Mandy Marquardt (born August 7, 1991) is an American female sprint track cyclist, representing the United States. Marquardt was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 16. Marquardt is an 27-time U.S. National Champion, 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) .

She defended her title in the Time Trial and won the gold in the Keirin 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 and bronze in the Team Sprint.

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

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

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

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. 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.

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 2023 1st 500m Time Trial, United States National Track Championships 1st Keirin, United States National Track Championships 2nd Team Sprint, 2023 Pan American Games with Keely Ainslie and Kayla Hankins 2nd Sprint, United States National Track Championships 2nd Team Sprint, United States National Track Championships 2nd 500m Time Trial, Pan American Track Cycling Championships 3rd Sprint, 2023 Pan American Games 3rd Team Sprint, Pan American Track Cycling Championships 5th Keirin, 2023 Pan American Games 6th Sprint, Pan American Track Cycling Championships

References

External links

Interview with Mandy Marquardt at Keep the Flame Alive