Mandy Marquardt

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Mandy Marquardt
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Marquardt in 2019
Personal information
Born (1991-08-07) August 7, 1991 (age 33)
Mannheim, Germany
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Team information
Current teamTeam Novo Nordisk
Discipline Track cycling
Rider typeSprinter
Major wins
27 U.S National Titles, 5-time American Record Holder, 2-Pan American Games Medalist, 2019 Tissot UCI Track Cycling World Cup Minsk, Belarus - Sprint 4th place
Medal record
Women's track cycling
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Santiago Team Sprint
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Santiago Sprint
Pan American Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Couva Team sprint
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2017 CouvaKierin
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Aguascalientes Team sprint
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2017 Couva500 m time trial
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Cochabamba Sprint
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 San Juan Team sprint

Mandy Marquardt (born August 7, 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 27-time U.S. National Champion, [1] 4-time U.S. National Record Holder in the Standing 500m Time Trial, Standing 1 km Time Trial, Team Sprint (2-rider) and Team Sprint (3-rider) . [2]

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She defended her title in the Time Trial [3] and won the gold in the Keirin [4] at the 2023 United States National Track Championships held at VELO Sports Center. Marquardt has won the gold in the 500m Time Trial for the last seven years, starting in 2016. (The 2020 U.S. Track Nationals were canceled due to the pandemic.)

Marquardt was named to the 2023 USA National Team. She represented the United States at the Track Pan American Continental Championships, in San Juan, Argentina where she won the silver in the Time Trial [5] and bronze in the Team Sprint. [6]

Marquardt was named to the 2023 USA Track Team [7] that competed at the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.

Marquardt is married to 10-time National Champion Jamie Alvord. The pair met in 2010 when they both raced at the velodrome near Trexlertown, Pennsylvania. Marquardt and Alvord represented the United States at the Pan American Track Cycling Championships in Lima, Peru. [8]

Marquardt was named to the 2020 Olympic Long Team for track cycling by USA Cycling. [9]

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. [10] 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. [11] 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. [11]

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. [12] One year later, she won a bronze medal in the 500m time trial at the German Junior National Championships. [13]

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. [14] 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. [12]

After moving back to Florida, Marquardt joined Team Novo Nordisk in 2010. [10] 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. [15]

Major results

Sources: [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21]

;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 Bronze medal blank.svg 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 MaillotUSA.PNG 500m Time Trial, United States National Track Championships
1st Sprint, U.S. Sprint Gran Prix
2019
1st MaillotUSA.PNG Sprint, United States National Track Championships
1st MaillotUSA.PNG Keirin, United States National Track Championships
1st MaillotUSA.PNG 500m Time Trial, United States National Track Championships
1st Sprint, UCI C1 Fastest Woman on Wheels
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Sprint, 2019 Pan American Track Cycling Championships
4th Sprint, 2019–20 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Round 1 in Minsk, Belarus
2021
1st MaillotUSA.PNG Sprint, United States National Track Championships
1st MaillotUSA.PNG Keirin, United States National Track Championships
1st MaillotUSA.PNG 500m Time Trial, United States National Track Championships
1st MaillotUSA.PNG 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 MaillotUSA.PNG Sprint, United States National Track Championships
1st MaillotUSA.PNG 500m Time Trial, United States National Track Championships
1st MaillotUSA.PNG Team Sprint, United States National Track Championships with Annika Flannigan and Divya Verma
2nd Silver medal blank.svg 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
2023
1st MaillotUSA.PNG 500m Time Trial, United States National Track Championships
1st MaillotUSA.PNG Keirin, United States National Track Championships
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Team Sprint, 2023 Pan American Games with Keely Ainslie and Kayla Hankins
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Sprint, United States National Track Championships
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Team Sprint, United States National Track Championships
2nd Silver medal blank.svg 500m Time Trial, Pan American Track Cycling Championships
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Sprint, 2023 Pan American Games
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Team Sprint, Pan American Track Cycling Championships
5th Keirin, 2023 Pan American Games
6th Sprint, Pan American Track Cycling Championships

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