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Mandy Marquardt (born August 7, 1991) is an American female Sprint
track cyclist Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. History Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ...
, representing the United States and Team Novo Nordisk, the world's first-all diabetes professional cycling team. Marquardt was diagnosed with
type 1 diabetes Type 1 diabetes (T1D), formerly known as juvenile diabetes, is an autoimmune disease that originates when cells that make insulin (beta cells) are destroyed by the immune system. Insulin is a hormone required for the cells to use blood sugar for ...
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 1km 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 The United States National Track Championships are held annually. Organized by USA Cycling, they are competitions of various track cycling disciplines in age and gender categories. The championships have evolved over the years to include more even ...
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 th
2023 USA National Team
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represented the United States
at the Track Pan American Continental Championships, in
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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 will be competing at the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships in
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, 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,
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. Marquardt and Alvord represented the United States at the Pan American Track Cycling Championships in
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,
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. Marquardt was named to the 2020 Olympic Long Team for track cycling by
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.


Early life

Born in
Mannheim Mannheim (; Palatine German: or ), officially the University City of Mannheim (german: Universitätsstadt Mannheim), is the second-largest city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg after the state capital of Stuttgart, and Germany's 2 ...
,
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, in August 1991, Mandy Marquardt moved with her mother and father to
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, 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 A velodrome is an arena for track cycling. Modern velodromes feature steeply banked oval tracks, consisting of two 180-degree circular bends connected by two straights. The straights transition to the circular turn through a moderate Track tran ...
at the
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. 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 With headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia (USA), Team Novo Nordisk () is the world’s first all -diabetes professional cycling team founded by CEO Phil Southerland and led by general manager Vassili Davidenko. The team's principal sponsor is the D ...
in 2010. That same year, she enrolled at
Penn State Lehigh Valley Penn State Lehigh Valley is a commonwealth campus of Pennsylvania State University located in Center Valley, outside of Allentown in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania. History In 1912, Penn State opened its first permanent branch school i ...
, where she eventually became a Campus Cycling Club coach and graduated with a degree in Business Management and Marketing.


Major results

Sources: ;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 The 2016 Pan American Track Cycling Championships took place at the Velódromo Bicentenario, Aguascalientes City, Aguascalientes, Mexico, October 5–9, 2016. Medal summary Men Women Records In addition to the women's 500m time trial world ...
(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 The United States National Track Championships are held annually. Organized by USA Cycling, they are competitions of various track cycling disciplines in age and gender categories. The championships have evolved over the years to include more even ...
:1st Sprint, U.S. Sprint Gran Prix ;2019 :1st Sprint,
United States National Track Championships The United States National Track Championships are held annually. Organized by USA Cycling, they are competitions of various track cycling disciplines in age and gender categories. The championships have evolved over the years to include more even ...
:1st Keirin,
United States National Track Championships The United States National Track Championships are held annually. Organized by USA Cycling, they are competitions of various track cycling disciplines in age and gender categories. The championships have evolved over the years to include more even ...
:1st 500m Time Trial,
United States National Track Championships The United States National Track Championships are held annually. Organized by USA Cycling, they are competitions of various track cycling disciplines in age and gender categories. The championships have evolved over the years to include more even ...
:1st Sprint, UCI C1 Fastest Woman on Wheels :3rd Sprint,
2019 Pan American Track Cycling Championships The 2019 Pan American Track Cycling Championships took place at the Velodrome of the Sports Training Center (CEFED) in Cochabamba, Bolivia, from 4 to 8 September 2019. Medal summary Men Women Medal table Records References External lin ...
:4th Sprint,
2019–20 UCI Track Cycling World Cup The 2019–20 UCI Track Cycling World Cup (also known as the Tissot UCI Track Cycling World Cup for sponsorship reasons) is a multi-race tournament over a track cycling season. It is the 28th series of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup organised by t ...
, Round 1 in Minsk, Belarus ;2021 :1st Sprint,
United States National Track Championships The United States National Track Championships are held annually. Organized by USA Cycling, they are competitions of various track cycling disciplines in age and gender categories. The championships have evolved over the years to include more even ...
:1st Keirin,
United States National Track Championships The United States National Track Championships are held annually. Organized by USA Cycling, they are competitions of various track cycling disciplines in age and gender categories. The championships have evolved over the years to include more even ...
:1st 500m Time Trial,
United States National Track Championships The United States National Track Championships are held annually. Organized by USA Cycling, they are competitions of various track cycling disciplines in age and gender categories. The championships have evolved over the years to include more even ...
:1st Team Sprint,
United States National Track Championships The United States National Track Championships are held annually. Organized by USA Cycling, they are competitions of various track cycling disciplines in age and gender categories. The championships have evolved over the years to include more even ...
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 The United States National Track Championships are held annually. Organized by USA Cycling, they are competitions of various track cycling disciplines in age and gender categories. The championships have evolved over the years to include more even ...
:1st 500m Time Trial,
United States National Track Championships The United States National Track Championships are held annually. Organized by USA Cycling, they are competitions of various track cycling disciplines in age and gender categories. The championships have evolved over the years to include more even ...
:1st Team Sprint,
United States National Track Championships The United States National Track Championships are held annually. Organized by USA Cycling, they are competitions of various track cycling disciplines in age and gender categories. The championships have evolved over the years to include more even ...
with Annika Flannigan and Divya Verma :2nd Keirin,
United States National Track Championships The United States National Track Championships are held annually. Organized by USA Cycling, they are competitions of various track cycling disciplines in age and gender categories. The championships have evolved over the years to include more even ...
: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 The Pan American Road and Track Championships are the continental cycling championships for road bicycle racing and track cycling held annually for member nations of the Pan American Cycling Confederation. Riders competing in the Pan American C ...
new national record with Kayla Hankins, Keely Kortman, and McKenna McKee :4th Time Trial,
Pan American Track Cycling Championships The Pan American Road and Track Championships are the continental cycling championships for road bicycle racing and track cycling held annually for member nations of the Pan American Cycling Confederation. Riders competing in the Pan American C ...
;2023 :1st 500m Time Trial,
United States National Track Championships The United States National Track Championships are held annually. Organized by USA Cycling, they are competitions of various track cycling disciplines in age and gender categories. The championships have evolved over the years to include more even ...
:1st Keirin,
United States National Track Championships The United States National Track Championships are held annually. Organized by USA Cycling, they are competitions of various track cycling disciplines in age and gender categories. The championships have evolved over the years to include more even ...
:2nd Team Sprint,
2023 Pan American Games The 2023 Pan American Games ( es, Juegos Panamericanos de 2023, links=no), officially the XIX Pan American Games and commonly known as Santiago 2023, is a forthcoming international multi-sport event governed by the Panam Sports Organization, s ...
with Keely Ainslie and Kayla Hankins :2nd Sprint,
United States National Track Championships The United States National Track Championships are held annually. Organized by USA Cycling, they are competitions of various track cycling disciplines in age and gender categories. The championships have evolved over the years to include more even ...
:2nd Team Sprint,
United States National Track Championships The United States National Track Championships are held annually. Organized by USA Cycling, they are competitions of various track cycling disciplines in age and gender categories. The championships have evolved over the years to include more even ...
:2nd 500m Time Trial,
Pan American Track Cycling Championships The Pan American Road and Track Championships are the continental cycling championships for road bicycle racing and track cycling held annually for member nations of the Pan American Cycling Confederation. Riders competing in the Pan American C ...
:3rd Sprint,
2023 Pan American Games The 2023 Pan American Games ( es, Juegos Panamericanos de 2023, links=no), officially the XIX Pan American Games and commonly known as Santiago 2023, is a forthcoming international multi-sport event governed by the Panam Sports Organization, s ...
:3rd Team Sprint,
Pan American Track Cycling Championships The Pan American Road and Track Championships are the continental cycling championships for road bicycle racing and track cycling held annually for member nations of the Pan American Cycling Confederation. Riders competing in the Pan American C ...
:5th Keirin,
2023 Pan American Games The 2023 Pan American Games ( es, Juegos Panamericanos de 2023, links=no), officially the XIX Pan American Games and commonly known as Santiago 2023, is a forthcoming international multi-sport event governed by the Panam Sports Organization, s ...
:6th Sprint,
Pan American Track Cycling Championships The Pan American Road and Track Championships are the continental cycling championships for road bicycle racing and track cycling held annually for member nations of the Pan American Cycling Confederation. Riders competing in the Pan American C ...


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marquardt, Mandy 1991 births Living people American female cyclists American track cyclists 21st-century American women People with type 1 diabetes Cyclists at the 2023 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in cycling Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in cycling