Amar Garibović

Serbian cross-country skier

Amar Garibović
Born	7 September 1991 (1991-09-07) Sjenica, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Died	7 September 2010 (2010-09-08) (aged 19) near Sredanci, Croatia

Amar Garibović (Serbian Cyrillic: Амар Гарибовић; 7 September 1991 – 7 September 2010) was a Serbian cross-country skier who had competed since 2004. He finished 80th in the 15 km event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.^[1]

Garibović finished 109th in the individual sprint at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec.

His lone win was at a 10 km event in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2009.

Garibović died in a car crash in Croatia on 7 September 2010, the day of his 19th birthday. Travelling eastbound on the A3 motorway on the way back home following a FIS roller skiing event in Oroslavje, the van containing Garibović, his brother Amor, their father Murat, and another skier Ajlan Rastić reportedly blew a tire in full speed on the stretch of the road near the village of Sredanci, thus losing control and overturning several times.^[2]^[3]

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Amar Garibović". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-12-13. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
^ Poginuo sjenički olimpijac Amar Garibović;SandžakPress, 9 September 2010
^ Poginuo olimpijac Amar Garibović;Večernje novosti, 8 September 2010