Biba Golic

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fullname = Biljana "Biba" Golic
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nationality = SRB
playingstyle = Right-handed, All round player
birthdate = birth date and age|1977|11|09
birthplace = Senta, Serbia
height = 5'6"
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Biljana "Biba" Golic (born November 9, 1977, Senta, Serbia) is a Serbian table tennis player. She has become one of the game's top players and known around the world for her intense play and beautiful looks.

She began playing at the age of 9 after watching her father, an avid player.

Early career

At the age of 12, just three years after her start in table tennis, Biba became a member of the Serbian National Cadet Team, and continued to climb the ranks to the senior Serbian National Teams during the next 10 years. Biba came to be a dominating force in women’s table tennis, becoming the Balkan Champion in Mixed Doubles, a 2x Yugoslavian Singles Champion and the Mediterranean Doubles Champion.

In 2002 she joined Europe’s most prestigious table tennis league, the Bundes League in Germany, where she played for 1 year. It was here that she connected with Killerspin and became a sponsored player in Killerspin’s ‘Krew’.

Collegiate career

Wanting to expand her horizons beyond table tennis, Biba then applied to Wesleyan University in Texas, where she was able to further her studies and continue to play the sport she loved, thanks to a scholarship from the university. She continued to excel at Wesleyan, becoming the National Collegiate Champion in singles, doubles, mixed doubles and team, and also was named the team’s Most Valuable Player.

A year and a half later, she transferred to the Illinois Institute of Technology, where she continued her excellent level of play, and was the No. 2 in the collegiate ranks.

Recent career

Since becoming one of the anchors of the “Killerspin Krew”, Biba has combined her talents to play competitively, as well as to serve as a spokesperson and heighten the popularity and awareness of the sport. Often called the “Anna Kournikova of table tennis”, Biba definitely exudes a graceful charm, and was even named as one of the ‘Sexiest Women in Sports” by ESPN in 2005. Her looks definitely make her a stand-out in a sport that is male-dominated, and until recent years somewhat obscure outside of Europe and Asia.

She has regularly participates in special events, where she performs spectacular exhibition matches, and has made numerous appearances on television news and profile shows, and most recently in Hollywood feature films.

Some of her recent film and television appearances include:
*Balls of Fury
*Ping Pong Playa
*Welcome to the Parker
*The Best Damn Sports Show Period
*ESPN Sexiest Women in Sports

As well as being featured in publications such as Time Magazine and Rolling Stone. The character Oksana Svedlovigoba in the story arc Paint The Line, by Penny Arcade was based on her.

Results and Accomplishments

*Portland Open Champion
*California Open Champion
*Ohio Open Champion
*US National Collegiate No. 2
*US National Collegiate Champion – Singles, Doubles, Mixed Doubles & Team 2003
*Yugoslavian Champion - Single (twice)
*Yugoslavian Champion - Team (twice)
*Yugoslavian Champion - Mixed Doubles (twice)
*Balkan Champion- Mixed Doubles
*Balkan Champion - Woman's Singles
*Second Place Balkan - Woman's Doubles
*Mediterranean Champion - Woman's Doubles
*Third place - Bulgarian Open- Singles
*Third place -European Junior Championships
*First place - Yugoslavian TOP-12
*Mediterranean Champion - Woman's Doubles [ [http://www.killerspin.com/ Killerspin Biography] ]

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