Biljana Topić

Biljana Topić
Personal information
Birth name Biljana Mitrović
Nationality Serbian
Born (1977-10-17) 17 October 1977
Šabac, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 60.0 kg (132.3 lb; 9.45 st)
Sport
Sport Track and field
Event(s) Triple Jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)

Outdoor: 14.56 m

Indoor: 14.37 m

Biljana Topić née Mitrović, (Serbian Cyrillic: Биљана Топић, born on October 17, 1977 in Šabac, Yugoslavia, now Serbia) is a retired Serbian triple jumper.

Career

Biljana competed at the 2008 Olympic Games where she was 4 centimetres short of making the 2008 Olympic final. She also appeared on two World Championships, one World Indoor Championship and two European Indoor Championships. Her best results were fourth places on 2009 World Championships and 2009 European Indoor Championships.

Both outdoor and indoor she is current holder of Serbian national records in Triple Jump with her personal best jumps.

Personal bests

Outdoor

Event Performance Date Location Notes
Triple Jump 14.56 m September 13, 2009 Thessaloniki, Greece NR

Indoor

Event Performance Date Location Notes
Triple Jump 14.37 m March 8, 2009 Turin, Italy NR

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Yugoslavia
1996 World Junior Championships Sydney, Australia 23rd (qf) 200m 24.72 (wind: -3.1 m/s)
9th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:44.34
1999 European U23 Championships Göteborg, Sweden 15th (h) 200m 24.04 (wind: 0.1 m/s)
400m DQ
10th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:37.10
Representing  Serbia
2008 World Indoor Championships Valencia, Spain 12th (q) Triple jump 13.97 m
Olympic Games Beijing, China 13th (q) Triple jump 14.14 m
2009 European Indoor Championships Turin, Italy 4th Triple jump 14.37 m
World Championships Berlin, Germany 4th Triple jump 14.52 m
World Final Thessaloniki, Greece 2nd Triple jump 14.56 m
2011 European Indoor Championships Paris, France 10th (q) Triple jump 13.93 m
World Championships Daegu, South Korea 10th Triple jump 14.03 m
2012 Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 25th Triple jump 13.66

Personal life

Her husband is famous Serbian high jumper Dragutin Topić who is also her personal trainer.

See also

References

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