Nađa Higl
 Nađa Higl at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Nađa Higl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Serbian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5.7 ft) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | PK Tamiš | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nađa Higl (Serbian Cyrillic: Нађа Хигл; also spelled as Nadja Higl in English; born 2 January 1987 in Pančevo, Yugoslavia, now Serbia) is a Serbian swimmer. She is the reigning World Champion in 200 m breaststroke.
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.[2] 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.[3] 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 |
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| 2003 | European Junior Swimming Championships | Glasgow,  United Kingdom
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100 m breaststroke | 24 | 1:15.95 |
| 200 m breaststroke | 16 | 2:38.59 | |||
| 2006 | European Championships | Budapest,  Hungary
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100 m breaststroke | 44 | 1:16.99 |
| 200 m breaststroke | 25 | 2:40.73 | |||
| 2007 | European Championships 25 m | Debrecen, Hungary
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100 m breaststroke | 23 | 1:11.10 |
| 200 m breaststroke | 23 | 2:31.14 | |||
| 2008 | World Championships 25 m | Manchester, United Kingdom
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100 m breaststroke | 20 | 1:10.41 |
| 200 m breaststroke | 15 | 2:28.47 | |||
| 2008 | Olympics | Beijing,  China
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100 m breaststroke | 43 | 1:13.19 |
| 200 m breaststroke | 33 | 2:32.78 | |||
| 2009 | Mediterranean Games | Pescara,  Italy
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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,  Serbia
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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, Italy
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100 m breaststroke | 16 | 1:08.13 |
| 200 m breaststroke | 1 | 2:21.62 | |||
| 2009 | European Championships 25 m | Istanbul,  Turkey
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100 m breaststroke | 11 | 1:06.41 |
| 200 m breaststroke | 2 | 2:17.52 |
Personal life
Nađa's parents are father Dragan and mother Snežana. Her brother Sebastijan is her personal trainer.
References
External links
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