Angelina Topić (; born 26 July 2005) is a Serbian athlete specializing in the high jump. At the age of 17, she won the bronze medal at the 2022 European Athletics Championships, becoming the youngest medalist of the entire championships. The same year, Topić earned also bronze at the World Under-20 Championships. She won silver medal at the 2024 European Athletics Championships and bronze at the 2025 World Athletics Championships.
Topić is the current Serbian record holder for the high jump indoors and out (with 2.00 m), and also holds joint world U18 best outdoors (with 1.96m).
Background Angelina Topić's mother is Biljana Topić, the Serbian triple jump record holder, who was fourth in the event at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. Her coach is her father Dragutin Topić, the Serbian high jump record holder and European high jump champion, a title he won as a teenager in 1990.
Career
In her breakthrough 2022 season in June, still only 16, Topić set a national senior high jump record of 1.96 m at the Serbian Championships in Kruševac, equalling the world under-18 best. The following month, she won the high jump event at the European Under-18 Championships in Jerusalem with a leap of 1.92 m. In August, she went on to take the bronze medal at the World U20 Championships held in Cali, Colombia, clearing 1.93 m. At her first major senior competition the same month, Topić earned bronze at the Munich European Championships with a jump of 1.93 m, becoming the youngest medallist of the entire championships. She also set national records at U18 & U20 levels in the pentathlon that year.
In January 2023, she broke the Serbian indoor high jump record (previously held by Ivana Španović) with a jump of 1.94 m at a meeting in Belgrade.
At the 2024 European Athletics Championships in June, Topić won the silver medal in high jump with the height of 1.97 m. She also competed in long jump but did not qualify for the finals. At the 2024 Paris Olympics in August, she fractured her right ankle during warm-up for the qualifying session. Injured, she still qualified, but later had to withdraw from the high jump final. Later in August 2024, less than a month after the injury, she won the gold medal at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships.
In March 2025, Topić won silver in high jump at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships. Later in March, she was fourth at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships. In July, she won gold medal at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships. At the 2025 World Athletics Championships in September, Topić won a joint bronze medal with Ukrainian Yaroslava Mahuchikh with the height of 1.97 m. In February 2026, Topić set a new Serbian record with 2.00 m at Banská Bystrica, Slovakia.
Achievements International competitions 2021Balkan U20 Indoor ChampionshipsSofia, Bulgaria2ndHigh jump1.82 mBalkan U20 ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey1stHigh jump1.88 mEuropean Team Championships Third LeagueLimassol, Cyprus2ndHigh jump1.85 mBalkan ChampionshipsSmederevo, Serbia10thHigh jump1.82 mEuropean U20 ChampionshipsTallinn, Estonia8thHigh jump1.83 mBalkan U18 ChampionshipsKraljevo, Serbia1stHigh jump1.83 mWorld U20 ChampionshipsNairobi, Kenya6thHigh jump1.84 m2022Balkan U20 Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia1stHigh jump1.86 mWorld Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia9thHigh jump1.88 mBalkan U18 ChampionshipsBar, Montenegro1stHigh jump1.90 mEuropean U18 ChampionshipsJerusalem, Israel1stHigh jump1.92 mWorld U20 ChampionshipsCali, Colombia3rdHigh jump1.93 mEuropean ChampionshipsMunich, Germany3rdHigh jump1.93 m2023European Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey4thHigh jump1.94 mEuropean Team ChampionshipsKraków, Poland5thHigh jump1.91 mEuropean U20 ChampionshipsJerusalem, Israel1stHigh jump1.90 m6thLong jump6.42 mWorld ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary7thHigh jump1.94 mDiamond LeagueEugene, United States3rdHigh jump1.95 m2024World Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom5thHigh jump1.92 mEuropean ChampionshipsRome, Italy2ndHigh jump1.97 m26th (q)Long jump6.29 mOlympic GamesParis, France12th (q)High jump1.92 m1World U20 ChampionshipsLima, Peru1stHigh jump1.91 mDiamond LeagueBrussels, Belgium5thHigh jump1.88 m2025European Indoor ChampionshipsApeldoorn, Netherlands2ndHigh jump1.95 mWorld Indoor ChampionshipsNanjing, China4thHigh jump1.95 mEuropean U23 ChampionshipsBergen, Norway1stHigh jump1.95 mBalkan Athletics ChampionshipsVolos, Greece1stHigh jump1.93 mWorld ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan3rdHigh jump1.97 m2026World Indoor ChampionshipsTorun, Poland2ndHigh jump1.99 mEuropean ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom12thHigh jump1.83 mWorld Ultimate ChampionshipBudapest, Hungary3rdHigh jump1.91 m 1Did not start in the final.
Personal bests Event Performance Location Date Note High jump (outdoor) 2.00 m Banská Bystrica, Slovakia 24 February 2026 Pentathlon (indoor) 3745 Belgrade, Serbia 23 January 2022 Pentathlon girls (indoor) 3779 Belgrade, Serbia 18 December 2021 Long jump (indoor) 6.57 m Belgrade, Serbia 24 January 2024
National titles Serbian Athletics Championships: 2021, 2022 Serbian Indoor Athletics Championships: 2021
Seasonal bests by year
2018 – 1.60 2019 – 1.71 2020 – 1.81 2021 – 1.88 2022 – 1.96 2023 – 1.97 2024 – 1.98 2026 – 2.00
Awards 2022 Piotr Nurowski Best Summer European Young Athlete Prize 2025 Sportswoman of The Year by the Olympic Committee of Serbia
See also Serbian records in athletics
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