Mandy Marquardt

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| birth_place = Mannheim, Germany

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| height = 175 cm

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| currentteam = Team Novo Nordisk

| discipline = Track cycling

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| ridertype = Sprinter

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| majorwins = 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

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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,{{Cite web|title=Marquardt Wins Four National Titles at U.S Track National Championships - Team Novo Nordisk|url=https://www.teamnovonordisk.com/blog/marquardt-wins-four-national-titles-at-u-s-track-national-championships/|access-date=2021-08-09|language=en-US}} 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) .{{Cite web|title=National Records|url=https://usacycling.org/resources/national-champions-records/national-records|access-date=2021-03-22|website=USA Cycling|language=en-US}}

She defended her title in the Time Trial{{Cite web |title=Results for 2023 USA Cycling Junior, Elite and Para Track National Championships - USA Cycling |url=https://legacy.usacycling.org/results/index.php?year=2023&id=9692 |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=legacy.usacycling.org}} and won the gold in the Keirin{{Cite web |title=Results for 2023 USA Cycling Junior, Elite and Para Track National Championships - USA Cycling |url=https://legacy.usacycling.org/results/index.php?year=2023&id=9692 |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=legacy.usacycling.org}} 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 [https://usacycling.org/article/usa-cycling-names-2023-national-team 2023 USA National Team]. She [https://usacycling.org/article/olympic-qualifying-continues-at-track-pan-american-continental-championships-june-14-18 represented the United States] at the Track Pan American Continental Championships, in San Juan, Argentina where she won the silver in the Time Trial{{Cite web |title=Canada reaches eight gold medals in San Juan Pan American | COPACI |url=https://www.copaci.org/en/canada-reaches-eight-gold-medals-in-san-juan-pan-american/ |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=www.copaci.org}} and bronze in the Team Sprint.{{Cite web |date=2023-07-08 |title=Mandy Marquardt wins silver and bronze and sets new national records at Pan American Championships - Team Novo Nordisk |url=https://www.teamnovonordisk.com/blog/mandy-marquardt-wins-silver-and-bronze-and-sets-new-national-records-at-pan-american-championships/ |access-date=2023-07-11 |language=en-US}}

Marquardt was named to the 2023 USA Track Team{{Cite web |title=USA Cycling Announces 2023 Track World Championship… |url=https://usacycling.org/article/usa-cycling-announces-2023-track-world-championship-teams |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=USA Cycling |language=en-US}} 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.{{Cite web |author1=Jackie Tyson |date=2022-08-08 |title=US track champions to celebrate matrimony at Pan Am Championships |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/us-track-champions-celebrate-matrimony-at-pan-am-championships/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=cyclingnews.com |language=en}}

Marquardt was named to the 2020 Olympic Long Team for track cycling by USA Cycling.{{Cite web |title=Olympic Long Team Announced for Mountain Bike, Road, &… |url=https://usacycling.org/article/2020-olympic-long-team-announced-for-mountain-bike-road-track |access-date=2021-03-22 |website=USA Cycling |language=en-US}}

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.{{Cite web|last=Tomasino|first=Amy Unger, Photography by Andrew|date=2021-01-09|title=Get to Know Mandy Marquardt, Professional Track Sprint Cyclist Living in Upper Macungie|url=https://lehighvalleystyle.com/api/content/640a2b50-3be3-11eb-b758-1244d5f7c7c6/|access-date=2021-03-22|website=Lehigh Valley Style|language=en-us}} 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.{{Cite web|date=2020-12-02|title=Mandy Marquardt: Redefining Diabetes Through Racing|url=https://www.diabetesdaily.com/blog/mandy-marquardt-redefining-diabetes-through-racing-676174/|access-date=2021-03-22|website=Diabetes Daily|language=en-US}} 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.

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.{{Cite web|title=Mandy Marquardt: The Olympic hopeful redefining diabetes|url=https://tokyo2020.org/en/news/mandy-marquardt-the-olympic-hopeful-redefining-diabetes|access-date=2021-03-22|website=Tokyo 2020|language=en-US}} One year later, she won a bronze medal in the 500m time trial at the German Junior National Championships.{{Cite web|date=2020-04-27|title=Mandy Marquardt & Team Novo Nordisk - providing a platform for elite athletes with type 1 diabetes|url=https://wattbike.com/us/blog/mandy-marquardt-elite-athletes-type-1-diabetes|access-date=2021-03-22|website=Wattbike|language=en}}

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.{{Cite web|last=Brodsky|first=Samantha|date=2020-05-29|title=Olympic Hopeful Mandy Marquardt Was Told Diabetes Would Hold Her Back — Look at Her Now|url=https://www.popsugar.com/node/47489857|access-date=2021-03-22|website=POPSUGAR Fitness|language=en-US}} 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.

After moving back to Florida, Marquardt joined Team Novo Nordisk in 2010. 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.{{Cite web|title=18-Time U.S. National Champion cyclist began career in Lehigh Valley|url=https://www.lehighvalleymadepossible.com/stories/18-time-u-s-national-champion-cyclist-began-career-in-lehigh-valley/|access-date=2021-03-22|website=Made Possible in Lehigh Valley|language=en-US}}

Major results

Sources:{{Cite web |title=The Official Website - USA Cycling |url=https://legacy.usacycling.org/results/index.php?compid=200340 |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=legacy.usacycling.org}}{{Cite web |title=Campeonato Panamericano de Pista 2022 |url=https://www.uci.org/competition-details/2022/PIS/68500 |access-date=2022-08-21 |website=UCI |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=2023 Tissot UCI Track Nations Cup |url=https://www.uci.org/competition-hub/2023-tissot-uci-track-nations-cup/5gdl5jImGRvRPHHgpNSwum?tab=races-results |access-date=2023-06-08 |website=www.uci.org |language=en-gb}}{{Cite web |title=Event Schedule |url=https://tracktiming.live/eventpage.php?EventId=23015 |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=tracktiming.live}}{{Cite web |title=Campeonato Panamericano de ciclismo en pista 2023, San Juan Argentina |url=https://panam2023.veloresults.com/ |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=panam2023.veloresults.com}}{{Cite web |title=Juegos Panamericanos 2023 - Web Results |url=https://results-santiago2023.org/ |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=Juegos Panamericanos - Web Results |language=en}}

{{palmares start}};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