Amy-Eloise Neale OLY (formerly Markovc; born 5 August 1995) is a British middle- and long-distance runner. She won the gold medal in the 3000 metres at the 2021 European Indoor Championships.
Neale is a two-time British national champion.
In 2024, Neale chose to go by her birth name of Amy-Eloise Neale instead of Amy-Eloise Markovc.
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, Neale was the Washington state Gatorade Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year for three years running (2011, 2012, 2013). Neale had top eight finishes each year at the Nike Cross Nationals from 2010 to 2012, with her highest finish being 3rd in 2010.
Her international debut for Great Britain followed at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics, where she placed eleventh in the steeplechase final. Neale 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.Amy Eloise Neale. Power of 10. Retrieved 2019-04-22.
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, Neale 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. Neale 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.Amy-Eloise Neale. Go Huskies. Retrieved 2019-04-22. Later that year, she signed with the Reebok Boston Track Club under coach Chris Fox.
In 2019, Neale secured her first national podium at the British Indoor Athletics Championships with third in the 3000 m.British Athletics - SPAR British Athletics Indoor Championships . British Athletics. Retrieved 2019-04-22.
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. In March that year, Neale 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.
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. Neale set new personal bests in the 3000 m, 5000 m, 10,000 m, 5 km road race and half marathon that year.
Statistics International competitions +Representing / 2011World Youth ChampionshipsLille, France11th2000 m s'chase6:37.27 2013World Cross Country ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland21stJunior race19:34 3rdJunior team81 ptsEuropean Junior ChampionshipsRieti, Italy5th3000 m s'chase10:19.322014World Junior ChampionshipsEugene, OR, United States11th3000 m s'chase10:25.142017European Cross Country ChampionshipsŠamorín, Slovakia4thU23 race20:591stU23 team12 pts2021European Indoor ChampionshipsToruń, Poland1st3000 m8:46.43Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan20th (h)5000 m15:03.222022World Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia15th3000 m8:53.57World ChampionshipsEugene, OR, United States25th (h)5000 m15:31.62Commonwealth GamesBirmingham, United Kingdom4th5000 m14:56.60European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany5th5000 m15:08.752023World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary23rd (h)5000 m15:13.662024European ChampionshipsRome, Italy19th5000 m15:33:45
National titles British Athletics Championships 5000 metres: 2022 British Indoor Athletics Championships 3000 metres: 2022
References
External links
Amy-Eloise Neale at University of Washington