Angelina Topić

Angelina Topić
Topić in 2022, by Sandro Halank
Personal information
NationalitySerbian
Born (2005-07-26) 26 July 2005 (age 19)
Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
CountrySerbia
SportAthletics
Event(s)High jump
Long jump
Coached byDragutin Topić
Achievements and titles
Personal bests1.98 m (6 ft 5+3⁄4 in) NU20R NR (2024)
Indoors
1.97 m (6 ft 5+1⁄2 in) NR (2024)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Serbia
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Rome High jump
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Munich High jump
Diamond League
Third place 2023 High jump
World U20 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Lima High jump
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Cali High jump
European U20 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Jerusalem High jump
European U18 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Jerusalem High jump

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 Under-20 Championships.

She is the current Serbian record holder for the high jump indoors and out, and also holds joint world U18 best outdoors.[2]

Background

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

Career

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In her breakthrough 2022 season in June, still only 16, Topić set a national senior high jump 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 leap 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 Munich European Championships 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 broke the Serbian indoor high jump record (previously held by Ivana Španović) with a leap of 1.94 m at a meeting in Belgrade.[7][8]

During 2024 Paris Olympics Angelina fractured her right ankle during warm-up for the qualifying session. Injured, she still qualified, but later had to withdraw from the high jump final.[9]

In August 2024, less than a month after the injury, Angelina won the gold medal at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships.[10]

Achievements

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International competitions

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Representing  Serbia
Year Competition Venue Position Event Result
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 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
European Team Championships Kraków, Poland 5th High jump 1.91 m
European U20 Championships Jerusalem, Israel 1st High jump 1.90 m
6th Long jump 6.42 m
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 7th High jump 1.94 m
Diamond League Eugene, United States 3rd High jump 1.95 m
2024 World Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 5th High jump 1.92 m
European Championships Rome, Italy 2nd High jump 1.97 m
26th (q) Long jump 6.29 m
Olympic Games Paris, France 12th (q) High jump 1.92 m1
World U20 Championships Lima, Peru 1st High jump 1.91 m
Diamond League Brussels, Belgium 5th High jump 1.88 m

1Did not start in the final.

Personal bests

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Event Performance Location Date Note
High jump (outdoor) 1.98 m Rabat, Morocco 19 May 2024 NU20R NR
High jump (indoor) 1.94 m Belgrade, Serbia 25 January 2023 NR
Pentathlon (indoor) 3745 Belgrade, Serbia 23 January 2022 NU20R
Pentathlon girls (indoor) 3779 Belgrade, Serbia 18 December 2021 NU18R
Long jump (indoor) 6.57 m Belgrade, Serbia 24 January 2024 NU20R NR

National titles

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

Seasonal bests by year

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  • 2018 – 1.60
  • 2019 – 1.71
  • 2020 – 1.81
  • 2021 – 1.88
  • 2022 – 1.96
  • 2023 – 1.97
  • 2024 – 1.98

Awards

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b "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.
  8. ^ "Angelina Topić nadmašila Ivanu Španović i oborila državni rekord za starije juniorke". Radio Televizija Srbije. 24 January 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  9. ^ Unknown[permanent dead link‍]
  10. ^ "Reid anchors Jamaica to 4x100m title to secure golden double in Lima | News | Lima 24 | World Athletics U20 Championships".
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