Nizam Čančar

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.

Nizam Čančar
Personal information
Nationality	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Born	(1975-09-17) 17 September 1975 (age 49)
Volleyball information
Position	UN
Number	7
Career
Years Teams 2012 Oki Fantomi
National team
2012  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Medal record 2012 London Team 2016 Rio Team 2024 Paris Team 2020 Tokyo Team

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

• Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

References

1. "Athlete Bio". paralympic.org. Archived from the original on 4 June 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
2. "Paralympics - Channel 4". results.paralympics.channel4.com. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
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: PG2012". db.ipc-services.org. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
5. "IPC Historical Results Archive: PG2016". db.ipc-services.org. Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
6. "IPC Historical Results Archive: PG2020". db.ipc-services.org. Archived from the original on 28 October 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022.

Further reading

• Paralympic.org Archived 4 June 2021 at the Wayback Machine
• Team Canada Men Nominated for Best Team of the London 2012 Paralympic Games
• Channel 4 Results^{[dead link‍]}