European Championship in 2023. He also has competed for Bosnia many times at the World Para Volleyball Championship, helping them win bronze in 1998, gold in 2002, 2006, and 2014, and silver in 2010, 2018, and 2022.

Early in his club career, Manko was a member of the leading Bosnian team OKI Fantomi. Manko was named the Bosnian most successful disabled athlete in 2002, and in 2008 and 2015, he was honored as the Para Athlete of the Year. In 2020, Manko was honored by World ParaVolley with the Recognition Award, given for "the recipient's significant contribution towards and development of sitting volleyball."

Manko has two daughters.