Biljana Golic

Education

Biba attended Texas Wesleyan University for 18 months, on an athletic scholarship.

Career

She continued playing in the Serbia senior national system for 10 years. In 2002 she joined the Bundes League in Germany, where she played for one year. Biba is a Killerspin Krew (Athletes sponsored by Killerspin) member.

She transferred to the Illinois Institute of Technology, and was the Number.

2 ranked National Collegiate Athletic Association women"s player. Since becoming one of the anchors of the "Killerspin Krew," Biba has used 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 was named as one of the "Sexiest Women in Sports" by Entertainment and Sports Programming Network in 2005 and appeared in Entertainment and Sports Programming Network"s original "Body Issue". She has regularly participated 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

Entertainment and Sports Programming Network Sexiest Women in Sports

Entertainment and Sports Programming Network.com Commercial - Follow Your Sports

Mike and Mike in the Morning

As well as being featured in publications such as Time Magazine and Rolling Stone.

The character Oksana Svedlovigoba in the story arc Paint The Lincolnshire, by Penny Arcade was based on her. United States National Collegiate Number. 2

Second Place Balkan - Woman"s Doubles

Third place - Bulgarian OpenSingles

Third place -European Junior Championships

First place - Yugoslavian TOP-12.

Achievements

• Biba became the Balkan Champion in Mixed Doubles, a 2-time Yugoslavian Singles Champion and the Mediterranean Doubles Champion. At Texas Wesleyan, Biba became the National Collegiate Champion in singles, doubles, mixed doubles and team tabletennis, and was also named the team’s Most Valuable Player. SPIKE television - Guys Choice Award Winner - Hottest Athlete Portland Open Champion California Open Champion Ohio Open Champion United States National Collegiate Champion – Singles, Doubles, Mixed Doubles & Team 2003 Yugoslavian Champion - Single (twice) Yugoslavian Champion - Team (twice) Yugoslavian Champion - Mixed Doubles (twice) Balkan ChampionMixed Doubles Balkan Champion - Woman"s Singles Mediterranean Champion - Woman"s Doubles Mediterranean Champion - Woman"s Doubles.

Membership

Biba Golic began playing table tennis at age 9, becoming a member of the Serbian National Cadet team at age 12.