Mark Whitehead

{{short description|American cyclist}}

{{use mdy dates|date=October 2016}}

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| name = Mark Whitehead

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| fullname = Mark S. Whitehead

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1961|2|14}}

| birth_place = Bell, California, United States

| death_date = {{death date and age|2011|7|6|1961|2|14}}

| death_place = Texas, United States

| height = {{convert|1.75|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|75|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| discipline = Track

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| proyears1 = 1978–1984

| proteam1 = –

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Mark Whitehead (February 14, 1961 – July 6, 2011){{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/olympian-whitehead-dies-in-texas |title=Olympian Whitehead dies in Texas |accessdate=2011-07-13 |work=cyclingnews.com|date=July 6, 2011 }} was an American cyclist. He competed in the men's points race at the 1984 Summer Olympics{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wh/mark-whitehead-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418045230/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wh/mark-whitehead-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |title=Mark Whitehead Olympic Results |accessdate=July 13, 2011|work=sports-reference.com}} and won ten National championship titles.{{cite web|url=http://www.fixedgearfever.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=227|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910151844/http://www.fixedgearfever.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=227|archivedate=2012-09-10|title=Weekly Interview: Mark Whitehead |accessdate=2011-07-13 |work=fixedgearfever.com}}

Whitehead was inducted into the Lehigh Valley Velodrome Cycling Hall of Fame.{{cite web|title=Hall of Fame |url=http://www.thevelodrome.com/hall-of-fame/ |publisher=Valley Preferred Cycling Center |accessdate=3 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140211195235/http://www.thevelodrome.com/hall-of-fame/ |archivedate=February 11, 2014 }}