Elvedina Muzaferija

Elvedina Muzaferija
Personal information
Born	20 August 1999 (age 25); Visoko, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Occupation	Alpine skier ♀
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines	Downhill, super-G, Alpine Combined
World Cup debut	3 January 2017 (age 17)
Olympics
Teams	2 – (2018, 2022)
World Championships
Teams	3 – (2017, 2021, 2023)
World Cup
Seasons	9 – (2017–25)
Overall titles	0 – (54th in 2024)
Discipline titles	0 – (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]

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

Season	Age	Overall	Slalom	Giant slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined
2020	20	124	—	—	—	—	38
2021	21	no 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

Discipline	WC starts	WC top 30	WC top 15	WC top 5	WC podium	Best result
Discipline	WC starts	WC top 30	WC top 15	WC top 5	WC podium	Date	Location	Place
Slalom	3	0	0	0	0	3 January 2018	Zagreb, Croatia	49th
Giant slalom	2	0	0	0	0	29 December 2017	Lienz, Austria	53rd
Super-G	31	6	3	0	0	2 March 2024	Kvitfjell, Norway	9th
Downhill	39	8	0	1	0	17 February 2024	Crans-Montana, Switzerland	4th
Combined	2	2	0	0	0	23 February 2020	Crans-Montana, Switzerland	22nd
Total	77	16	3	1	0

Standings through 26 January 2025

World Championship results

Year
Year	Age	Slalom	Giant Slalom	Super G	Downhill	Combined	Team Event
2017	17	55	DNFQ1	—	—	—	—
2019	19	Did not participate
2021	21	—	—	38	25	16	—
2023	23	—	—	25	20	15	—

Olympic results

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

Other results

European Cup results

Season standings

Season	Age	Overall	Slalom	Giant slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined
2020	20	103	—	—	39	40	—
2021	21	111	—	—	31	42	—
2022	22	Did not compete at the Europa Cup
2023	23	41	—	—	58	9	—
2024	24	29	—	—	48	7	—

Results per discipline

Discipline	EC starts	EC Top 30	EC Top 15	EC Top 5	EC Podium	Best result
Discipline	EC starts	EC Top 30	EC Top 15	EC Top 5	EC Podium	Date	Location	Place
Slalom	0	0	0	0	0
Giant slalom	0	0	0	0	0
Super-G	14	7	1	0	0	16 February 2020	Crans-Montana, Switzerland	10th
Downhill	20	11	8	2	2	11 February 2024	Crans-Montana, Switzerland	1st
Combined	1	0	0	0	0	11 January 2018	Innerkrems, Austria	DNS
Total	35	18	9	2	2

Standings through 11 February 2024

Race podiums

1 win – (1 DH)
2 podiums – (2 DH)

Season
Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Place
2023	18 February 2023	Crans-Montana, Switzerland^[9]	Downhill	2nd
2024	11 February 2024	Crans-Montana, Switzerland^[10]	Downhill	1st

References

^ Dajić, Mirza. "Oslobođenje - Elvedina Muzaferija: Ogromna čast je nositi zastavu BiH". Oslobođenje d.o.o. (in Bosnian).
^ "Elvedina Muzaferija, prva bh. skijašica koja je vozila spust: Bilo me malo strah". Avaz.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 13 November 2019.
^ "Elvedina Muzaferija zauzela 15. mjesto na drugom spustu". Reprezentacija.ba (in Bosnian). 19 February 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
^ Sokolović, A. "Muzaferija: Kada bi imala veću pomoć Saveza, BiH bih donijela više bodova". Radio Sarajevo. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
^ "Elvedina Muzaferija osvojila 20. mjesto na Svjetskom prvenstvu". Reprezentacija.ba (in Bosnian). 11 February 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
^ "Elvedina Muzaferija ostvarila najbolji rezultat u historiji bh. skijanja". Reprezentacija.ba (in Bosnian). 28 January 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
^ "Elvedina Muzaferija osvojila prve bodove u Svjetskom kupu". SportSport.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 20 December 2020.
^ Sokolović, A. "Muzaferija: Kada bi imala veću pomoć Saveza, BiH bih donijela više bodova". Radio Sarajevo. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
^ "Crans Montana (SUI) - European Cup – Women's Downhill - 2023 February 18 - Full results". www.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
^ "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 Žana Novaković	Flagbearer for Bosnia and Herzegovina PyeongChang 2018 Beijing 2022 (shared with Mirza Nikolajev)	Succeeded by Incumbent

External links

[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.

[Reprezentacija.ba-19_Feb_2023-3] "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.

[Reprezentacija.ba-11_Feb_2023-5] "Elvedina Muzaferija osvojila 20. mjesto na Svjetskom prvenstvu". Reprezentacija.ba (in Bosnian). 11 February 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2024.

[Reprezentacija.ba-28_Jan_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.

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Elvedina Muzaferija

Biography

World Cup results

Season standings

Results per discipline

World Championship results

Olympic results

Other results

European Cup results

Season standings

Results per discipline

Race podiums

References

External links

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