Nađa Higl
Nađa Higl at the 2010 European Aquatics Championships in Budapest
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nađa Higl | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
2 January 1987 (age 29) [1]Pančevo, Serbia, Yugoslavia |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | PK Tamiš | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Medal record
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nađa Higl (Serbian Cyrillic: Нађа Хигл; also spelled as Nadja Higl; born 2 January 1987) is a Serbian swimmer. She was World Champion in 200 m breaststroke.
Higl was awarded the title "Serbian Sportswoman of the year" for the year 2009 by the Olympic Committee of Serbia[2] and Golden Badge, award for the best athlete of Serbia.
Swimming career[edit]
At the 2009 World Aquatics Championships she won gold medal in the 200 meters breaststroke final on 31 July 2009 with a time of 2:21.62, the new European record.[3] She is the first Serbian woman to become a world champion in swimming.
She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in 100 m breaststroke and 200 m breaststroke where she finished in qualification rounds as 43rd and 33rd respectively.[1] At the 2009 Summer Universiade she won silver medals in 100 m breaststroke and 200 m breaststroke.[4][5]
Results[edit]
| Year | Event | Location | Discipline | Position | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | European Junior Swimming Championships | 100 m breaststroke | 24 | 1:15.95 | |
| 200 m breaststroke | 16 | 2:38.59 | |||
| 2006 | European Championships | 100 m breaststroke | 44 | 1:16.99 | |
| 200 m breaststroke | 25 | 2:40.73 | |||
| 2007 | European Championships 25 m | 100 m breaststroke | 23 | 1:11.10 | |
| 200 m breaststroke | 23 | 2:31.14 | |||
| 2008 | World Championships 25 m | 100 m breaststroke | 20 | 1:10.41 | |
| 200 m breaststroke | 15 | 2:28.47 | |||
| 2008 | Olympics | 100 m breaststroke | 43 | 1:13.19 | |
| 200 m breaststroke | 33 | 2:32.78 | |||
| 2009 | Mediterranean Games | 100 m breaststroke | 10 | 1:11.50 | |
| 200 m breaststroke | 4 | 2:29.79 | |||
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | 5 | 1:07.75 (4:14.14) | |||
| 2009 | Summer Universiade | 100 m breaststroke | 2 | 1:07.80 | |
| 200 m breaststroke | 2 | 2:24.20 | |||
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | 15 | 1:13.70 (4:29.49) | |||
| 2009 | World Championships | 100 m breaststroke | 16 | 1:08.13 | |
| 200 m breaststroke | 1 | 2:21.62 | |||
| 2009 | European Championships 25 m | 100 m breaststroke | 11 | 1:06.41 | |
| 200 m breaststroke | 2 | 2:17.52 | |||
| 2010 | European Championships 50 m | 100 m breaststroke | 22 | 1:10.97 | |
| 200 m breaststroke | 8 | 2:29.60 | |||
| 2011 | World Championships | 200 m breaststroke | 6 | 2:25.93 | |
| 2012 | European Championships 50 m | 200 m breaststroke | 6 | 2:28.24 | |
| 2012 | Olympics | 200 m breaststroke | 25 | 2:28.39 |
Personal life[edit]
Nađa's parents are father Dragan (Драган) and mother Snežana (Снежана). Her brother Sebastijan (Себастијан) is her personal trainer.
See also[edit]
- List of swimmers
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
- List of European Short Course Swimming Championships medalists (women)
- List of Serbian records in swimming
References[edit]
- ^ a b Nađa Higl. sports-reference.com
- ^ Glas javnosti (18 December 2009). "Higl i Čavić najbolji sportisti Srbije" (in Serbian). vesti.rs. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
- ^ Serbian Higl clinches 200 breaststroke glory. Reuters. 31 July 2009.
- ^ Universiade Belgrade 2009 – Swimming Events. Swimstar2000.net. Retrieved on 24 July 2014.
- ^ Universiade – Serbia’s Feat and Triumph. universiade-belgrade2009.org. 13 July 2009.
External links[edit]
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nađa Higl. |
| Awards | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Milorad Čavić |
2009 |
Succeeded by Novak Djokovic |
| Records | ||
| Preceded by |
Women's 200 m breaststroke European record holder (long course) 31 July 2009 – 2 August 2012 |
Succeeded by |
| This biographical article related to a Serbian swimmer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- Serbian female swimmers
- Female breaststroke swimmers
- 1987 births
- Living people
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Olympic swimmers of Serbia
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- People from Pančevo
- European swimming biography stubs
- Serbian sportspeople stubs