Nađa Higl

Nađa Higl

Higl at the 2010 European Aquatics Championships in Budapest
Personal information
Nationality	Serbia
Born	2 January 1987 (1987-01-02) (age 37)[1] Pančevo, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke
Club	PK Tamiš
Medal record Women's swimming Representing  Serbia World Championships (LC) 2009 Rome 200 m breaststroke European Championships (SC) 2009 Istanbul 200 m breaststroke Universiade 2009 Belgrade 100 m breaststroke 2009 Belgrade 200 m breaststroke

Nađa Higl (Serbian Cyrillic: Нађа Хигл; 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.

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]

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

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]

• 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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nađa Higl.

• Nađa Higl at Swimrankings.net
• Nađa Higl at World Aquatics
• Nađa Higl at Olympedia
• Nađa Higl at Olympics.com
• Nađa Higl at the Olimpijski Komitet Srbije (in Serbian)

Awards
Preceded by Milorad Čavić	The Best Athlete of Serbia 2009	Succeeded by Novak Djokovic
Records
Preceded by Mirna Jukić	Women's 200 m breaststroke European record holder (long course) 31 July 2009 – 2 August 2012	Succeeded by Yuliya Yefimova

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