Asim Medić

Asim Medić (born 3 August 1969) 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 Medić was born on 3 August 1969 in Stari Grad, Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, where he grew up. As a youth, he competed as a sport shooter, winning the junior national championship of Yugoslavia in 1986 and later the national championship. He served in the Bosnian War and in 1993, was hit by an artillery shell that tore his leg off. According to the Associated Press, "It felt like the end of life, but part of the rehabilitation doctors recommended was playing sports, especially to fight off depression." He recalled that for a few months, he was invited to play sitting volleyball by members of the club, but initially was not interested.

Medić remained a member of the national team in subsequent years and contributed to their successes at international competitions, with Bosnia winning 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. Bosnia then won a bronze in 2017, a silver in 2019, and then another title in 2021 and their 11th European Championship in 2023. He has also competed in some of Bosnia's appearances at the World Para Volleyball Championship, with the national team winning bronze in 1998, gold in 2002, 2006, and 2014, and silver in 2010, 2018, and 2022. He has also competed for Bosnia in sitting beach volleyball, and his club, SDI Spid, has been very successful, having won 18 national championships by 2016.

Medić was honored as the Best Para Athlete in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1998 and 1999. He was named the Best Athlete at the 1998 European Champions Cup, and in 2020, he was given the Recognition Award from World ParaVolley, for his "contribution towards sitting volleyball and the development of the sport."

Medić lives in Sarajevo and has a son. He runs a restaurant in the Sarajevo neighborhood of Grbavica, called "Plavi zamak".