Mark Mandy

{{Short description|Irish high jumper}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Mark Mandy | image = | caption = | nationality = Irish | sport = Athletics | event = High jump | club = Cannock & Stafford AC | birth_date = 19 November 1972 | birth_place = Stafford, England | death_date = | death_place = | height =197 cm | weight =83 kg }}

'''Mark Mandy''' (born 19 November 1972) is a retired high jumper who was born in England and competed for the Republic of Ireland by virtue of the fact he had a grandfather from Dublin. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics.<ref name=oly>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/71554 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=10 July 2025}}</ref>

== Biography == He competed at the World Championships in 1993, 1995 and 1997, the 1996 Olympic Games, the 1997 World Indoor Championships,<ref>{{World Athletics}}</ref> the 1994, 1996 and 1998 European Indoor Championships<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maik-richter.de/results/indoor/europe/1994/m94_20.html|title=1994 European Indoor Championships, men's high jump qualification|publisher=Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite|access-date=24 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maik-richter.de/results/indoor/europe/1996/m96_19.html|title=1996 European Indoor Championships, men's high jump qualification|publisher=Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite|access-date=24 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maik-richter.de/results/indoor/europe/1998/m98_20.html|title=1998 European Indoor Championships, men's high jump qualification|publisher=Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite|access-date=24 August 2015}}</ref> and the 1994 European Championships without reaching the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.todor66.com/athletics/europe/1994/Men_High_Jump.html|title=Men High Jump European Championships 1994 Helsinki (FIN)|publisher=Todor Krastev|access-date=24 August 2015}}</ref>

Domestically, Mandy became Irish champion five times as well as AAA champion in 1997,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=10 July 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=10 July 2025}}</ref> AAA indoor champion in 1997, and Scottish champion in 1995.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/irl.htm|title=Irish Republic Championships|work=GBR Athletics|publisher=Athletics Weekly|access-date=24 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm|title=AAA Championships (Men)|work=GBR Athletics|publisher=Athletics Weekly|access-date=24 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaai.htm|title=AAA Indoor Championships (Men)|work=GBR Athletics|publisher=Athletics Weekly|access-date=24 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/scoi.htm|title=Scottish Championships|work=GBR Athletics|publisher=Athletics Weekly|access-date=24 August 2015}}</ref>

His personal best jump is 2.25 metres, achieved in July 1995 in Gateshead. He achieved +2.26 metres on the indoor track, achieved in February 1997 in Birmingham. His best was the Irish record for a while before Brendan Reilly switched his allegiance from the United Kingdom to the Republic of Ireland and broke the record; this has since been broken. The current Irish record of 2.30 metres is held by Adrian O'Dwyer set in Algiers on 24 June 2004.

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