Editing Bosnia and Herzegovina (section)

===Sports===
{{See also|Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Olympics|Football in Bosnia and Herzegovina}}
[[File:Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Koševo City Stadium|Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium]] in [[Sarajevo]] hosted the opening ceremony of the [[1984 Winter Olympics]]]]
[[File:Jahorina mountain 2018.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Jahorina Ski Resort]], a 1984 Winter Olympics venue, is the biggest and most popular ski resort in Bosnia and Herzegovina]]

Bosnia and Herzegovina has produced many athletes. The most important international [[Sport|sporting event]] in the [[history of Bosnia and Herzegovina]] were the [[1984 Winter Olympics|14th Winter Olympics]], held in [[Sarajevo]] from 7 to 19 February 1984.

The [[RK Borac Banja Luka|Borac]] [[handball]] club has won seven [[Yugoslav Handball Championship]]s, as well as the [[EHF Champions League|European Cup]] in [[1975–76 European Cup (handball)|1976]] and the [[EHF European League|International Handball Federation Cup]] in 1991.

[[Amel Mekić]], Bosnian judoka, became [[2011 European Judo Championships|European champion]] in 2011. Track and field athlete [[Amel Tuka]] won bronze and silver medals in 800 metres at the [[2015 World Championships in Athletics|2015]] and [[2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/iaaf-world-athletics-championships-doha-2019-6033/results/men/800-metres/final/result#resultheader|title=800 metres men IAAF World Athletics Championships, Doha 2019 – Results|date=1 October 2019|access-date=1 October 2019|language=en|website=iaaf.org|archive-date=7 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007220511/https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/iaaf-world-athletics-championships-doha-2019-6033/results/men/800-metres/final/result#resultheader|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Hamza Alić]] won the silver medal in [[2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's shot put|shot put]] at the [[2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships|2013 European Indoor Championships]].

The [[KK Bosna Royal|Bosna Royal]] [[basketball]] club from Sarajevo were [[Euroleague Basketball|European Champions]] in [[1978–79 FIBA European Champions Cup|1979]]. The [[Yugoslavia men's national basketball team]], which won medals in every world championship from 1963 through 1990, included Bosnian players such as [[FIBA Hall of Fame]]rs [[Dražen Dalipagić]] and [[Mirza Delibašić]]. Bosnia and Herzegovina regularly qualifies for the [[EuroBasket|European Championship in Basketball]], with players including [[Mirza Teletović]], [[Nihad Đedović]] and [[Jusuf Nurkić]]. The [[Bosnia and Herzegovina men's national under-16 and under-17 basketball team|Bosnia and Herzegovina national under-16 team]] won two gold medals in 2015, winning both [[Basketball at the 2015 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival|2015 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival]] as well as the [[2015 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship]].

Women's basketball club [[ŽKK Jedinstvo Tuzla|Jedinstvo Aida]] from [[Tuzla]] won the [[EuroLeague Women|Women's European Club Championship]] in 1989 and [[Ronchetti Cup]] final in 1990, led by [[Razija Mujanović]], three times best female European basketball player, and [[Mara Lakić]]

The Bosnian [[chess]] team was [[Yugoslav Chess Championship|Champion of Yugoslavia]] seven times, in addition to club [[ŠK Bosna]] winning four [[European Chess Club Cup]]s. Chess grandmaster [[Borki Predojević]] has also won two European Championships. The most impressive success of Bosnian Chess was a runner-up position at the [[31st Chess Olympiad]] in 1994 in [[Moscow]], featuring Grandmasters [[Predrag Nikolić]], [[Ivan Sokolov (chess player)|Ivan Sokolov]] and [[Bojan Kurajica]].

Middle-weight [[Boxing|boxer]] [[Marijan Beneš]] has won several Championships of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslav Championships and the [[European Amateur Boxing Championships|European Championship]].<ref name="nezavisne">{{cite web|url=http://www.nezavisne.com/revija/tekst3-050612.php|title=Ring zamijenio nalivperom|publisher=Nezavisne novine|date=June 12, 2005|language=bs, hr, sr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001210122/http://www.nezavisne.com/revija/tekst3-050612.php|archive-date=October 1, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1978, he won the World Title against [[Elisha Obed]] from [[The Bahamas]].

[[File:20150331 2219 AUT BIH 2704.jpg|thumb|190px|right|upright=0.6|[[Edin Džeko]] playing for [[Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team|Bosnia and Herzegovina]] in 2015]]

[[Association football]] is the most popular sport in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It dates from 1903, but its popularity grew significantly after [[World War I]]. Bosnian clubs [[FK Sarajevo]] and [[FK Željezničar Sarajevo|Željezničar]] won the [[Yugoslav First League|Yugoslav Championship]], while the [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslav national football team]] included Bosnian players of all ethnic backgrounds and generations, such as [[Safet Sušić]], [[Zlatko Vujović]], [[Mehmed Baždarević]], [[Davor Jozić]], [[Faruk Hadžibegić]], [[Predrag Pašić]], [[Blaž Slišković]], [[Vahid Halilhodžić]], [[Dušan Bajević]], [[Ivica Osim]], [[Josip Katalinski]], [[Tomislav Knez]], [[Velimir Sombolac]] and numerous others. The [[Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team]] played at the [[2014 FIFA World Cup]], its first major tournament. Players on the team again includes notable players of all country's ethnic background, such as then and now captains [[Emir Spahić]], [[Zvjezdan Misimović]] and [[Edin Džeko]], defenders like [[Ognjen Vranješ]], [[Sead Kolašinac]] and [[Toni Šunjić]], midfielders like [[Miralem Pjanić]] and [[Senad Lulić]], striker [[Vedad Ibišević]], etc. Former Bosnian footballers include [[Hasan Salihamidžić]], who became only the second Bosnian to ever win a [[UEFA Champions League]] trophy, after [[Elvir Baljić]]. He made 234 appearances and scored 31 goals for German club [[FC Bayern Munich]]. [[Sergej Barbarez]], who played for several clubs in the German [[Bundesliga]]. including [[Borussia Dortmund]], [[Hamburger SV]] and [[Bayer 04 Leverkusen|Bayer Leverkusen]] was joint-top scorer in the [[2000–01 Bundesliga]] season with 22 goals. [[Meho Kodro]] spent most of his career playing in Spain, most notably with [[Real Sociedad]] and [[FC Barcelona]]. [[Elvir Rahimić]] made 302 appearances for Russian club [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]] with whom he won the [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]] in [[2005 UEFA Cup Final|2005]].
[[Milena Nikolić]], member of the [[Bosnia and Herzegovina women's national football team|women's national team]], was the [[2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League]] [[UEFA Women's Champions League#Top scorers by tournament|top scorer]].<ref name="uefa.com-nikolic-scorer">{{cite web |title=Nikolić and Müller take scorer honours |url=https://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/news/0215-0e15e02f0f57-9ea95d1edf8f-1000--nikolic-and-muller-take-scorer-honours/ |website=[[UEFA]] |access-date=23 October 2022 |language=en |date=22 May 2014}}</ref>

Bosnia and Herzegovina was the world champion of [[volleyball at the 2004 Summer Paralympics]] and [[volleyball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics]]. Many among those on the team lost their legs in the [[Bosnian War]]. Its [[Bosnia and Herzegovina national sitting volleyball team|national sitting volleyball team]] is one of the dominant forces in [[Sitting volleyball|the sport]] worldwide, winning nine European Championships, three World Championships and two [[Volleyball at the Summer Paralympics|Paralympic]] gold medals.

[[Tennis]] is also gaining a lot of popularity after the recent successes of [[Damir Džumhur]] and [[Mirza Bašić]] at [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] level. Other notable tennis players who have represented Bosnia and Herzegovina are [[Tomislav Brkić]], [[Amer Delić]] and [[Mervana Jugić-Salkić]].