MIHAJLOVIC Brankica

Date of Birth: 13 Apr 1991

Age: 30

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.90/6'2''

Place of birth: BRCKO

Birth Country:

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Volleyball	Women SRB Serbia	3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Ariake Arena	Women's Preliminary Round - Pool A #03 SRB Serbia 3 DOM Dominican Rep. 0	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Preliminary Round - Pool A #09 JPN Japan 0 SRB Serbia 3	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Preliminary Round - Pool A #15 SRB Serbia 3 KEN Kenya 0	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Preliminary Round - Pool A #22 SRB Serbia 1 BRA Brazil 3	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Preliminary Round - Pool A #25 SRB Serbia 3 KOR Republic of Korea 0	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Quarterfinals #33 SRB Serbia 3 ITA Italy 0	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Semifinals #36 SRB Serbia 0 USA United States 3	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Bronze Medal Match #37 KOR Republic of Korea 0 SRB Serbia 3	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
11	Women	2012	London, GBR

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2018	Japan
7	Women	2014	Italy

World Grand Prix

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Women	2017

European Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2019
1	Women	2017

Branci, Branka (ryanjayowens.com, 27 Nov 2014; FIVB Media Guide, 2012)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

English, Serbian

Fenerbahce Opet Istanbul [Turkey] since 2019/2020

Zoran Terzic [club, national], SRB

Position style:

Wing spiker (fivb.com, 01 Oct 2018)

Right (Volleyball World YouTube channel, 15 Jul 2017)

2012 for Serbia (ossrb.org, 2013)

In February 2020 she fractured a finger on her left hand during training. She underwent surgery and was ruled out for the remainder of the 2019/20 season. (blic.rs, 09 Feb 2020; republika.rs, 07 Feb 2020)

In June 2018 she underwent knee surgery to repair a piece of bone that had moved out of place. She returned to competition in September 2018. (espreso.rs, 07 Jun 2018; novosti.rs, 25 Jul 2018; vesti-online.com, 04 Sep 2018)

She suffered an elbow injury during the preliminary round of the 2013 European Championships in Germany and Switzerland, which ruled her out of the rest of the tournament. (FIVB, 12 Oct 2013)

National league:

Turkish Women's Volleyball League [TUR] (fenerbahce.org, 17 Sep 2019)

She took up volleyball at age 12 in Brcko, Bosnia and Herzegovina. (ryanjayowens.com, 27 Nov 2014; Elta HD YouTube channel, 14 Sep 2018)

She followed her best friend into the sport. (ryanjayowens.com, 27 Nov 2014)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (srpskainfo.com, 25 Jun 2019; rts.rs, 10 Sep 2019)

Winning gold at the 2018 World Championship in Japan. (Alternativna Televizija YouTube channel, 22 Oct 2018; srpskainfo.com, 25 Jun 2019)

Her parents, and coach Zoran Terzic. (ryanjayowens.com, 27 Nov 2014)

Philosophy:

"Try to be a better person every day." (ryanjayowens.com, 27 Nov 2014)

She was named the Best Outside Hitter at the 2017 and 2019 European Championship. (cev.eu, 04 Oct 2019, 01 Oct 2017)

She was selected the Best Outside Hitter at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (fivb.com, 21 Aug 2016)

She was presented with Serbia's Medal of Merit by the president of Serbia. (avtbl.com, 08 Jan 2016)

She was named Best Outside Hitter at the 2015 World Cup, and at the 2013 World Grand Prix Final in Sapporo, Japan. (FIVB, 01 Sep 2013; sport.blic.rs, 06 Sep 2015)

General Interest

General
OVERSEAS EXPERIENCE
She has played club volleyball in a number of countries, including Switzerland, Republic of Korea, France, Brazil, People's Republic of China, Turkey and Japan. Ahead of the 2019/20 season she returned to Europe to play for Turkish club Fenerbahce Opet Istanbul and train under national head coach Zoran Terzic. "I wanted to return to Europe. I received one good offer, and the second, even better, from coach Zoran Terzic. Considering that I was already in this club, I had no doubt." (toflyvolleyball.com, 15 Apr 2019; sportskacentrala.com, 12 Apr 2019)

FROM BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA TO SERBIA
Born in Brcko, Bosnia and Herzegovina, she represented her country of birth at junior level before switching compete for Serbia in 2012. (novosti.rs, 05 May 2012)

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Legend

:: Bronze Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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