Biljana Topic
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Biljana Topić is a Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

n triple jump
Triple jump
The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...

er.

Career

She competed at the 2008 World Indoor Championships
2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships - Women's Triple Jump
-Medalists:-Qualification:Qualification rule: qualification standard 14.30m or at least best 8 qualified-Final:...

 and the 2008 Olympic Games
Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's triple jump
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.-Qualifying round:Qualifying Performance 14.45 or at least 12 best performers advance to the Final.-Final:The final was held on August 17....

 without reaching the final. She was 4 centimetres short of making the 2008 Olympic final.

At the 2009 World Championship
2009 World Championships in Athletics
The 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics were held in Berlin, Germany from 15–23 August 2009. The majority of events took place in the Olympiastadion, while the marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenburg Gate....

 in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

 she reached final and finished fourth with a new national record of 14.52 m, just 6 cm short of bronze medal.

Personal life

Her husband is famous Serbian high jump
High jump
The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....

er Dragutin Topić
Dragutin Topic
-Career:He is a World junior record holder with 2.37 when he won World Junior Championships 1990, three weeks before his win at European Championships. In the same year Topić received the golden badge award for best athlete of Yugoslavia. Topic has set five national records, and claimed four...

who is also her personal trainer.

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