VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS from Bosnia and Herzegovina

Top 3

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Bosnian, Herzegovinian Volleyball Players of all time. This list of famous Bosnian, Herzegovinian Volleyball Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

1. Tijana Bošković (1997 - )

With an HPI of 39.09, Tijana Bošković is the most famous Bosnian, Herzegovinian Volleyball Player.  Her biography has been translated into 28 different languages on wikipedia.

Tijana Bošković (Serbian Cyrillic: Тијана Бошковић; born 8 March 1997) is a Serbian professional volleyball player. She has won gold medals with the Serbia women's national volleyball team at the 2018 and 2022 World Championships, and the 2017 and 2019 European Championships. She is also a two-time Olympic medalist, having won silver at the 2016 Rio Games and bronze at the 2020 Tokyo Games. Bošković is left-handed and has been one of Serbia's key players ever since her debut with the national team in 2014. By the age of 21, she had already played in gold medal matches in all major tournaments (Olympic Games, World Championship, and European Championship), and she was one of the players who contributed a lot of winning points for Serbia. Bošković's record in major championships is nothing short of phenomenal – 10 majors played, reaching the semifinals 9 times and making it to the finals 7 times. So far, she has never missed standing on the podium in every major she has played, except for her debut year at the 2014 World Championship. Being selected for the 2019 European Volleyball Confederation Female Volleyball Player of the Year award, Bošković has recorded an impressive achievement by receiving that award for three consecutive years (2017, 2018, 2019). Bošković became the first woman to spike and serve at a speed exceeding 110 km/h. During the Eczacıbaşı Dynavit–Imoco Volley Conegliano match at the 2022 FIVB Club World Championship, Bošković broke the women's world record for the fastest serve at a lightning speed of 111.4 km/h. Not stopping there, she also smashed her own record for spike speed by hitting the ball at an incredible 110.9 km/h in the same game. This puts her as the second-fastest spiker in women's volleyball history, sharing the spot with Annie Drews, just behind Paola Egonu.

2. Brankica Mihajlović (1991 - )

With an HPI of 38.56, Brankica Mihajlović is the 2nd most famous Bosnian, Herzegovinian Volleyball Player.  Her biography has been translated into 24 different languages.

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. In 2019, she returned to the Turkish club Fenerbahçe after a 3 year break. She is 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) tall.

3. Saša Starović (1988 - )

With an HPI of 25.46, Saša Starović is the 3rd most famous Bosnian, Herzegovinian Volleyball Player.  His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Saša Starović (Serbian Cyrillic: Саша Старовић; born 19 October 1988) is a Serbian volleyball player, a member of Serbia men's national volleyball team and French club Tourcoing Lille Métropole, a participant of the Olympic Games (Beijing 2008, London 2012), European Champion 2011, bronze medalist of World Championship 2010, medalist of the European Championship and the World League.