Mandy Marquardt
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| Born | 7 August 1991 Mannheim, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Team Novo Nordisk | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Track cycling | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprinter | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2019 Pan American Sprint Bronze Medalist, 2019 Tissot UCI Track Cycling World Cup Minsk, Belarus - Sprint 4th place | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Mandy Marquardt (born 7 August 1991) is an American female Sprint track cyclist, representing the United States and Team Novo Nordisk, the world's first-all diabetes professional cycling team. Marquardt was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 16. Marquardt is an 25-time U.S National Champion,[1] 3-time U.S National Record Holder in the 500m, 1 km and Team Sprint.[2]
She recently defended her titles in the Time Trial,[3] Sprint[4] and Team Sprint[5] at the 2022 United States National Track Championships. Marquardt has won the gold in the 500m Time Trial for the last six years, starting in 2016. (The 2020 U.S. Track Nationals were canceled due to the pandemic.)
Marquardt was named to the 2020 Olympic Long Team for track cycling by USA Cycling.[6]
Marquardt is married to seven-time National Champion Jamie Alvord. The pair met in 2010 when they both raced at the velodrome near Trexeltown, Pennsylvania. Marquardt and Alvord represented the United States at the Pan American Track Cycling Championships in Lima, Peru.[7]
Early life
Born in Mannheim, Germany, in August 1991, Mandy Marquardt moved with her mother and father to Plantation, Florida, when she was six years old.[8] After playing tennis, swimming and showing an interest in triathlons, she began cycling on the track at the age of 10 at the Velodrome at the Brian Piccolo Park.[9] A year later, she won her first two gold medals at the 2003 U.S. Junior Women’s 10-12 Road National Championships in Texas.[9]
Marquardt continued to race both the road and track discipline for years. At the age of 15, she moved to Germany to live with her father and to race on the European circuit.[10] One year later, she won a bronze medal in the 500m time trial at the German Junior National Championships.[11]
At the end of year testing in Germany, Marquardt was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 16. A doctor told her that she would never be able to compete at a high level at her sport again.[12] After working with and learning from experts to manage her diabetes, she once again won the bronze medal in the 500m Time Trial at the German Junior National Championships.[10]
After moving back to Florida, Marquardt joined Team Novo Nordisk in 2010.[8] That same year, she enrolled at Penn State Lehigh Valley, where she eventually became a Campus Cycling Club coach and graduated with a degree in Business Management and Marketing.[13]
Major results
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- 2014
- 2nd Sprint, Champions of Sprint
- 3rd Keirin, Keirin Revenge
- 3rd Team Sprint, Grand Prix of Colorado Spring
- 2015
- 1st Keirin, Keirin Revenge
- 2nd Sprint, Champions of Sprint
- 2016
- Puerto Rico Track Cup
- 1st Sprint
- 1st Keirin
- 1st 500m Time Trial
- 3rd Scratch Race
- Easter International Grand Prix
- 1st Sprint
- 2nd Keirin
- 2nd Keirin, Fastest Man on Wheels
- 2nd Sprint, US Sprint GP
- 3rd
Team Sprint, 2016 Pan American Track Cycling Championships (with Madalyn Godby) - Festival of Speed
- 3rd Keirin
- 3rd Sprint
- 2017
- 1st Sprint, Easter International Grand Prix
- 1st Sprint, US Sprint GP
- 1st Team Sprint, Fastest Man on Wheels (with Madalyn Godby)
- 1st Sprint, Keirin Cup / Madison Cup
- 2018
- 1st
500m Time Trial, United States National Track Championships - 1st Sprint, U.S. Sprint Gran Prix
- 2019
- 1st Sprint, United States National Track Championships
- 1st Keirin, United States National Track Championships
- 1st 500m Time Trial, United States National Track Championships
- 1st Sprint, UCI C1 Fastest Woman on Wheels
- 3rd Sprint, 2019 Pan American Track Cycling Championships
- 4th Sprint, 2019–20 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Round 1 in Minsk, Belarus
- 2021
- 1st Sprint, United States National Track Championships
- 1st Keirin, United States National Track Championships
- 1st 500m Time Trial, United States National Track Championships
- 1st Team Sprint, United States National Track Championships with McKenna McKee and Allyson Wasielewski
- 1st Sprint, UCI Fastest Man and Woman On Wheels, CL1
- 1st Keirin, UCI Fastest Man and Woman On Wheels, CL1
- 1st Sprint, UCI Festival of Speed, CL1
- 1st Keirin, UCI Festival of Speed, CL1
- 1st Sprint, UCI Tandemonium, CL1
- 1st Keirin, UCI Tandemonium, CL1
- 2022
- 1st Sprint, United States National Track Championships
- 1st 500m Time Trial, United States National Track Championships
- 1st Team Sprint, United States National Track Championships with Annika Flannigan and Divya Verma
- 2nd
Keirin, United States National Track Championships - 2nd Sprint, UCI CL1 - T-Town Summer Games - US GP
- 2nd Sprint, UCI CL1 - T-Town Summer Games - Discover Lehigh Valley GP
- 2nd Sprint, UCI CL2 - T-Town Summer Games - Festival Of Speed
- 3rd Keirin, UCI CL2 T-Town Summer Games - Festival Of Speed
- 4th Keirin, UCI CL1 - T-Town Summer Games - US GP
- 4th Keirin, UCI CL1 - T-Town Summer Games - Discover Lehigh Valley GP
- 4th Team Sprint, Pan American Track Cycling Championships new national record with Kayla Hankins, Keely Kortman, and McKenna McKee
- 4th Time Trial, Pan American Track Cycling Championships
References
- ^ "Marquardt Wins Four National Titles at U.S Track National Championships - Team Novo Nordisk". Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ "National Records". USA Cycling. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
- ^ "Elite Time Trials and Individual Pursuits Highlight Day…". USA Cycling. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ "Omnium and Sprints Highlight of Day 3 of Track Nationals". USA Cycling. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ "Edge Cycling Seizes the Gold In Sprint Events". USA Cycling. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ "Olympic Long Team Announced for Mountain Bike, Road, &…". USA Cycling. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
- ^ Jackie Tyson (8 August 2022). "US track champions to celebrate matrimony at Pan Am Championships". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ a b Tomasino, Amy Unger, Photography by Andrew (9 January 2021). "Get to Know Mandy Marquardt, Professional Track Sprint Cyclist Living in Upper Macungie". Lehigh Valley Style. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b "Mandy Marquardt: Redefining Diabetes Through Racing". Diabetes Daily. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Mandy Marquardt: The Olympic hopeful redefining diabetes". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
- ^ "Mandy Marquardt & Team Novo Nordisk - providing a platform for elite athletes with type 1 diabetes". Wattbike. 27 April 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
- ^ Brodsky, Samantha (29 May 2020). "Olympic Hopeful Mandy Marquardt Was Told Diabetes Would Hold Her Back — Look at Her Now". POPSUGAR Fitness. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
- ^ "18-Time U.S. National Champion cyclist began career in Lehigh Valley". Made Possible in Lehigh Valley. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
- ^ "The Official Website - USA Cycling". legacy.usacycling.org. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ "Campeonato Panamericano de Pista 2022". UCI. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
External links
- Mandy Marquardt at Cycling Archives (archived)
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