Sabahudin Delalić

Sabahudin Delalić (born 17 August 1972) is a Bosnian sitting volleyball player. The captain of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national sitting volleyball team, he won medals at the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020 and 2024 Summer Paralympics. He has helped Bosnia and Herzegovina win medals at over 25 international competitions and served as the Bosnian flagbearer at two Paralympics.

Early life Delalić was born on 17 August 1972 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. He received his education in Sarajevo and graduated with a master's degree from the Faculty of Sports and Physical Education at the University of Sarajevo. He served in the Bosnian War, but was wounded in the village of Azići in 1992, being hit by tank fire that required a partial amputation of his leg. As part of his rehabilitation, he began playing sports. He became the team's captain in 2001 and contributed to their successes at numerous international competitions, having won a total of 27 international medals by the time of the 2024 Summer Paralympics.

Delalić 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, Delalić 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. His club, SDI Spid, has also been successful, having won 18 national championships by 2016.

Delalić has received many honors for his success in Bosnian sitting volleyball, being named the Bosnian Para Athlete of the Year in 1999, 2003, and 2023, as well as the Male Para Athlete of the Year in the Sarajevo Canton in 2014. Delalić serves as President of the Paralympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina and is a member of the board of directors of the national sitting volleyball team. He later resigned from the City Council in November 2014 to assume office as a member of the Assembly of Sarajevo Canton. He served in that position until November 2022.