Anja Margetić

Anja Margetić (born 29 July 1975) is a Bosnian politician and former swimmer. She competed in two events at the 1992 Summer Olympics, being the first woman to represent Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Olympics. She later entered politics, serving as the deputy mayor of Sarajevo from 2021 to 2025 as a member of Our Party.

Biography Margetić was born on 29 July 1975, in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. She comes from a Croat family and her father worked as a cameraman. She received her primary and secondary education in Sarajevo. She was active as a swimmer, being a member of the national team for SFR Yugoslavia and setting several Bosnian records. As a senior in 1992, she broke the Mount Hood Conference records in the 100m butterfly and 100m freestyle. Selected to compete in the 100m and 200m butterfly events, she became one of the first four women to represent Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Olympics. She turned 17 on the day of her first race and finished 44th in the 100m and 27th in the 200m.

Margetić returned to Sarajevo in 1997, after completing her studies at Nebraska. She began working at the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina and later served 23 years there in the role of SWIFT administrator and head of the Transaction Monitoring Service. She announced she was leaving the country in November 2024, declaring she had been unjustly overlooked in selection for acting mayor of Sarajevo and that the Troika alliance had "betrayed the people".