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Mina Markovič
Markovič at the Bouldering World Cup in Vienna, 2010
Personal information
NationalitySlovenian
Occupation(s)Professional rock climber, climbing coach, speaker
Height161 cm (5 ft 3 in)[1]
Websitewww.mina-markovic.com
Climbing career
Type of climber
Highest grade
  • Redpoint: 9a (Fabela Pa La Enmienda) (2015), 9a Halupca 1979 (2021), 9a Waterworld (2021)
  • On-sight: 8b+ (5.14a)[1]
Medal record
Women's sport climbing
Representing  Slovenia
World Games
Gold medal – first place 2013 Lead
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Gijón Lead
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Munich/Gijón Combined
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Paris Lead
World Cup
Third place 2008 Lead
Second place 2010 Lead
Winner 2011 Lead
Winner 2011 Combined
Winner 2012 Lead
Winner 2012 Combined
Second place 2013 Lead
Winner 2013 Combined
Second place 2014 Lead
Second place 2014 Combined
Winner 2015 Lead
World Youth Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Juniors Lead
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Lead
Silver medal – second place 2013 Lead
Silver medal – second place 2013 Bouldering
Gold medal – first place 2015 Lead
Silver medal – second place 2017 Lead
Winter Military World Games
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Lead
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Bouldering
Rock Master
Winner 2013 Lead
Updated on November 13, 2017

Mina Markovič is a professional rock climber who specialized in competition climbing, from which she is now retired. She competed in the World Cup and World Championships in competition lead climbing, competition bouldering and competition speed climbing, obtaining her best results in lead. She also climbs on outdoor sport climbing routes where she has redpointed to 9a (5.14d).

Biography

Markovič began competing in 2001 and participated in the European Youth Cup in competition lead climbing as well as the World Youth Championships in Imst where she placed 5th in lead and 22nd in competition speed climbing.

In 2004, Markovič started competing in the adult category at the Climbing World Cup in lead climbing. In 2006, she won a silver and a bronze medal in two stages of that competition. In addition to adult competitions, she continued to participate in the Lead Climbing European Youth Cup, which she won in 2005.[2]

In September 2009, at the Rock Master in Arco, she finished 2nd behind Angela Eiter.[3]

In 2009, 2011, and 2014, she competed at the IFSC World Championships in three disciplines: lead, bouldering, and speed. From 2009 to 2014, she participated in most of the stages of the IFSC World Cup in lead and bouldering, where she obtained the combined title in 2011, 2012, and 2013, due to high rankings in both disciplines.[4]

In 2011, she won her first lead climbing World Cup over Jain Kim and Maja Vidmar, by finishing third in Puurs, second at Briançon and Boulder and first in Chamonix, Xining, Changzhi, Amman, and Barcelona.[5]

In 2012, she won her second lead climbing World Cup (with three victories, and four second places)[6]

In 2015, she earned both the lead climbing gold medal at the IFSC World Cup and the European Championships.

Rankings

See also: Best IFSC results

Climbing World Championships

Youth[7]

Discipline 2001
Youth B 		2002
Youth B 		2003
Youth A 		2004
Youth A 		2005
Juniors 		2006
Juniors
Lead 5 28 13 10 1 5
Speed 22 11 - - . .

Adult[7]

Discipline 2005 2007 2009 2011 2012 2014 2016
Lead 26 19 18 6 - 2 3
Bouldering - - 4 12 - 9 -
Speed - - 33 50 - 34 -
Combined - - - - - 3 -

Climbing World Cup[4]

Discipline 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Lead 30 21 6 6 3 5 2 1 1 2 2 1 5 6
Bouldering - - - - - 14 11 5 4 10 16 - - -
Speed - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Combined - - - - - 5 4 1 1 1 2 - - 13

Climbing European Championships[7]

Discipline 2004 2006 2008 2010 2013 2015 2017
Lead 22 10 3 4 2 1 2
Bouldering - - - 7 2 6 -
Speed - - - 22 34 32 41

Number of medals in the Climbing European Youth Cup

Lead[7]

Season Category Gold Silver Bronze Total
2004 Youth A 1 1
2005 Juniors 3 1 4
2006 Juniors 1 1
Total 3 1 2 6

Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup

Lead[7]

Season Gold Silver Bronze Total
2006 1 1 2
2007 1 1
2008 1 1 1 3
2009 1 1 2
2010 2 2
2011 5 3 1 9
2012 3 4 7
2013 3 3 1 7
2014 3 1 1 5
2015 4 1 5
2016 1 1
2017 1 1
Total 20 19 6 45

Bouldering[7]

Season Gold Silver Bronze Total
2011 1 1
2012 1 1 2
Total 2 1 0 3

Awards

  • Bloudkova nagrada - highest recognition of Slovenia for Sport achievements
  • Bloudkova plaketa - Slovenian recognition for sport achievements

References

  1. ^ a b "Mina Markovic". La Sportiva. Archived from the original on 29 March 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  2. ^ "European Youth Cup 2005 - female juniors". www.ifsc-climbing.org. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Results Rock Master 2009". www.rockmaster.com. 5 September 2009. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  4. ^ a b IFSC, ed. (August 20, 2019). "World Cup Rankings". Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  5. ^ "IFSC Lead Climbing Worldcup 2011 after the last stage". www.ifsc-climbing.org. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  6. ^ Franz Schiassi (19 November 2012). "Mina Markovic and Sachi Amma win the Lead World Cup 2012". planetmountain.com. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  7. ^ a b c d e f IFSC, ed. (August 20, 2019). "Markovič's profile and rankings". Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  8. ^ Vinicio Stefanello (7 September 2013). "Adam Ondra and Mina Markovic win Arco Rock Legends 2013". planetmountain.com. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
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