Derek Mandell

{{Short description|Guamanian middle-distance runner (b.1986)}}

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| nationality = {{GUM}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|09|18}}

| birth_place = Tamuning, Guam

| height = 173 cm

| weight = 61 kg

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| sport = Athletics

| event = 800m, 1500m, 5000m, Half Marathon, Marathon

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{{MedalSport | Men's Athletics}}

{{MedalCountry | {{GUM}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Pacific Games}}

{{MedalSilver| 2011 Nouméa | 1500 m}}

{{MedalBronze| 2019 Apia | Half Marathon}}

{{MedalCompetition|(South) Pacific Mini Games}}

{{MedalBronze |2005 Koror | 5000 m}}

{{MedalCompetition|Micronesian Games}}

{{MedalGold |2010 Koror | 800 m}}

{{MedalGold |2010 Koror | 1500 m}}

{{MedalGold |2010 Koror | 10 km Road race}}

{{MedalGold |2006 Saipan | 800 m}}

{{MedalGold |2006 Saipan | 1500 m}}

{{MedalGold |2006 Saipan | 5000 m}}

{{MedalGold |2006 Saipan | 10,000 m}}

{{MedalBronze |2010 Koror | 4x400 m relay}}

{{MedalCompetition|Oceania Championships}}

{{MedalGold |2012 Cairns | 1500 m}}

{{MedalGold |2011 Apia | 1500 m}}

{{MedalSilver |2006 Apia | 5000 m}}

{{MedalBronze |2012 Cairns | 800 m}}

{{MedalBronze |2008 Saipan | 1500 m}}

{{MedalBronze |2006 Apia | 1500 m}}

{{MedalBronze |2006 Apia | 6km Cross country}}

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Derek Mandell (born September 18, 1986, in Tamuning, Guam) is a Guamanian middle-distance runner.{{cite web|title=Derek Mandell|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/mandell-derek-1047569/|website=London2012.com|publisher=The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited|accessdate=11 September 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910115247/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/mandell-derek-1047569/|archive-date=September 10, 2012}}{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/derek-mandell-1.html |title=Derek Mandell |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418100440/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/derek-mandell-1.html |archive-date=2020-04-18 |url-status=dead}} He took part in the 2008 Oceania Athletics Championships, winning bronze, and 2008 Summer Olympics, where he broke a personal men's 800m record even though Mandell was eliminated in the first round.

He later competed in the 2010 Guam Athletics Championships, where he won two gold medals, the 2011 Pacific Games, where he won a silver medal, and the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, where he set a personal best time of 1:57.11.

He also competed in the men's 800m event at the 2012 Summer Olympics but was again eliminated in the first round.

Biography

=Early life and education=

Derek Mandell was an athlete at University of Portland.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20090510/statesman_journal/|title=How athletes with Oregon ties fared|newspaper=Statesman Journal|location=Salem, Oregon|date=August 21, 2008|page=10|via=Newspapers.com}} Mandell joined the team as a walk-on.{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/college-sports/news/story?id=3521538|title=Former Portland Pilots runner closing in on Olympic dream|date=August 7, 2008|publisher=ESPN|last1=Preston|first1=Chris}}

= Olympic career =

Mandell qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 800 m middle-distance run with a universality placement.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18221036/pacific_daily_news/|title=Final Guam Olympians Announced|publisher=Pacific Daily News|date=June 23, 2012|page=A28|via=Newspapers.com|last1=Tomas|first1=Jojo Santo}}

Achievements

{{AchievementTable|Event=yes|class=wikitable style="text-align:center; font-size: 90%;}}
bgcolor="#eeeeee" colspan="6"|Representing {{GUM}}
2004

|World Junior Championships

|Grosseto, Italy

|34th (h)

|1500m

|4:27.27

2005

|South Pacific Mini Games

|Koror, Palau

|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|5000 m

|17:12.43 min

rowspan=7|2006

|rowspan=4|Micronesian Games

|rowspan=4|Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|800 m

|2:03.76 min

bgcolor=gold|1st

|1500 m

|4:11.92 min GR

bgcolor=gold|1st

|5000 m

|16:52.85 min

bgcolor=gold|1st

|10,000 m

|35:47.58 min

rowspan=3|Oceania Championships

|rowspan=3|Apia, Samoa

|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|1500 m

|4:06.35 min

bgcolor=silver|2nd

|5000 m

|16:18.83 min

bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|6 km Cross country

|27:12 min

2008

|Oceania Championships

|Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands

|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|1500 m

|4:05.79 min

rowspan=4|2010

|rowspan=4|Micronesian Games

|rowspan=4|Koror, Palau

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|800 m

|1:58.10 min GR

bgcolor=gold|1st

|1500 m

|4:16.87 min

bgcolor=gold|1st

|10 km road race

|37:48.44

bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:36.05

rowspan=2|2011

|Oceania Championships (Regional Division West)

|Apia, Samoa

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|1500 m

|4:04.59 min

Pacific Games

|Nouméa, New Caledonia

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|1500 m

|4:02.95 min{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20090545/pacific_daily_news/|title=Athletics team looks ahead|newspaper=Pacific Daily News|last1=Mad|first1=Arleen|page=A32|date=September 11, 2011|via=Newspapers.com}}

rowspan=2|2012

|rowspan=2|Oceania Championships (Regional Division West)

|rowspan=2|Cairns, Australia

|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|800 m

|1:56.51 min

bgcolor=gold|1st

|1500 m

|4:02.81 min

References

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