Mina Markovič

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.

Mina Markovič
Markovič at the Bouldering World Cup in Vienna, 2010
Personal information
NationalitySlovenia
Born (1987-11-23) November 23, 1987
Maribor
Height161 cm (5 ft 3 in)[1]
Websiteminamarkovic.blogspot.com
Climbing career
Type of climberSport climbing, Bouldering
Highest grade
Updated on November 13, 2017.

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
2004Youth A11
2005Juniors314
2006Juniors11
Total3126

Number of medals in the Climbing World Cup

Lead[7]

Season Gold Silver Bronze Total
2006112
200711
20081113
2009112
201022
20115319
2012347
20133317
20143115
2015415
201611
201711
Total2019645

Bouldering[7]

Season Gold Silver Bronze Total
201111
2012112
Total2103

Awards

References

  1. "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. 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. 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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