Mina Markovič
 Mina Markovič at the Bouldering World Cup in Vienna, 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Slovenia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | November 23, 1987 Maribor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 161 cm (5 ft 3 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | minamarkovic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of climber | Sport climbing, Bouldering | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mina Markovič, born 23 November 1987 in Maribor, Slovenia, is a professional climber. She is mainly active in climbing competitions and participates in the World Cup and World Championships in lead climbing, bouldering and speed climbing, obtaining her best results in lead climbing.
Biography
Markovič began competing in 2001, and participated in the European Youth Cup in lead climbing as well as the World Youth Championships in Imst where she placed 5th in lead and 22nd in speed climbing.
In 2004, Markovič started competing in the adult category at the Lead Climbing World Cup. 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 World Championships in three disciplines: lead, bouldering and speed. From 2009 to 2014, she participated in most of the stages of the 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 outstandingly earned 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 (three victories and four second places)[6]
In 2015, she earned both the Lead Climbing World Cup and the gold medal at the Lead Climbing European Championships.
Rankings
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
- 2013 Salewa Rock Award[8]
References
- ^ a b c "Mina Markovic". La Sportiva. Archived from the original on 29 March 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
- ^ "European Youth Cup 2005 - female juniors". www.ifsc-climbing.org. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
- ^ "Results Rock Master 2009". www.rockmaster.com. 5 September 2009. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
- ^ a b IFSC, ed. (August 20, 2019). "World Cup Rankings". Retrieved August 20, 2019.
- ^ "IFSC Lead Climbing Worldcup 2011 after the last stage". www.ifsc-climbing.org. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
- ^ Franz Schiassi (19 November 2012). "Mina Markovic and Sachi Amma win the Lead World Cup 2012". planetmountain.com. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f IFSC, ed. (August 20, 2019). "Markovič's profile and rankings". Retrieved August 20, 2019.
- ^ 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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