Amy-Eloise Markovc
Amy-Eloise Markovc at the 2017 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Personal information
Birth nameAmy-Eloise Neale
Born (1995-08-05) 5 August 1995
Stockport, England
Home townLoughborough, England
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
CountryGreat Britain & N.I.
England
SportAthletics
Event(s)Middle-, Long-distance running
College teamUniversity of Washington Huskies
Turned pro2018
Coached byRob Denmark
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Great Britain
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 Toruń3000 m
World Cross Country Championships
Bronze medal – third place2013 BydgoszczU20 Team
European Cross Country Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 ŠamorínU23 Team

Amy-Eloise Markovc OLY (née Neale; born 5 August 1995[1]) is a British middle- and long-distance runner. She won the gold medal in the 3000 metres at the 2021 European Indoor Championships.

Markovc is a two-time British national champion.

Career

Born in Stockport, England, she later moved to the United States and took up track and field. At the age of 14 she won the 2000 metres steeplechase at the 2010 USATF National Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships. While studying at Glacier Peak High School, Markovc was the Washington state Gatorade Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year for three years running (2011, 2012, 2013). Markovc had top eight finishes each year at the Nike Cross Nationals from 2010 to 2012, with her highest finish being 3rd in 2010.[2]

Her international debut for Great Britain followed at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics, where she placed eleventh in the steeplechase final. Markovc competed in her first major cross country running event at the 2013 World Cross Country Championships, placing 21st in the junior race. She was also a steeplechase finalist at the 2013 European Junior Championships and 2014 World Junior Championships. After the latter event she did not compete for 18 months.[3]

In 2016, she began to compete again for the Washington Huskies track team for her alma mater, the University of Washington. She took eighth place at the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships.

The following year, Markovc made the final in the mile at the NCAA Division I Indoor Championships. In the outdoor track season, she made the 1500 metres final at the NCAA Division I Championships. It was in cross country that she began to make an impact in 2017, becoming the runner-up at the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships. Markovc then placed fourth in the under-23 race at the European Cross Country Championships, earning U23 women's team title.

Her focus returned to the track in 2018, with highlights including twelfth in the 3000 metres at the NCAA Division I Indoor Championships and fifth in the 5000 metres at the NCAA Division I Championships.[4] Later that year, she signed with the Reebok Boston Track Club under coach Chris Fox.

In 2019, Markovc secured her first national podium at the British Indoor Athletics Championships with third in the 3000 m.[5]

In February 2021, she broke the British two mile record at New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in New York, completing the distance in 9:30.69.[6] In March that year, Markovc won the gold medal in the 3000 m at the European Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland in a personal best time of 8:46.43.[7]

In 2022, she claimed her first national title with a 3000 m victory at the British Indoor Championships and outdoors added second title for the 5000 m.[1] Markovc set new personal bests in the 3000 m, 5000 m, 10,000 m, 5 km road race and half marathon that year.[8]

Statistics

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventResult
 Representing  Great Britain /  England
2011 World Youth Championships Lille, France 11th 2000 m s'chase 6:37.27
2013 World Cross Country Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 21st Junior race 19:34
3rd Junior team 81 pts
European Junior Championships Rieti, Italy 5th 3000 m s'chase 10:19.32
2014 World Junior Championships Eugene, OR, United States 11th 3000 m s'chase 10:25.14
2017 European Cross Country Championships Šamorín, Slovakia 4th U23 race 20:59
1st U23 team 12 pts
2021 European Indoor Championships Toruń, Poland 1st 3000 m 8:46.43
Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 20th (h) 5000 m 15:03.22
2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 15th 3000 m 8:53.57
World Championships Eugene, OR, United States 25th (h) 5000 m 15:31.62
Commonwealth Games Birmingham, United Kingdom 4th 5000 m 14:56.60
European Championships Munich, Germany 5th 5000 m 15:08.75
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 23rd (h) 5000 m 15:13.66

National titles

References

  1. 1 2 "Amy-Eloise MARKOVC – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  2. ↑ "Amy-Eloise Neale Cross Country Result Glacier Peak HS, WA - 12th Grade". athletic.net. 3 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  3. ↑ Amy Eloise Neale. Power of 10. Retrieved 2019-04-22.
  4. ↑ Amy-Eloise Neale. Go Huskies. Retrieved 2019-04-22.
  5. ↑ British Athletics - SPAR British Athletics Indoor Championships Archived April 20, 2019, at the Wayback Machine. British Athletics. Retrieved 2019-04-22.
  6. ↑ "Noah Lyles wins as Charlie Grice and Amy-Eloise Markovc set British records". BBC Sport. 13 February 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  7. ↑ Chowdhury, Saj (5 March 2021). "European Indoors 2021: Amy-Eloise Markovc wins GB's first gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  8. ↑ Adams, Tim (19 May 2023). "Amy-Eloise Markovc Q&A on Night of the 10,000m PBs". AW. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
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