Nika Glojnarič
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 29 November 2000 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Hurdles |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | 60mH: 7.98 (2026) 100mH: 12.76 (2026) |
Nika Glojnarič (born 29 November 2000) is a Slovenian sprint hurdler. She is a multiple-time national champion, and competed at the 2023 and 2025 World Championships over 100 metres hurdles and the 2024 and 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships over 60 metres hurdles.[1]
Biography
From Brežice, she is a member of AK Brežice.[2][3] In February 2018, as a 17 year-old, she narrowly missed automatic qualification for the 2018 World Indoor Championships by 17 hundredths-of-a second.[4]
Glojnarič competed for Slovenia in the 100 metres hurdles at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary in August 2023.[5]
Glojnarič competed for Slovenia in the 60 metres hurdles at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland in March 2024.[6] She was a semi-finalist in the 100 metres hurdles at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy in June 2024.[7][8]
Glojnarič competed for Slovenia in the 60 metres hurdles at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands in March 2025.[9][2] Later that month, she reached the semifinals of the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China.[10][11]
Glojnarič competed for Slovenia at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships in Maribor, Slovenia in June 2025.[12] In August 2025, Glojnarič won the 100 metres title at the Slovenian Athletics Championship for the fourth consecutive year.[13] Glojnarič competed for Slovenia at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, in September 2025, placing fifth in her heat in 13.13 seconds without advancing to the semi-finals.[14][2]
In January 2026, she won the women’s 60m hurdles in a lifetime best of 8.03 seconds at the Orlen Cup Lodz in Poland, before lowering again to 7.98 seconds the following month in Ostrava.[15][16] The following month, she won the 2026 Slovenian Indoor Athletics Championships in 8.14 seconds.[17] In March 2026, she ran in the 60 metres hurdles at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland, reaching the semi-finals.[18] On 4 June 2026, at the Liese Prokop Memorial in St. Pölten, she won the 100 metres hurdles in a personal best 12.76 seconds.[19]
References
- ↑ "Nika Glojnarič". World Athletics. Retrieved 26 Jan 2025.
- 1 2 3 Viškovič, Rok (Sep 14, 2025). "The end of the season for which she sacrificed everything. Even the sea". SportKlub. Retrieved 25 Jan 2026.
- ↑ "Atletinja AK Brežice Nika Glojnarič zmagala na mitingu v Belgiji; rekord ni bil priznan". Vaskanal. 21 July 2025. Retrieved 25 Jan 2026.
- ↑ "Nika Glojnarič iz AK Brežice prvič do članskega naslova v disciplini 60 m ovire". posavskiobzornik.si. 26 Feb 2018. Retrieved 25 Jan 2026.
- ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Budapest 2023". World Athletics. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 25 Jan 2026.
- ↑ "World Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 3 March 2024. Retrieved 25 Jan 2026.
- ↑ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 25 Jan 2026.
- ↑ "Nika Glojnarič has qualified for the semi-finals of the European Championships!". posavskiobzornik.si. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 25 Jan 2026.
- ↑ "European Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 6 March 2025. Retrieved 25 Jan 2026.
- ↑ "World Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 23 March 2025. Retrieved 25 Jan 2026.
- ↑ "Nika Glojnarič zadovoljna s tekom na dvoranskem EP, na SP osvojila 18. mesto". posavskiobzornik. 22 March 2025. Retrieved 25 Jan 2026.
- ↑ "European Athletics Team Championships Second Division". World Athletics. 29 June 2025. Retrieved 25 Jan 2026.
- ↑ "Nika Glojnarič is the national champion for the fourth year in a row, Luka Zupanc also wins the title". posavskiobzornik.si. 3 August 2025. Retrieved 26 Jan 2025.
- ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 13 September 2025. Retrieved 25 Jan 2026.
- ↑ Mills, Steven (25 Jan 2026). "Best ever season's opener for Karalis and Topic equals Serbian record in Lodz". European Athletics. Retrieved 25 Jan 2026.
- ↑ "Czech Golden Gala". World Athletics. 3 Feb 2026. Retrieved 9 Feb 2026.
- ↑ "Slovenian Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 1 March 2026. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
- ↑ "World Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 22 March 2026. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
- ↑ Mills, Steven (4 Jun 2026). "A 45-year-old record falls! Manasova breaks Kratochvilova's Czech 100m record with 11.01 in St. Polten". European Athletics. Retrieved 4 June 2026.