Nađa Higl

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 and Golden Badge, award for the best athlete of Serbia.

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. 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.

Results 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

Personal life

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.