Elvedina Muzaferija

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Elvedina Muzaferija
Personal information
Born (1999-08-20) 20 August 1999 (age 25)
Visoko, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Occupation Alpine skier  
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines Downhill, super-G, Alpine Combined
World Cup debut3 January 2017 (age 17)
Olympics
Teams2 – (2018, 2022)
World Championships
Teams3 – (2017, 2021, 2023)
World Cup
Seasons9 – (201725)
Overall titles0 – (54th in 2024)
Discipline titles0 – (23rd in SG, 2024)

Elvedina Muzaferija (born 20 August 1999) is a Bosnian female alpine skier. She carried her nation's flag at the 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony. [1]

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Biography

Muzaferija was the first woman from Bosnia and Herzegovina 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 19 February 2023, in Europa Cup in Crans-Montana, Elvedina was 15th in the downhill race, and day before she was 2nd also in downhill, which is the best result of any skier from Bosnia and Herzegovina. [3] Her previous best was achieved on 15 February 2021 as she finished 16th in World Cup, which was, at the time, the best placement of any Bosnian alpine skiers in the country's history. [4] In World Cup in France, in February 2023, she was 15th in alpine combination race, 20th in downhill and 25th in Super-G. [5] On 27 January 2024, Muzaferia took 14th place in the Super-G race in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, a day after she took 25th place in downhill. [6]

She was also the first alpine skier from Bosnia and Herzegovina to score points in the World Cup [7] even though she has not received much, if any, support from Bosnian Ski association. [8]

World Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
2020 20 124 38
2021 21no World Cup points
2022 22 92 41 48
2023 23 112 48 47
2024 24 54 23 24
2025 25 84 33 37
Standings through 26 January 2025

Results per discipline

DisciplineWC startsWC top 30WC top 15WC top 5WC podiumBest result
DateLocationPlace
Slalom 300003 January 2018 Flag of Croatia.svg Zagreb, Croatia49th
Giant slalom 2000029 December 2017 Flag of Austria.svg Lienz, Austria53rd
Super-G 3163002 March 2024 Flag of Norway.svg Kvitfjell, Norway9th
Downhill 39801017 February 2024 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Crans-Montana, Switzerland4th
Combined 2200023 February 2020 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Crans-Montana, Switzerland22nd
Total7716310

World Championship results

Year
AgeSlalomGiant
Slalom
Super GDownhillCombined
2017 17 55 DNFQ1
2019 19Did not participate
2021 21 38 25 16
2023 23 25 20 15
2025 25 DNF1 27 23 22 [a]

Olympic results

Year
AgeSlalomGiant
Slalom
Super GDownhillCombinedTeam event
2018 18 DNF 44 42 31 DNF2
2022 22 25 DNF DNF2

Other results

European Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
2020201033940
2021211113142
2022 22Did not compete at the Europa Cup
2023 2341589
2024 2429487

Results per discipline

DisciplineEC startsEC Top 30EC Top 15EC Top 5EC PodiumBest result
DateLocationPlace
Slalom 00000
Giant slalom 00000
Super-G 14710016 February 2020 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Crans-Montana, Switzerland10th
Downhill 201182211 February 2024 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Crans-Montana, Switzerland1st
Combined 1000011 January 2018 Flag of Austria.svg Innerkrems, AustriaDNS
Total3518922
  • Standings through 11 February 2024

Race podiums

  • 1 win – (1 DH)
  • 2 podiums – (2 DH)
Season
DateLocationDisciplinePlace
2023 18 February 2023 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Crans-Montana, Switzerland [9] Downhill2nd
2024 11 February 2024 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Crans-Montana, Switzerland [10] Downhill1st

Notes

  1. Individual combined event was substituted with the team combined event.

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 13 November 2019.
  3. "Elvedina Muzaferija zauzela 15. mjesto na drugom spustu". Reprezentacija.ba (in Bosnian). 19 February 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  4. Sokolović, A. "Muzaferija: Kada bi imala veću pomoć Saveza, BiH bih donijela više bodova". Radio Sarajevo. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  5. "Elvedina Muzaferija osvojila 20. mjesto na Svjetskom prvenstvu". Reprezentacija.ba (in Bosnian). 11 February 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  6. "Elvedina Muzaferija ostvarila najbolji rezultat u historiji bh. skijanja". Reprezentacija.ba (in Bosnian). 28 January 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  7. "Elvedina Muzaferija osvojila prve bodove u Svjetskom kupu". SportSport.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  8. Sokolović, A. "Muzaferija: Kada bi imala veću pomoć Saveza, BiH bih donijela više bodova". Radio Sarajevo. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  9. "Crans Montana (SUI) - European Cup – Women's Downhill - 2023 February 18 - Full results". www.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  10. "Crans Montana (SUI) - European Cup – Women's Downhill - 2024 February 11 - Full results". www.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
PyeongChang 2018
Beijing 2022 (shared with Mirza Nikolajev)
Succeeded by
Incumbent