Angelina Topić

Angelina Topić (Serbian Cyrillic: Ангелина Топић; born 26 July 2005) is a Serbian athlete specializing in the high jump. At the age of 17, she won the bronze medal at the 2022 European Athletics Championships, becoming the youngest medallist of the entire championships.[1] The same year, Topić earned also bronze at the World U20 Championships.

Angelina Topić
Personal information
NationalitySerbian
Born (2005-07-26) 26 July 2005
Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Sport
CountrySerbia
SportAthletics
Event(s)High jump
Coached byDragutin Topić
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) =WU18B NR (2022)
Indoors
1.94 m (6 ft 4+1⁄4 in) NR (2023)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Serbia
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2022 MunichHigh jump
World U20 Championships
Bronze medal – third place2022 CaliHigh jump
European U18 Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 JerusalemHigh jump

She is the current Serbian record holder for the high jump out and indoors and also holds joint world under-18 best outdoors.[2]

Background

Angelina Topić's mother is Biljana Topić, the Serbian triple jump record holder, who was the bronze medallist in the triple jump at the 2009 World Athletics Championships. Her coach is her father Dragutin Topić, the Serbian high jump record holder and winner of European high jump title as a teenager in 1990.[3]

Career

In her breakthrough 2022 season in June, still only 16, Topić set a Serbian national record of 1.96 m at the Serbian Championships in Kruševac, breaking Mladen Nikolic's record dating back to 1984 and equalling the world under-18 best.[4] The following month, she won the high jump event at the European Under-18 Championships in Jerusalem with a jump of 1.92 m. In August, she went on to take the bronze medal at the World U20 Championships held in Cali, Colombia, clearing 1.93 m. At her first major senior competition the same month, Topić earned bronze at the European Championships Munich 2022 with a jump of 1.93 m, becoming the youngest medallist of the entire championships.[5][6] She also set national records at U18 & U20 levels in the pentathlon that year.[1]

In January 2023, she added Serbian indoor record with a jump of 1.94 m at a meeting in Belgrade.[7]

Achievements

International competitions
Representing  Serbia
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventResult
2021 Balkan U20 Indoor Championships Sofia, Bulgaria 2nd High jump 1.82 m
Balkan U20 Championships Istanbul, Turkey 1st High jump 1.88 m
European Athletics Team Championships Third League Limassol, Cyprus 2nd High jump 1.85 m
Balkan Championships Smederevo, Serbia 10th High jump 1.82 m
European U20 Championships Tallinn, Estonia 8th High jump 1.83 m
Balkan U18 Championships Kraljevo, Serbia 1st High jump 1.83 m
World U20 Championships Nairobi, Kenya 6th High jump 1.84 m
2022 Balkan U20 Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 1st High jump 1.86 m
World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 9th High jump 1.88 m
Balkan U18 Championships Bar, Montenegro 1st High jump 1.90 m
European U18 Championships Jerusalem, Israel 1st High jump 1.92 m
World U20 Championships Cali, Colombia 3rd High jump 1.93 m
European Championships Munich, Germany 3rd High jump 1.93 m
2023 European Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 4th High jump 1.94 m

Personal bests
EventPerformanceLocationDateNote
High jump (outdoor)1.96 mKruševac, Serbia26 June 2022=WU18B NR
High jump (indoor)1.94 mBelgrade, Serbia25 January 2023NR
Pentathlon (indoor)3745Belgrade, Serbia23 January 2022NU20R
Pentathlon girls (indoor)3779Belgrade, Serbia18 December 2021NU18R

National titles
  • Serbian Athletics Championships: 2021, 2022
  • Serbian Indoor Athletics Championships: 2021

Seasonal bests by year
  • 2018 – 1.60
  • 2019 – 1.71
  • 2020 – 1.81
  • 2021 – 1.88
  • 2022 – 1.96

Awards
2022
  • Piotr Nurowski Best Summer European Young Athlete Prize[6]

See also

References
  1. Berkeley, Geoff (2022-09-30). "Topić targets high jump greatness after claiming EOC Piotr Nurowski Prize". Inside the Games. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
  2. "Topic equals world U18 high jump best with 1.96m at Serbian Championships". European Athletics. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  3. "Roditelji su joj srpski rekorderi i legende, a ona skače za zlato". nova.rs (in Serbian). 21 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  4. "Topic equals world U18 high jump best with 1.96m at Serbian Championships". European Athletics. 2022-06-27. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  5. "Angelina Topić osvojila bronzu na EP u skoku uvis". rts.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  6. "European bronze medallist Topic wins prestigious Piotr Nurowski Prize". European Athletics. 2022-10-03. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  7. "Tromeč reprezentacija: Angelina Topić oborila nacionalni rekord". Sportski žurnal. 25 January 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
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