From a child who had experienced Bosnian war to a world champion in Jiu-Yitsu

The Bosnian athlete's story is remarkable, which had experienced Bosnian war during the 1990s century.

I couldn't believe it, I started to cry with joy”, Kapic said.

For the martial arts athlete, the world champion trip was a true marathon.

Raised in a small town in Banovici, the earliest years to be marked in a survival war, as a bloody war had torn Bosnia apart in the early 1990s, reports “Al Jazeera”, Periscopi broadcast.

He was 13 when his father was shot dead by a Serb sniper during the war in Bosnia.

“Bosnja and Herzegovina is a country where many things have created chaos, legally, socially, even in sports”, Kapic said.

Since his victory in Abu Dhabi, Kapic has become a national example of how difficulties can achieve successes.

You don't have to wait until you get hurt in life. It's not humiliating if I kneel. It is humiliating to fall and not know how to get back up again”, he added./Periscopi/