| Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics | |
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| IOC code | BIH |
| NOC | Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Website | www |
| in Lillehammer | |
| Competitors | 5 in 3 sports |
| Medals |
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| Winter Youth Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina competed at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway from 12 to 21 February 2016.
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Elvedina Muzaferija | Slalom | 59.13 | 21 | DNS | DNF | ||
| Giant slalom | 1:24.58 | 23 | did not finish | ||||
| Super-G | — | 1:17.56 | 25 | ||||
| Combined | 1:18.45 | 22 | 45.08 | 13 | 2:03.53 | 16 | |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boris Škipina | Sprint | 24:13.4 | 5 | 47 |
| Pursuit | 43:51.0 | 11 | 49 |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teodora Đukić | Sprint | 25:04.4 | 4 | 48 |
| Pursuit | 42:28.9 | 11 | 48 |
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Milos Čolić | 10 km freestyle | — | 26:48.2 | 35 | |||||
| Classical sprint | 3:47.93 | 46 | did not advance | ||||||
| Cross-country cross | 3:30.11 | 37 | — | did not advance | |||||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Katarina Bogdanović | 5 km freestyle | — | 15:51.1 | 37 | |||||
| Classical sprint | 4:25.53 | 40 | did not advance | ||||||
| Cross-country cross | 4:17.15 | 39 | — | did not advance | |||||
Bosnia and Herzegovina, abbreviated BiH or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeastern Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and Herzegovina borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to the north and southwest. In the south it has a narrow coast on the Adriatic Sea within the Mediterranean, which is about 20 kilometres long and surrounds the town of Neum. Bosnia, which is the inland region of the country, has a moderate continental climate with hot summers and cold, snowy winters. In the central and eastern regions of the country, the geography is mountainous, in the northwest it is moderately hilly, and in the northeast it is predominantly flat. Herzegovina, which is the smaller, southern region of the country, has a Mediterranean climate and is mostly mountainous. Sarajevo is the capital and the largest city of the country followed by Banja Luka, Tuzla, Zenica and Mostar.
Sarajevo is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its administrative limits. The Sarajevo metropolitan area including Sarajevo Canton, East Sarajevo and nearby municipalities is home to 555,210 inhabitants. Located within the greater Sarajevo valley of Bosnia, it is surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of the Balkans, a region of Southern Europe.
The Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was a state in Southeastern Europe, existing from 1992 to 1995. It is the direct legal predecessor to the modern-day state of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The Bosnia and Herzegovina men's national basketball team represents Bosnia and Herzegovina in international basketball competitions, and is governed by the Basketball Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Until 1992, Bosnian basketballers played for Yugoslavia.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina, having become independent from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1992, made its Paralympic Games début at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, with merely two athletes competing in men's track and field. The country has competed in every edition of the Summer Paralympics since then, and made its Winter Paralympics début at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver, with a single representative in alpine skiing.
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Gimnazija Mostar is a gymnasium in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Formerly called Gimnazija "Aleksa Šantić" in honour of the eponymous poet, it is nowadays popularly referred to as Stara gimnazija.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.
Bosnia and Herzegovina participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018.
Biathlon at the 2019 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival was held from 12 to 15 February at Nordic ski center Dvorišta, Pale, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Snowboarding at the 2019 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival was held from 11 to 14 February at Bjelašnica, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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The Judo at the 2019 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival contests were held at the Heydar Aliyev Arena, Baku, Azerbaijan, from 24 to 27 July 2019.
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Athletics at the 2022 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival was held at the SNP Stadium in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia, from 25 to 30 July 2022.