# Mark Mandy

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{{Short description|Irish high jumper}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name        = Mark Mandy
| image       =
| caption     =
| nationality = Irish
| sport       = [Athletics](/source/Sport_of_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 jump](/source/high_jump)er 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](/source/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](/source/1993_World_Championships_in_Athletics_-_Men's_High_Jump), [1995](/source/1995_World_Championships_in_Athletics_-_Men's_High_Jump) and [1997](/source/1997_World_Championships_in_Athletics_-_Men's_High_Jump), the [1996 Olympic Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics_-_Men's_high_jump), the [1997 World Indoor Championships](/source/1997_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_high_jump),<ref>{{World Athletics}}</ref> the [1994](/source/1994_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships), [1996](/source/1996_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships) and [1998 European Indoor Championships](/source/1998_European_Athletics_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](/source/1994_European_Championships_in_Athletics_-_Men's_High_Jump) 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](/source/1997_AAA_Championships),<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](/source/Gateshead). He achieved  +2.26 metres on the indoor track, achieved in February 1997 in [Birmingham](/source/Birmingham). His best was the [Irish record](/source/Irish_records_in_athletics) for a while before [Brendan Reilly](/source/Brendan_Reilly_(athlete)) 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](/source/Adrian_O'Dwyer) set in Algiers on 24 June 2004.

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