[Archive 2012-12-21] Wikinews interviews United States disability skier Jasmin Bambur

Historical archive — originally published 2012-12-21. This report records what was known on that date. It is not current news; subsequent events may have changed the situation. Wikinews closed in May 2026.

Recently, Wikinews spent time with with United States Paralympic skier Jasmin Bambur who was at Copper Mountain, Colorado for the IPC Nor-Am Cup.

Jasmin Bambur: It's very simple. You just get married to a fine American lady and she give you citizenship and you ski fast and you get on the team. That's very simple.

Jasmin Bambur: We're a very small community, as ski racers, and we're always great friends. So we kind of hang out together and help each other out. And then in the end, depends who wins, either hate them or love them.

Jasmin Bambur: It's actually team handball. It's a sport [where] you have seven players like rugby. And yes, I played it professionally until I was 18 in Europe. And when war started in Kosovo, I moved to the United States and that's how I end up here.

Jasmin Bambur: I am a sit skier now but actually the reason I am a sit skier is I had a car accident in 2000. I fell asleep driving. Driving and sleeping don't go together. I don't know why.

((WN)) Yeah, that's a difficult lesson to learn. So how have you been doing at this event?

Jasmin Bambur: Skiing? I've been skiing for about ten years, racing about four. And so far it's going great.

Jasmin Bambur: I won two medals in Super G, two third places, and yesterday I got second place in slalom.

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