Safet Alibašić

Safet Alibašić (born 21 December 1982) is a Bosnian male sitting volleyball player. A six-time medalist at the Summer Paralympics, he has won two gold and three silver medals, as well as one bronze across six consecutive Games between 2004 and 2024. Further to his Paralympic medals, he is a three-time winner of the World Para Volleyball Championship (2002, 2006, 2014).

Biography Alibašić began club sitting volleyball with Lukavac in 1997. He became part of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team in 2001. He also won the European championship in 2001, 2003, and 2013.

He was successful as part of his national team in Paralympic Games: at the 2004 Games he won gold, which he followed with silver in 2008. In 2012 he won a second gold and in 2016 a second silver. At the 2020 Games, held in 2021, he won bronze. By 2019 he had played in 119 matches for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. Alibašić won gold with his national team in the 2023 Sitting Volleyball European Championships – Men's event. In 2024 he was selected as his nation's flag-bearer in the 2024 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony in Paris.