Editing Sarajevo (section)

===Sports===
[[File:20150331 2026 AUT BIH 2177 Edin Džeko.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.7|Bosnian [[Association football|football]] player [[Edin Džeko]] was born in Sarajevo. He is the all-time [[List of international goals scored by Edin Džeko|leading goalscorer]] of the [[Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team]]<ref name="FIFA.com: Edin DZEKO Profile">{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/players/player=300409/profile-detail.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140612000218/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/players/player=300409/profile-detail.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 June 2014 |title=FIFA.com: Edin DZEKO Profile |publisher=fifa.com |date=15 June 2014 |access-date=17 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://mcfc.co.uk/News/Team-news/2014/August/Edin-Dzeko-signs-new-four-year-contract-at-City |work=mcfc.co.uk |author=markbooth_mcfc |title=Dzeko signs four-year deal at City |date=21 August 2014 |access-date=21 August 2014 |location=Manchester |archive-date=20 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820224718/http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/Team-news/2014/August/Edin-Dzeko-signs-new-four-year-contract-at-City |url-status=live }}</ref>]]
[[File:Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Koševo City Stadium]], home to [[FK Sarajevo]], is the largest stadium in Bosnia and Herzegovina<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rekreacija.ba/index.php/portal/mjesto_za_rekreaciju/olimpijski-stadion-asim-ferhatovic-hase |title=Olimpijski stadion Asim Ferhatović – Hase |work=rekreacija.ba |access-date=24 September 2015 |archive-date=25 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925143945/http://www.rekreacija.ba/index.php/portal/mjesto_za_rekreaciju/olimpijski-stadion-asim-ferhatovic-hase |url-status=live }}</ref>]]

Sarajevo hosted the [[1984 Winter Olympics]]. Yugoslavia won one medal, a silver in men's giant slalom awarded to [[Jure Franko]].<ref>IOC (2006). [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/profiles/bio_uk.asp?PAR_I_ID=69486 Jure Franko] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100224095235/http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/profiles/bio_uk.asp?PAR_I_ID=69486 |date=24 February 2010 }} Athlete: Profiles. Retrieved on 5 August 2006.</ref> Many of the Olympic facilities survived the war or were reconstructed, including the [[Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo|Zetra Olympic Hall]] and [[Koševo City Stadium|Asim Ferhatović Stadium]]. In an attempt to bring back some of Sarajevo's Olympic glory,<ref>Return the Olympics to Sarajevo. [returntheolympicstosarajevo.org] Retrieved on 26 January 2017.</ref> the original Olympic luge and bobsled tracks are being repaired, due to the efforts of both the [[Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]<ref>Winter Olympic host city Sarajevo to stage course for luge trainers. [https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1041334/winter-olympic-host-city-sarajevo-to-stage-course-for-luge-trainers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202080237/http://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1041334/winter-olympic-host-city-sarajevo-to-stage-course-for-luge-trainers|date=2 February 2017}} Retrieved on 26 January 2017.</ref> and local sports enthusiasts.<ref>Sports enthusiasts repair devastated Winter Olympic tracks [https://apnews.com/ef2e70156070477bb021de1ab021db1c] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202035614/http://www.apnewsarchive.com/2016/Sports_enthusiasts_repair_devastated_Winter_Olympic_tracks/id-ef2e70156070477bb021de1ab021db1c|date=2 February 2017}} Retrieved on 26 January 2017.</ref>

After co-hosting the Southeast Europe Friendship games, Sarajevo was awarded the 2009 [[Special Olympics|Special Olympic]] winter games,<ref>Special Olympics, (2005&nbsp;– Quarter 2). {{cite web |url=http://www.specialolympics.org/NR/rdonlyres/eck3ufhttf2x4pzu3givbtxgymdn333fsyldg5o5cypl6c6mnfglmsb2uxguzhhntjo2p4eypzxd2sm3khvu6qdw62d/SPIRIT_Q2_2005_42-43.pdf |title=2009 Games in Sarajevo |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326162705/http://www.specialolympics.org/NR/rdonlyres/eck3ufhttf2x4pzu3givbtxgymdn333fsyldg5o5cypl6c6mnfglmsb2uxguzhhntjo2p4eypzxd2sm3khvu6qdw62d/SPIRIT_Q2_2005_42-43.pdf |archive-date=26 March 2009}}&nbsp;{{small|(277&nbsp;kB)}} Spirit. Retrieved on 5 August 2006.</ref> but canceled these plans.<ref>Hem, Brad (29 July 2006). [http://www.idahostatesman.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006601210350 Idaho may be in the running to host the 2009 Special Olympics]{{dead link|date=February 2016}} Idaho Statesman.</ref><ref>Special Olympics (May 2006). [http://www.specialolympics.org/Special+Olympics+Public+Website/English/Press_Room/Global_news/Boise+site+of+2009+Games.htm Boise, Idaho (USA) Awarded 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101123420/http://www.specialolympics.org/Special%2BOlympics%2BPublic%2BWebsite/English/Press_Room/Global_news/Boise%2Bsite%2Bof%2B2009%2BGames.htm |date=1 January 2016 }} Global News.</ref> The ice arena for the 1984 Olympics, Zetra Stadium, was used during the war as a temporary hospital and, later, for housing [[NATO]] troops of the [[Implementation Force|IFOR]].

In 2011, Sarajevo was the host city of the 51st World Military Skiing Championship with over 350 participants from 23 different nations. This was the first international event of such standing since the 1984 Olympics.<ref>{{cite web |author=Phone Web |url=http://www.cism-milsport.org/eng/003_SPORTS/019_skiing/main.asp |title=CISM&nbsp;— Conseil International du Sport Militaire&nbsp;— International Military Sports Council |publisher=keezmovies.com |date=9 June 2011 |access-date=15 September 2011 |archive-date=28 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628161049/http://www.cism-milsport.org/eng/003_SPORTS/019_skiing/main.asp |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[Association football|Football]] is popular in Sarajevo; the city hosts [[FK Sarajevo]] and [[FK Željezničar Sarajevo|FK Željezničar]], which both compete in European and international cups and tournaments and have a very large trophy cabinet in the former Yugoslavia as well as independent Bosnia and Herzegovina. Other notable football clubs include [[FK Olimpik|Olimpik]], [[NK SAŠK Napredak|SAŠK]] and [[FK Slavija Sarajevo|Slavija]]. One of only three stadiums in Bosnia and Herzegovina that has the [[UEFA]] category 3 is the [[Stadion Grbavica|Grbavica Stadium]], the home stadium of Željezničar.

[[File:Skenderija Arena 2018.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Mirza Delibašić Hall]], home venue of past European champion [[KK Bosna Meridianbet|KK Bosna]]]]

Another popular sport is basketball; the basketball club [[KK Bosna Meridianbet|KK Bosna]] won the [[Euroleague Basketball|European Championship]] in 1979 as well as many Yugoslav and Bosnian national championships, making it one of the greatest basketball clubs in the former Yugoslavia. The chess club, [[ŠK Bosna|Bosna Sarajevo]], has been a championship team since the 1980s and is the third-ranked chess club in Europe, having won four consecutive European championships in the nineties. Handball club [[RK Bosna Sarajevo|RK Bosna]] also competes in the European Champions League and is considered one of the most well-organized handball clubs in Southeast Europe with a very large [[fan (person)|fan base]] and excellent national, as well as international results.
Sarajevo often holds international events and competitions in sports such as [[tennis]] and [[kickboxing]].

The popularity of tennis has been picking up in recent years. Since 2003, [[BH Telecom Indoors]] has been an annual tennis tournament in Sarajevo.

Since 2007, the [[Sarajevo Half Marathon]] has been organized every year in late September. ''Giro di Sarajevo'' is also a run in the city with over 2,200 cyclists taking part in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |author=klix.ba |url=http://www.klix.ba/sport/auti-stop-prolaze-bicikli-giro-di-sarajevo-snimljen-dronom/150906059#8 |title=Giro di Sarajevo via drone |publisher=klix.ba |date=6 September 2015 |access-date=6 September 2015 |archive-date=8 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908173737/http://www.klix.ba/sport/auti-stop-prolaze-bicikli-giro-di-sarajevo-snimljen-dronom/150906059#8 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In mountaineering, the local chapter of the [[Croatian Mountaineering Society|HPS]] is ''HPD "Bjelašnica"'', which had 216 members in 1936 under the Josip Fleger presidency. At the time, it had a ski section.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=1936 |orig-date=1936-05-15 |first=Josip |last=Plaček |title="Bjelašnica" — Sarajevo |page=241 |magazine=Hrvatski planinar |issn=0354-0650 |volume=32 |issue=7–8 |url=https://www.hps.hr/hp-arhiva/193607.pdf |language=hr}}</ref> Membership rose to 234 in 1937, and Ante Martinović was elected its president.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=1937 |orig-date=1937-05-05 |first=Josip |last=Plaček |title=Izvještaj tajnika |pages=221–252 |magazine=Hrvatski planinar |issn=0354-0650 |volume=33 |issue=7–8 |url=https://www.hps.hr/hp-arhiva/193707.pdf |language=hr}}</ref>{{rp|249}} Membership fell to 230 in 1938, with Josip Fleger again president.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=1938 |orig-date=1938-05-05 |first=Josip |last=Plaček |title=Izvještaj tajnika |pages=222–254 |magazine=Hrvatski planinar |issn=0354-0650 |volume=34 |issue=7–8 |url=https://www.hps.hr/hp-arhiva/193807.pdf |language=hr}}</ref>{{rp|248}}

In February 2019, Sarajevo and [[Istočno Sarajevo|East Sarajevo]] hosted the [[2019 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival|European Youth Olympic Winter Festival]] (EYOWF).