Historic success of the BIH athletes
The European Team Championship 3 Leagues was held in Maribor on 24/25 June, where the BiH national team achieved a historic result and placed third. With this placement, entry into the 2nd league was secured for the first time. The national team was led by captains Amel Tuka (400m, 800m) and Sara Lučić (high jump).
In other disciplines, the following competed:
- Samir Vilić (hammer throw)
- Ajla Bašić (hammer throw)
- Andrej Ćebić (long jump)
- Emina Omanović (long jump)
- Maša Garić (100m and 400m hurdles)
- Luka Ivičić (400m hurdles)
- Marko Šuković (high jump)
- Edhem Vikalo (100m)
- Ajla Raizbegović (100m, 200m)
- Dejan Mileusnić (javelin throw)
- Anja Stević (javelin throw)
- Arijan Milicija (pole vault)
- Amina Cifrić (pole vault)
- Dženisa Gusinac (discus and shot put)
- Voislav Grubiša (discus throw)
- Mesud Pezer (shot put)
- Glorija Kureš (800m, 1500m)
- Mlađen Samardžić (1500m)
- Stefan Stanković (triple jump)
- Lamija Tahmaz (triple jump)
- Džana Suljić (400m)
- Uroš Gutić (5000m)
- Ema Bećirović (5000m)
- Kristijan Roljić (3000 steeplechase)
- Elma Hasanbašić (3000 steeplechase)
- Bakir Musić (200m)
- Benjamin Bojanić (110 hurdles)
- Relay 4x100m (Garić, Omanović, Mijanović, Đulić)
- Relay 4x100m (Ćebić, Vikalo, Pilavdžija, Musić)
- Relay 4x400m mix (Tuka, Suljić, Mujezinović, Garić)
"Sincere congratulations on the historic sporting result. No success comes by itself, and this one is no exception. It is the result of the enormous effort of all involved. Many thanks to our entire team for the great result and excellent attitude towards the national team, especially our athletes. I hope that this positive energy, team spirit and this great success will enable athletics to receive even better treatment in our society. We can proudly enjoy these great sporting moments for our sport. Let's go even further, faster, higher and to future joint victories," said Duško Ivičić, President of the Athletics Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.