NOC BIH uses the opportunity to sincerely thank all our Olympians whose role, in addition to participating in the opening ceremony, is also to be a role model for young athletes in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The magnificent Opening Ceremony of the EYOF 2019, with its presence and active participation, was enhanced by numerous celebrated former and current Bosnian athletes - Olympians.

After the Olympic Flame of Peace found its way to the Olympic Stadium Asim Ferhatović Hase, members of the Presidency of OC BiH - Siniša Kisić, Marijan Kvesić and prof. Dr. Izet Radjo accepted the torch to the delight of the 20,000 spectators present.

After that, the torch was passed to a line of BiH athletes - Olympians, who evoked memories of the Olympics in which they participated, won medals and achieved remarkable results, symbolically - from hand to hand - passed the torch to the current best athlete in Bosnia and Herzegovina - Larisa Ceric.

Larisa had the honor and privilege to light the Olympic flame again at the Asim Ferhatović Hase stadium after 35 years, a flame that has been secretly smoldering in the hearts of all Bosnians and Herzegovinians all these years.

BiH athletes who contributed to the Sarajevo night on February 10, 2019. years remain permanently recorded in the sports history of our country are: Larisa Cerić, Svetlana Kitić, Nedžad Fazlija, Žana Novaković, Mirza Teletović, Aleksandra Samardžić, Mirsad Fazlagić, Ajdin Pašović, Refik Šabanadžović, Amel Mekić, Tomislav Lopatić, Bibija Kerla, Tanja Karišik, Razija Mujanović, Hamza Alić, Sabahudin Delalić, Dževad Šećerbegović, Slađana Golić, Slavica Pecikoza, Slavica Delibašić, Vesna Bajkuša, Mara Lakić, Adnan Dizdar, Zlatan Saračević, Kada Delić Selimović, Islam Đugum, Elvir Krehmić, Željko Petrović, Đuro Kodžo, Vinko Galušić, Srećko Pejović, Ivica Hmjelovjec, Arijana Jaha, Slavko Sikirić, Anja Margetić, Željko Panić, Fahrudin Hodžić, Tanasije Kuvalja, Mehmed Skender, Tadija Kačar, Zdravko Stojnić, Nizar Zaćiragić, Mario Franjić, Nihad Mameledžija, Edin Krupalija, Igor Špirić, Slaveko Likić, Maja Klepić, Momo Skokić, Edin Terzić, Samir Karabašić, Šaćir Džeko and Njegoš Mihajlović.

OC BiH uses the opportunity to sincerely thank all our Olympians whose role, in addition to participating in the opening ceremony, is also to be a role model for young athletes in Bosnia and Herzegovina.