Nađa Higl

Nađa Higl (Serbian Cyrillic: Нађа Хигл; born 2 January 1987) is a Serbian swimmer. She was World Champion in 200 m breaststroke.

Nađa Higl
Higl at the 2010 European Aquatics Championships in Budapest
Personal information
Nationality Serbia
Born2 January 1987 (1987-01-02) (age 36)[1]
Pančevo, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
ClubPK Tamiš
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Serbia
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2009 Rome 200 m breaststroke
European Championships (SC)
Silver medal – second place 2009 Istanbul 200 m breaststroke
Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2009 Belgrade 100 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 2009 Belgrade 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

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
Year Event Location Discipline Position Time
2003 European Junior Swimming Championships United Kingdom Glasgow 100 m breaststroke 24 1:15.95
200 m breaststroke 16 2:38.59
2006 European Championships Hungary Budapest 100 m breaststroke 44 1:16.99
200 m breaststroke 25 2:40.73
2007 European Championships 25 m Hungary Debrecen 100 m breaststroke 23 1:11.10
200 m breaststroke 23 2:31.14
2008 World Championships 25 m United Kingdom Manchester 100 m breaststroke 20 1:10.41
200 m breaststroke 15 2:28.47
2008 Olympics China Beijing 100 m breaststroke 43 1:13.19
200 m breaststroke 33 2:32.78
2009 Mediterranean Games Italy Pescara 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 Serbia Belgrade 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 Italy Rome 100 m breaststroke 16 1:08.13
200 m breaststroke 1 2:21.62
2009 European Championships 25 m Turkey Istanbul 100 m breaststroke 11 1:06.41
200 m breaststroke 2 2:17.52
2010 European Championships 50 m Hungary Budapest 100 m breaststroke 22 1:10.97
200 m breaststroke 8 2:29.60
2011 World Championships China Shanghai 200 m breaststroke 6 2:25.93
2012 European Championships 50 m Hungary Debrecen 200 m breaststroke 6 2:28.24
2012 Olympics United Kingdom London 200 m breaststroke 25 2:28.39

Personal life
Nađa Higl on a 2009 Serbian stamp

Nađa's parents are father Dragan and mother Snežana. Her brother Sebastijan is her personal trainer. Higl is married to Milan Boharević and has two children with him. The family moved to Ljubljana in 2021.[6]

See also

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nađa Higl". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  2. Glas javnosti (18 December 2009). "Higl i Čavić najbolji sportisti Srbije" (in Serbian). vesti.rs. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
  3. Serbian Higl clinches 200 breaststroke glory. Reuters. 31 July 2009.
  4. Universiade Belgrade 2009 – Swimming Events. Swimstar2000.net. Retrieved on 24 July 2014.
  5. Universiade – Serbia’s Feat and Triumph. universiade-belgrade2009.org. 13 July 2009.
  6. Todorović, Vladimir (16 July 2021). "Nađa Higl se sa porodicom preselila u Sloveniju". N1 (in Serbian). Retrieved 27 December 2022.
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