Nizam Čančar
Personal information
NationalityBosnia and Herzegovina
Born (1975-09-17) 17 September 1975
Volleyball information
PositionUN
Number7
Career
YearsTeams
2012Oki Fantomi
National team
2012 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Medal record
Gold medal – first place2012 LondonTeam
Silver medal – second place2016 RioTeam

Nizam Čančar (born 17 September 1975) is a Bosnian male Paralympic sitting volleyball player.[1][2] He is part of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. He competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics winning the gold medal.[3] On club level he played for Oki Fantomi in 2012.

He also represented Croatia national sitting volleyball team at 2006 Roermond sitting volleyball World Championships, as he did not receive a call-up by Bosnia and Herzegovina national sitting volleyball team to the tournament. Bosnia won that edition of World Championships, defeating Iran in the final 3–1. He also represented Croatia as player during 2007 sitting volleyball European championships in Nyíregyháza. Croatia lost to Bosnia 0:3 in that edition. His teammate from hometown club Fantomi Ševko Nuhanović was the coach of Croatia in that tournament. Won three medals at the Paralympic Summer Games between 2012 and 2020.[4][5][6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Athlete Bio". www.paralympic.org. Archived from the original on 2021-06-04. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
  2. ↑ C4Paralympics. "Paralympics - Channel 4". results.paralympics.channel4.com. Retrieved 2017-03-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ "Paralympic volleyball squad - Bosnia and Herzegovina". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
  4. ↑ "IPC Historical Results Archive". db.ipc-services.org. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  5. ↑ "IPC Historical Results Archive". db.ipc-services.org. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  6. ↑ "IPC Historical Results Archive". db.ipc-services.org. Retrieved 2022-10-28.

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