Her mother encouraged her to begin playing ice hockey and, despite early hesitation, she ultimately chose to commit to the sport.

[1] Markova made her senior club debut at age fifteen, with SKIF Nizhny Novgorod in the 2017–18 season of the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL).

[7] As a junior player with the Russian national under-18 team, she participated in the IIHF U18 Women's World Championships in 2018, 2019, and 2020.

Markova represented the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) at the 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship and was selected by the coaches as one of the team's top three players.

[8][9] She was named to the ROC roster for the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics but was unable to participate after receiving a positive COVID-19 test result shortly before the team departed for Beijing.