Brankica Mihajlović

Brankica Mihajlović (Serbian Cyrillic: Бранкица Михајловић; born 13 April 1991) is a Serbian professional volleyball player. She plays for the Serbia women's national volleyball team where she won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She also competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship.[1] In 2019, she returned to the Turkish club Fenerbahçe after a 3 year break.[2] She is 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) tall.[3]

Brankica Mihajlović
Mihajlović playing for RC Cannes in March 2013
Personal information
NationalitySerbia
Born (1991-04-13) 13 April 1991
Brčko, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Yugoslavia
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Spike302 cm (119 in)
Block290 cm (114 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOutside spiker
Current clubLiaoning Tengda
Number9
Career
YearsTeams
2006–2009
2009–2011
2011–2012
2012–2013
2013–2014
2014
2014–2015
2015–2016
2016–2017
2017–2019
2019–2021
2021–2022
2022–2023
2023–2024
2024–		VC Jedinstvo Brčko
Voléro Zürich
Hyundai Hillstate
RC Cannes
Rio de Janeiro Vôlei Clube
Voléro Zürich
Hisamitsu Springs
Fenerbahçe Grundig
Tianjin Bridgestone
JT Marvelous
Fenerbahçe
Pallavolo Monza
Leningradka Saint Petersburg
Liaoning Tengda
Volero Le Cannet
National team
0000 Serbia
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing  Serbia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
Bronze medal – third place2020 TokyoTeam
FIVB World Championship
Gold medal – first place2018 JapanTeam
Gold medal – first place2022 Netherlands/PolandTeam
FIVB Nations League
Bronze medal – third place2022 AnkaraTeam
European Championship
Gold medal – first place2017 Azerbaijan/Georgia
Gold medal – first place2019 Turkey
Bronze medal – third place2015 Netherlands/Belgium
World Cup
Silver medal – second place2015 Japan
FIVB World Grand Prix
Bronze medal – third place2013 Sapporo
Bronze medal – third place2017 Nanjing
European Games
Bronze medal – third place2015 BakuTeam
European League
Bronze medal – third place2012 Karlovy Vary

Career

Mihajlović won the silver medal at the 2013 Club World Championship playing with Unilever Vôlei.[4]

On 28 November 2014 Hisamitsu Springs announced she was joining the team.[5] With this club, she played the 2015 FIVB Club World Championship.[6]

Awards

Individual
  • 2013 World Grand Prix "Best outside spiker"
  • 2015 World Cup "Best outside spiker"
  • 2016 Olympic Games "Best outside spiker"
  • 2017 Yeltsin Cup "Most valuable player"
  • 2017 European Championship "Best outside spiker"
  • 2017-2018 Japanese V.League "Excellent Player"
  • 2018-2019 Japanese V.League "Best outside hitter"
  • 2019 European Championship "Best outside spiker"

Clubs
  • Brankica Mihajlović at jump serve
    Brankica Mihajlović at jump serve
  • Brankica Mihajlović with Ana Antonijević and Tijana Malešević
    Brankica Mihajlović with Ana Antonijević and Tijana Malešević

References
  1. "CEV - Confédération Européenne de Volleyball". www.cev.lu. Archived from the original on 17 January 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  2. "TUR W: Brankica Mihajlovic – "I couldn't reject Fenerbahce, especially coach Terzic"". 17 April 2019.
  3. "Women's Volleyball". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 29 April 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  4. "Vakifbank Istanbul fly to first Women's Club World Champs title, China claim bronze". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 13 October 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  5. Hisamitsu Springs. "ブランキツァ・ミハイロビッチ選手入部のお知らせ" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  6. "The New Transfer of Fenerbahce Grundig Brankica Mihajlović !".
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