Elvedina Muzaferija

Elvedina Muzaferija (born 20 August 1999) is a female alpine skier from Bosnia and Herzegovina who competed for Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2018 Winter Olympics. She carried her nation's flag at the 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony.[1]

Elvedina Muzaferija
Alpine skier 
DisciplinesDownhill, Super-G, Alpine Combined
Born (1999-08-20) 20 August 1999
Visoko, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
World Cup debut3 January 2017 (age 17)
Olympics
Teams2 – (2018, 2022)
World Championships
Teams2 – (2017, 2021)
World Cup
Seasons6 – (201722)
Overall titles0 – (124th in 2020)
Discipline titles0 – (38th in AC, 2020)

Biography

She was the first woman from Bosnia to appear in downhill.[2] On 10 February 2020, she achieved her best result in European Cup in Crans-Montana, Switzerland taking the 10th place in Super-G. On 15 February 2021 she finished 16th in World Cup, which is the best placement of any Bosnian alpine skiers in the country's history.[3]

She was also the first alpine skier from Bosnia and Herzegovina to score points in the World Cup[4] even though she has not received much support from Bosnian Ski association.[5]

World Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
20202012438
202121Did not earn World Cup points
202222874839

Results per discipline

Discipline WC starts WC Top 30 WC Top 15 WC Top 5 WC Podium Best result
Date Location Place
Slalom300003 January 2018 Zagreb, Croatia49th
Giant slalom2000029 December 2017 Lienz, Austria53rd
Super-G11100012 December 2021 St. Moritz, Switzerland18th
Downhill19300026 February 2022 Crans-Montana, Switzerland21st
Combined2200023 February 2020 Crans-Montana, Switzerland22nd
Total376000
  • Standings through 5 March 2022

World Championship results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super G Downhill Combined Team Event
20171755DNFQ1
201919Did not participate
202121382516

Olympic results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super G Downhill Combined Team event
2018 18 DNF1 44 42 31 DNF2
2022 22 25 DNF DNF2

Other results

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
2020201033940
2021211113142

Results per discipline

Discipline EC starts EC Top 30 EC Top 15 EC Top 5 EC Podium Best result
Date Location Place
Slalom00000
Giant slalom00000
Super-G9510016 February 2020 Crans-Montana, Switzerland10th
Downhill12300015 February 2020
16 January 2021
Crans-Montana, Switzerland
Crans-Montana, Switzerland
22nd
Combined1000011 January 2018 Innerkrems, AustriaDNS
Total228100
  • Standings through 31 January 2022

References

  1. Dajić, Mirza. "Oslobođenje - Elvedina Muzaferija: Ogromna čast je nositi zastavu BiH". Oslobođenje d.o.o. (in Bosnian).
  2. "Elvedina Muzaferija, prva bh. skijašica koja je vozila spust: Bilo me malo strah". Avaz.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 2019-11-13.
  3. Sokolović, A. "Muzaferija: Kada bi imala veću pomoć Saveza, BiH bih donijela više bodova". Radio Sarajevo. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
  4. "Elvedina Muzaferija osvojila prve bodove u Svjetskom kupu". SportSport.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  5. Sokolović, A. "Muzaferija: Kada bi imala veću pomoć Saveza, BiH bih donijela više bodova". Radio Sarajevo. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
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