Ismet Godinjak

Ismet Godinjak (born 17 March 1973) 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 Godinjak was born on 17 March 1973 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. He grew up playing volleyball, and after the Bosnian War, began competing in sitting volleyball as part of his rehabilitation.

Godinjak 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, Godinjak 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.

On a club level, Godinjak competes for OKI Fantomi, which he co-founded and serves as president for. Godinjak was named the male disabled athlete of the year in Bosnia in 2007 and 2011. He was given the Recognition Award from World ParaVolley in 2020, given for "the recipient's significant contribution towards and development of sitting volleyball."

Godinjak has two sons.