Angelina Topić

Angelina Topić
	Topić in 2022, by Sandro Halank
Personal information
Nationality	Serbian
Born	26 July 2005 (age 19); Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Country	Serbia
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	High jump; Long jump
Coached by	Dragutin Topić
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	1.98 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
Diamond League
World U20 Championships
European U20 Championships
European U18 Championships

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.

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

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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]

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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]

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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
	European U20 Championships	Jerusalem, Israel	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
	European Championships	Rome, Italy	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

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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

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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
2023 – 1.97
2024 – 1.98

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2022

Piotr Nurowski Best Summer European Young Athlete Prize^[6]

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Serbian records in athletics

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

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Angelina Topić at World Athletics

Angelina Topić at European Athletics

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[ItGsummary-1] [1]
Berkeley, Geoff (2022-09-30). "Topić targets high jump greatness after claiming EOC Piotr Nurowski Prize". Inside the Games. Retrieved 2022-09-30.

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"Topic equals world U18 high jump best with 1.96m at Serbian Championships". European Athletics. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.

[3] [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] [4]
"Topic equals world U18 high jump best with 1.96m at Serbian Championships". European Athletics. 2022-06-27. Retrieved 2022-06-27.

[5] [5]
"Angelina Topić osvojila bronzu na EP u skoku uvis". rts.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 21 August 2022.

[EA2022summary-6] [6]
"European bronze medallist Topic wins prestigious Piotr Nurowski Prize". European Athletics. 2022-10-03. Retrieved 2022-10-03.

[7] [7]
"Tromeč reprezentacija: Angelina Topić oborila nacionalni rekord". Sportski žurnal. 25 January 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2023.

[8] [8]
"Angelina Topić nadmašila Ivanu Španović i oborila državni rekord za starije juniorke". Radio Televizija Srbije. 24 January 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2023.

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"Reid anchors Jamaica to 4x100m title to secure golden double in Lima | News | Lima 24 | World Athletics U20 Championships".

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