mandy marquardt
“I have always found the bike to be my happy place. It has allowed me to shine as a professional athlete. It has given me the opportunity to represent my country and pursue my Olympic aspirations. As well, it has given me an outlet to eclipse expectations as a person living with type 1 diabetes. And it has ignited a passion for me to share this joy and inspire others to give it their best and pursue their dreams.”
Mandy learned to love riding a bicycle at the age of 10 at the Brian Piccolo Velodrome near her home in south Florida. A little less than a year later, Mandy won three medals in cycling, including two gold medals (criterium and time trial) at the 2003 U.S. Junior Women’s 10-12 Road National Championships. Early in high school she moved back to Germany to live with her father, continuing to compete in many endurance road and track cycling events. It was during this time she was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.
After completing her senior year of high school in Florida, she balanced studies and cycling at Penn State Lehigh Valley. It was during college in 2012, at age 21, that she moved her cycling focus to the track and sprint disciplines.
Mandy resides in Allentown, PA and is currently a full-time professional cyclist for Team Novo Nordisk, the world’s first all-diabetes professional cycling team. As part of the USA Cycling National Team, she has raced internationally at the Pan-American Championships, UCI World Cups, and UCI World Championships. A 27-time U.S. National Champion, Mandy currently holds the 5 U.S National Records in the Women’s Standing 500m TT, 1km TT and the Team Sprint (2 riders, deprecated), Team Sprint (3 riders, Olympic Standard) and Team Sprint (3 riders, outdoor 1000m).
She is an active ambassador for many organizations, including TrueSport, The Taylor Hooton Foundation, and the St. Luke’s University Health Network in Allentown, Pennsylvania . Mandy is passionate about being a role model for children worldwide as well as for everyone affected by diabetes.
Mandy is currently pursuing her MBA with Pennsylvania State University’s Smeal College of Business.
Born: August 7, 1991 in Mannheim, Germany
Current Residence: Allentown, Pennsylvania
College: The Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Lehigh Valley, 2014 Bachelors of Science in Business Management and Marketing .
Currently pursuing her MBA with Pennsylvania State University’s Smeal College of Business.
accomplishments
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
USA Cycling National Team Member and Tokyo 2020 Long Team Member
27-time U.S. National Champion
37-time UCI Career Wins
8-time Pan American Championship Track Medalist
2-time Pan American Games Medalist
5-time U.S National Track Record Holder - 1km Time Trial (2020), 500m Time Trial (2023), Team Sprint (2022), three-rider Team Sprint outdoor 1000m (2021), three-rider Team Sprint on indoor 750m - the Olympic standard (2023) and Team Sprint – 2 riders (2018).
Race Information/Structure for the Sprint and Keirin: SEE BOTTOM OF PAGE
2023
// 2023 U.S. Track Nationals
GOLD - 500m Time Trial - USA Cycling Track National Championships - Carson, CA *Track Record
GOLD - Keirin - USA Cycling Track National Championships - Carson, CA
SILVER - Team Sprint - USA Cycling Track National Championships - Carson, CA
SILVER - Keirin - USA Cycling Track National Championships - Carson, CA
// 2023 Team USA Cycling
SILVER - Team Sprint - Pan American Games, Santiago, Chile *National Record 48.001
SILVER - 500m Time Trial - Pan American Championships, San Juan, Argentina *National Record 33.797
BRONZE - Sprint - Pan American Games, Santiago, Chile
BRONZE - Team Sprint - Pan American Championships, San Juan, Argentina
5th - Keirin - Pan American Games, Santiago, Chile
6th - Sprint - Pan American Championships, San Juan, Argentina
9th - Keirin - Pan American Championships, San Juan, Argentina
2022
// 2022 U.S. Track Nationals
GOLD - 500m Time Trial - USA Cycling Track National Championships - Trexlertown, PA *Track Record
GOLD - Sprint - USA Cycling Track National Championships - Trexlertown, PA
GOLD - Team Sprint - USA Cycling Track National Championships - Trexlertown, PA *Track Record
SILVER - Keirin - USA Cycling Track National Championships - Trexlertown, PA
// 2022 UCI Local/International
2nd - Sprint - UCI US GP, CL1 – Trexlertown, PA
2nd - Sprint - UCI Discover Lehigh Valley GP, CL1 – Trexlertown, PA
2nd - Sprint - UCI Festival of Speed, CL2 – Trexlertown, PA
3rd - Keirin - UCI Fastest Man and Woman On Wheels, CL2 – Trexlertown, PA
4th - Keirin - UCI US GP, CL1 – Trexlertown, PA
4th - Keirin - UCI Discover Lehigh Valley GP, CL1 – Trexlertown, PA
// 2022 Team USA Cycling
4th - Team Sprint - Pan American Track Cycling Championships - Lima, Peru *National Record
4th - Time Trial - Pan American Track Cycling Championships - Lima, Peru
8th - Sprint - Pan American Track Cycling Championships - Lima, Peru
9th - Keirin - Pan American Track Cycling Championships - Lima, Peru
2021
// 2021 U.S. Track Nationals
GOLD - 500m Time Trial - USA Cycling Track National Championships - Trexlertown, PA *Track Record
GOLD - Keirin - USA Cycling Track National Championships - Trexlertown, PA
GOLD - Sprint - USA Cycling Track National Championships - Trexlertown, PA
GOLD - Team Sprint - USA Cycling Track National Championships - Trexlertown, PA *National Record 1:09.302
// 2021 UCI Local/International
1st - Sprint - UCI Fastest Man and Woman On Wheels, CL1 – Trexlertown, PA
1st - Keirin - UCI Fastest Man and Woman On Wheels, CL1 – Trexlertown, PA
1st - Sprint - UCI Festival of Speed, CL1 – Trexlertown, PA
1st - Keirin - UCI Festival of Speed, CL1 – Trexlertown, PA
1st - Sprint - UCI Tandemonium, CL1 – Trexlertown, PA
1st - Keirin - UCI Tandemonium, CL1 – Trexlertown, PA
2020
// 2020 U.S. Track Nationals – Canceled, but automatic results from 2019 year rollover
// 2020 UCI Local/International – UCI races canceled & no travel due to travel restrictions
1st - 1km Women’s Time Trial - Ocean Spray Record Day – Trexlertown, PA *National Record 1:08.694
// 2020 Team USA Cycling
Named to USA Cycling’s Olympic Games Long Team
6th - Sprint - UCI Track Cycling World Cup - Milton, Canada
12 - 2019/2020 UCI World Sprint Ranking
9th - 2019/2020 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Overall Sprint Standings Ranking
2019
// 2019 U.S. Track Nationals
GOLD - Sprint - USA Cycling Track National Championships - Los Angeles, California
GOLD - Keirin - USA Cycling Track National Championships - Los Angeles, California
GOLD - 500m Time Trial - USA Cycling Track National Championships - Los Angeles, California
// 2019 UCI Local/International
1st - Sprint - UCI Fire on Wheels, CL1 - Couva, Trinidad and Tobago *Track Record
1st - Keirin - UCI Fire on Wheels, CL1 - Couva, Trinidad and Tobago
1st - Sprint - UCI Sprint GP, CL1 – Trexlertown, PA
2nd - Keirin - UCI BRL All Stars, CL2 – Trexlertown, PA
3rd - Sprint - UCI Fastest Wo(man) On Wheels, CL1 - Trexletown, PA
4th - Sprint - UCI Festival of Speed, CL1 - Trexletown, PA
5th - Sprint - UCI Super Tuesday, CL2 - Trexletown, PA
7th - Keirin - UCI Fastest Wo(man) on Wheels, CL1 - Trexletown, PA
8th - Keirin - UCI Keirin Cup, CL1 - Trexletown, PA
10th - Keirin – UCI Festival of Speed, CL1 - Trexletown, PA
// 2019 Team USA Cycling
BRONZE - Sprint - Pan American Track Cycling Championships - Cochabamba, Bolivia
4th - Sprint - UCI Track Cycling World Cup - Minsk, Belarus
6th - Sprint - UCI Track Cycling World Cup - Milton, Canada
6th - Sprint - Pan American Track Cycling Championships - Cochabamba, Bolivia
10th - Sprint - UCI Track Cycling World Cup - Glasgow, Scotland
13th - Sprint - UCI Track Cycling World Cup - Hong Kong, China
2018
// 2018 U.S. Track Nationals
GOLD - 500m Time Trial - USA Cycling Track National Championships - Los Angeles, California
GOLD - Team Sprint - USA Cycling Track National Championships - Los Angeles, California
SILVER - Keirin - USA Cycling Track National Championships - Los Angeles, California
SILVER - Sprint - USA Cycling Track National Championships - Los Angeles, California
// 2018 UCI Local/International
1st - Sprint - UCI U.S. Sprint GP - Trexlertown, PA
1st - Sprint -UCI Fastest Women Wheels - Trexlertown, PA
3rd - Sprint - UCI Festival of Speed - Trexlertown, PA
5th - Keirin - UCI Keirin Cup - Trexlertown, PA
// 2018 Team USA Cycling
SILVER - Team Sprint – Pan American Track Cycling Championships – Aguascalientes, Mexico
5th - 500m Time Trial – Pan American Track Cycling Championships – Aguascalientes, Mexico
6th - Sprint – Pan American Track Cycling Championships – Aguascalientes, Mexico
7th - Keirin – Pan American Track Cycling Championships – Aguascalientes, Mexico
12th - Keirin - UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Milton, Canada
2017
// 2017 U.S. Track Nationals
GOLD - 500m Time Trial - USA Cycling Track National Championships - Los Angeles, California
GOLD - Team Sprint - USA Cycling Track National Championships - Los Angeles, California
SILVER - Keirin - USA Cycling Track National Championships - Los Angeles, California
SILVER - Sprint - USA Cycling Track National Championships - Los Angeles, California
// 2017 UCI Local/International
1st - Sprint - UCI Festival of Speed - Trexlertown, PA
1st - Sprint - UCI Fastest Women on Wheels - Trexlertown, PA
1st - Sprint - UCI U.S. Sprint GP - Trexlertown, PA
// 2017 Team USA Cycling
GOLD - Team Sprint – Pan American Track Cycling Championships - Couva, Trindad and Tobago
SILVER - Keirin - Pan American Track Cycling Championships - Couva, Trindad and Tobago
BRONZE - 500m Time Trial - Pan American Track Cycling Championships - Couva, Trindad and Tobago
5th - Sprint - Pan American Track Cycling Championships - Couva, Trindad and Tobago
2016
// 2016 U.S. Track Nationals
GOLD - Sprint - USA Cycling Track National Championships - Trexlertown, PA
GOLD - Keirin - USA Cycling Track National Championships - Trexlertown, PA
GOLD - 500m Time Trial - USA Cycling Track National Championships - Trexlertown, PA
GOLD - Team Sprint - USA Cycling Track National Championships - Trexlertown, PA
// 2016 UCI Local/International
1st - Sprint - UCI Puerto Rico Track Cup, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico *Track Record
1st - Keirin - UCI Puerto Rico Track Cup - Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
1st - 500m Time Trial - UCI Puerto Rico Track Cup - Aguadilla, Puerto Rico *Track Record
1st - Sprint - UCI Easter International Grand Prix - Arima, Trinidad and Tobago *Track Record
2nd - Keirin - UCI Easter International Grand Prix - Arima, Trinidad and Tobago
2nd - Sprint - UCI U.S. Sprint GP - Trexlertown, PA
2nd - Keirin - UCI Fastest Man on Wheels - Trexlertown, PA
// 2016 Team USA Cycling
Named to USA Cycling’s Olympic Games Long Team
BRONZE - Team Sprint - Pan American Track Cycling Championships – Aguascalientes, Mexico *National Record 33.353
4th - Sprint - Pan American Track Cycling Championships – Aguascalientes, Mexico
6th - Keirin - Pan American Track Cycling Championships – Aguascalientes, Mexico
5th - 500m Time Trial - Pan American Track Cycling Championships – Aguascalientes, Mexico *National Record 34.046
5th - Team Sprint - UCI Track Cycling World Cup -Glasgow, Scotland
7th - Team Sprint - UCI Track Cycling World Cup - Apeldoorn, Netherlands
8th - Sprint - UCI Track Cycling World Cup - Apeldoorn, Netherlands
2015
// 2015 U.S. Track Nationals
GOLD - Team Sprint - USA Cycling Track National Championships - Los Angeles, A
SILVER - 500m Time Trial - USA Cycling Track National Championships - Los Angeles, CA
SILVER – Sprint - USA Cycling Elite National Track Championships - Los Angeles, CA
// 2015 UCI Local/International
1st - Keirin - UCI World Series of Bicycling Keirin Revenge - Trexlertown, PA
2nd - Sprint - UCI World Series of Bicycling Champions of Sprint - Trexlertown, PA
6th - Sprint - UCI World Series of Bicycling Festival of Speed - Trexlertown, PA
9th - Sprint - UCI World Series of Bicycling Sprint GP - Trexlertown, PA
9th - Keirin - UCI World Series of Bicycling Fastest Man on Wheels - Trexlertown, PA
10th - Sprint - UCI 4-Bahnen Tournee - Singen, Germany
11th - Sprint - UCI 4 -Bahnen Tournee - Dudenhofen, Germany
// 2015 Team USA Cycling
16th - Team Sprint - UCI Track Cycling World Cup - Cali, Colombia
27th - Sprint - UCI Track Cycling World Cup - Cali, Colombia
2014
// 2014 U.S. Track Nationals
GOLD - 500m Time Trial - USA Cycling Elite Track National Championships - Rock Hill, SC *Track Record
GOLD - Team Sprint - USA Cycling Elite Track National Championships - Rock Hill, SC
SILVER - Sprint - USA Cycling Elite Track National Championships - Rock Hill, SC *Track Record
5th - Keirin - USA Cycling Elite Track National Championships - Rock Hill, SC
// 2014 UCI Local/International
1st - Keirin - World Series of Bicycling Keystone Keirin Cup - Trexlertown, PA
2nd - Sprint - UCI Super Tuesday Sprint GP - Trexlertown, PA
3rd - Keirin - World Series of Bicycling Keirin Cup - Trexlertown, PA
3rd - Team Sprint - UCI Colorado Sprint GP - Colorado Springs, CO
4th - Keirin - UCI Colorado Sprint GP - Colorado Springs, CO
5th - Sprint - UCI Colorado Sprint GP - Colorado Springs, CO
5th - Sprint - UCI World Series of Bicycling US Sprint GP - Trexlertown, PA
// 2014 Team USA Cycling
18th - Keirin - UCI Track World Cup, Guadalajara, Mexico *First World Cup
24th - Sprint - UCI Track World Cup, Guadalajara, Mexico *First World Cup
2013 – Mandy made the transition from Endurance to Track Sprint Cycling
// 2013 U.S. Track Nationals
SILVER - Sprint - USA Cycling Elite Mass Start Track National Championships - Rock Hill, SC
5th - Keirin - USA Cycling Elite Mass Start Track National Championships - Rock Hill, SC
5th - 500m Time Trial - USA Cycling Elite Timed Track National Championships - Los Angeles, California
5th - Team Sprint - USA Cycling Elite Timed Track National Championships - Los Angeles, California
// 2013 UCI Local/International
2nd - Keirin - UCI World Series Of Bicycling Fastest Woman on Wheels - Trexlertown, PA
2nd - Sprint - Non-UCI World Series of Bicycling U.S. Sprint Grand Prix - Trexlertown, PA
2nd - Keirin - Non-UCI World Series of Bicycling Keirin Revenge - Trexlertown, PA
5th - Keirin - CalBikeLaw.com Keirin Cup - Los Angeles, CA
6th - Keirin - UCI World Series of Bicycling Festival of Speed, Trexlertown, PA
// 2013 Team USA Cycling
18th - Keirin - UCI Track World Cup - Guadalajara, Mexico
24th – Sprint - UCI Track World Cup - Guadalajara, Mexico
2003 – mandy’s cycling career began
// 2003 U.S Road Nationals
GOLD - Time Trial - USCF Junior Women’s 10-12 Road Nationals - College Station, Texas
GOLD - Criterium - USCF Junior Women’s 10-12 Road Nationals - College Station, Texas
SILVER - Road Race - USCF Junior Women’s 10-12 Road Nationals - College Station, Texas
// 2003 Local Races
GOLD - 500m Time Trial - State Track Cycling Championships - Cooper City, Florida
2004-2013 results by request
Race Information/Structure for the Sprint and Keirin: Riders compete at U.S. Track Nationals annually. Riders annually individually compete at UCI Local/International events to earn points to qualify for World Cups (UCI Class 1 and Class 2 races offer different point standings). Riders are then selected by Team USA Cycling to compete at the annual Pan American Championships, World Cups and the World Championships and all individual results over 2 years are crucial to earning points as a Nation for the United States to qualify for a spot for the Olympic Games.
The United States then nominates riders for the U.S. Olympic Long Team, meaning we are all one step closer in this process and soon after the Final Team will be announced. There are no U.S. Olympic Trials. It is a long qualifying process and consistency and progression are key.