SUCCESS TALKS THE PODCAST SPEAKS WITH MANDY MARQARDT ABOUT HER JOURNEY TO SUCCESS AND BECOMING A CHAMPION ON THE TRACK.
BEFORE MANDY BECAME THE WORLD RENOWNED TRACK CYCLIST SHE WAS INVOLED IN A LOT OF SPORTS SUCH AS RUNNING, SWIMMING, TENNIS AT AN EARLY AGE GROWING UP IN FLORIDA.
AFTER HER PARENTS TOOK HER TO RIDE IN THE BRAIAN PICCOLO VELODROME IN FLORIDIA, SHE IMMEDIATELY FELL IN LOVE WITH CYCLING SOON AFTER SHE WENT INTO CYCLING AT A COMPETITIVE LEVEL. AT HER FIRST NATIONALS HER TALENT WAS IRRESISTIBLE.
AT THE AGE OF 16 MANDY WAS DIAGNOSED WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES AND WAS TOLD BY DOCTORS THAT SHE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO COMPETE AT HIGH LEVEL IN CYCLING FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE. MANDY DID NOT ALLOW THE DOCTORS DIAGNOSIS TO TAKE AWAY HER CHILDHOOD OVER BECOMING A CHAMPION ON THE TRACK. MANDY MARQARDT WENT ON TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE FIRST PRO ALL DIABETIC CYCLING TEAM, TEAM NOVO NORDISK.
MANDY MARQARDT'S HIGHTLIGHT
18-U.S. NATIONAL CHAMPION
3-TIME U.S. TRACK RECORD HOLDER
10-TIME UCI TRACK CAREER WINS
6-TIME PAN AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP MEDALIST
CURRENTLY RANK 12TH FASTEST SPRINT CYCLIST IN THE WORLD
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