Biljana Topić

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

Biljana Topić
Personal information
Birth nameBiljana Mitrović
Born (1977-10-17) 17 October 1977
Šabac, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight60.0 kg (132.3 lb; 9.45 st)
Sport
Country Serbia
SportTrack and field
Event(s)Triple Jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Outdoor: 14.56 m
Indoor: 14.37 m
Medal record
World Championships
2009 BerlinTriple jump
World Athletics Final
2009 ThessalonikiTriple jump

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 bronze medal on 2009 World Championships with then national record 14.52 m, silver medal at 2009 IAAF World Athletics Final with new national record 14.56 m and fourth place 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

Achievements
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  FR 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 3rd[1][2] 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 was also her personal trainer.

See also
  • Serbian records in athletics

References
  1. CAS 2017/O/5039 International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) v. Russian Athletic Federation (RUSAF) & Anna Pyatykh
  2. Biljana Topić, honours


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