# Mandy Marquardt

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, 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 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.
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

Sources:
    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