{{short description|American yachtsman}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2011}} {{Infobox sailor | name = Mark Mendelblatt | image = | caption = | nationality = American | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|02|19|mf=yes}} | birth_place = [[St. Petersburg, Florida]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | height = 6 ft 1 in | weight = 179 lb | classes = [[ILCA 7]], [[Nacra 17]], [[Laser II]], [[Star (keelboat)|Star]], [[A-Catamaran]], [[Melges 20]], [[49er (dinghy)|49er]], [[Etchells]], [[Melges 24]], [[TP52]], [[Soling]], [[Vanguard 15]] | collegeteam = {{collegesailingteam|Tufts University}} | club = St. Petersburg Yacht Club | coach = | worlds = * 1985 International Optimist World Championships; Third place * 1991 Laser II World Championships; gold medal * 1998 ISAF Team Racing World Championships * 2004 Laser World Championships; Silver medal | regionals = * 1989 Laser II North American Championships; Gold medal * [[1999 Pan American Games]]; Silver medal | nationals = * 1984 International Optimist Dinghy National Sailing Championships; Gold medal * 1985 Optimist Pram National Championship; Second place * Collegiate [[All-America]]n (1992–94) * 1995 Laser National Championships; Gold medal | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | [[Sailing (sport)|Sailing]] }} {{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Pan American Games]] }} {{MedalSilver | [[1999 Pan American Games|1999 Winnipeg]] | [[Sailing at the 1999 Pan American Games|Men's Laser]] }} }}
'''Mark Mendelblatt''' (born February 19, 1973) is an American yachtsman. Married to windsurfer [[Carolina Mendelblatt]] (née Borges),<ref name="google1">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/completebookofla00till |url-access=registration |page=[https://archive.org/details/completebookofla00till/page/84 84] |title=The Complete Book of Laser Sailing |publisher=McGraw-Hill |year=2005 |author=Dick Tillman |isbn=0-07-145219-2 |accessdate=July 7, 2011}}</ref><ref name="google2">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dAq4TGQsWwwC&pg=PA193 |title=Day by day in Jewish sports history |publisher=KTAV Publishing House, Inc. |year=2008 |author=Bob Wechsler |isbn=978-0-88125-969-8 |accessdate=July 7, 2011}}</ref><ref name="jewishvirtuallibrary1">{{cite web |url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Mendelblatt.html |title=Mark Mendelblatt |publisher=[[Jewish Virtual Library]] |accessdate=July 7, 2011}}</ref> he primarily sails the [[Laser Radial]], a [[one-design]] class of small ({{convert|13|ft|0|in|abbr=on|disp=or}} long, and {{convert|130|lb|abbr=on|disp=or}}) single-handed [[dinghy sailing|sailing dinghy]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/44952794.html?dids=44952794:44952794&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+17%2C+1999&author=DORAN+CUSHING&pub=St.+Petersburg+Times&desc=Destination%3A+Sydney+Series%3A+OUTDOORS%3A+A+WEEKLY+SPECIAL+REPORT&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131155411/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/44952794.html?dids=44952794:44952794&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+17,+1999&author=DORAN+CUSHING&pub=St.+Petersburg+Times&desc=Destination:+Sydney+Series:+OUTDOORS:+A+WEEKLY+SPECIAL+REPORT&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 31, 2013 |title=Destination: Sydney Series |work=St. Petersburg Times |date=September 17, 1999 |author=Doran Cushing |accessdate=July 7, 2011}}</ref> Beginning in 2005, he also started to race in the two-person [[keelboat]] [[Star (sailboat)|Star class]].
At age 11, he won the International Optimist Dinghy National Sailing Championships, and at age 18, he won the [[Laser 2|Laser II]] World Championships. A three-time college [[All-American]] at [[Tufts University]], he won a silver medal in the Laser at the [[1999 Pan American Games]]. In 2004, he won a silver medal at the Laser World Championships.
==Early and personal life== Mendelblatt, who is Jewish,<ref name="google2" /><ref name="jewishvirtuallibrary1" /><ref>{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/753916341.html?dids=753916341:753916341&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+05%2C+2004&author=WAVENEY+ANN+MOORE&pub=St.+Petersburg+Times&desc=Synagogue+expands+its+Hanukkah+festival&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201144451/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/753916341.html?dids=753916341:753916341&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+05,+2004&author=WAVENEY+ANN+MOORE&pub=St.+Petersburg+Times&desc=Synagogue+expands+its+Hanukkah+festival&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 1, 2013 |title=Synagogue expands its Hanukkah festival |work=St. Petersburg Times |date=December 5, 2004 |author=Waveney Ann Moore |accessdate=July 8, 2011}}</ref> was born in [[St. Petersburg, Florida]]. His father, Frank, and his brother, [[David Mendelblatt|David]] (also a sailor), are ophthalmologists. His mother, Kathy, supervises their practice.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sptimes.com/2004/08/11/Sports/St_Petersburg_sailor_.shtml |title=St. Petersburg sailor plots course for gold |work=The St. Petersburg Times |date=August 11, 2004 |author=Dave Scheiber |accessdate=July 8, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020075010/http://www.sptimes.com/2004/08/11/Sports/St_Petersburg_sailor_.shtml |archivedate=October 20, 2012 }}</ref>
He attended [[St. Petersburg High School]], helping its sailing team win four consecutive national titles, and graduated in 1991.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/50480812.html?dids=50480812:50480812&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+22%2C+1989&author=TIM+LOONEY&pub=St.+Petersburg+Times&desc=6+youths+prepare+for+championships+Series%3A+sailing&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131210005/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/50480812.html?dids=50480812:50480812&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+22,+1989&author=TIM+LOONEY&pub=St.+Petersburg+Times&desc=6+youths+prepare+for+championships+Series:+sailing&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 31, 2013 |title=6 youths prepare for championships Series: sailing |work=St. Petersburg Times |date=June 22, 1989 |author=Tim Looney |accessdate=July 7, 2011}}</ref><ref name="ussailing2004">{{cite news|url=http://www.ussailing.org/olympics/OlympicGames/2004/Laser/MarkMendelblatt.asp |title=Mark Mendelblatt |publisher=US Sailing |year=2004 |accessdate=July 7, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515222144/http://www.ussailing.org/olympics/OlympicGames/2004/Laser/MarkMendelblatt.asp |archivedate=May 15, 2008 }}</ref> He resides in St. Petersburg, and is a securities broker.<ref name="google1" /><ref name="ussailing2004" />
==Sailing career== ===Summary - Olympics=== * 7th - [[Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics|Star Men - London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition]] * 8th - [[Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics|ILCA 7 Men - 2004 Athens Olympic Games Sailing Competition]]
===Summary - World Championships=== * 1st 1991 [[Laser II World Championship]] * 1st 1998 [[ISAF Team Racing World Championship]] * 2nd 2004 [[Laser World Championship]] (Olympic Qualifier) * 2nd 2009 [[TP52 World Championship]] * 3rd [[Star World Championship|Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships - Star]] * [[Etchells World Championship]] * [[Melges 20 World Championship]] * [[Melges 24 World Championship]] * [[Nacra 17 World Championship]] * [[A-Class Catamaran World Championship]] * [[Star World Championship]]
===Early years=== Mendelblatt began taking classes at the St. Petersburg Sailing Center at age 6, and started sailing competitively at age 10.<ref name="jewishvirtuallibrary1" /><ref name="sptimes2003">{{cite news|url=http://www.sptimes.com/2003/11/06/Sports/Err_is_apparent_for_s.shtml |title=Err is apparent for sailor |work=St. Petersburg Times |date=November 6, 2003 |author=Bruce Lowitt |accessdate=July 8, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020074955/http://www.sptimes.com/2003/11/06/Sports/Err_is_apparent_for_s.shtml |archivedate=October 20, 2012 }}</ref> In 1984, at age 11, he was the overall winner at the International Optimist Dinghy National Sailing Championships in Maryland, and also won the North American title.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uHBIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0FkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6839,3084552&dq=mark-mendelblatt&hl=en |title=Contest Follows True to Form; Short List, but Variety for August |work=The Evening Independent |date=September 13, 1984 |author=Glenn Miller |accessdate=July 7, 2011}}</ref> In 1985, he was part of a five-person U.S. Optimist Dinghy team, along with his brother David, that took third place in the 25th International Optimist World Championships in team racing in Finland.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SfELAAAAIBAJ&sjid=t1kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6439,35306&dq=david-mendelblatt&hl=en |title=Sportsalute XIV |work=The Evening Independent |date=March 1, 1986 |accessdate=July 9, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rctaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=b1kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6611,3014993&dq=david-mendelblatt&hl=en |title=Local Trio Paces American Dinghy Racers |work=The Evening Independent |date=August 13, 1985 |author=Jane Meinhardt |accessdate=July 9, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mApZAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aFkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6749,3139270&dq=david-mendelblatt&hl=en |title=St. Petersburg Yacht Club Honors Boaters for 1984 |work=The Evening Independent |date=January 28, 1985 |author=Michael M. Walton |accessdate=July 9, 2011}}</ref> It was the best U.S. finish ever in dinghy racing.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=asNaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=blkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6896,197658&dq=david-mendelblatt&hl=en |title=11 Teams Nominated for Year's Best |work=The Evening Independent |date=February 17, 1986 |accessdate=July 9, 2011}}</ref> He also came in second in the Optimist Pram National Championship, behind his brother David.<ref name="ceclients1">{{cite news|url=http://www.ceclients.com/sites/StPetersburgYachtClub/files/Majorawards.pdf |title=Centennial; 1909–2009; Major Awards |publisher=St. Petersburg Yacht Club |accessdate=July 9, 2011 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
In 1989, at the age of 16, he teamed with his 19-year-old brother David to outrace 21 other entries and win the Laser II North American Championships in Maryland.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/50520789.html?dids=50520789:50520789&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+26%2C+1989&author=KIM+LENNON%3B+TIM+LOONEY&pub=St.+Petersburg+Times&desc=Brothers+team+for+continental+sailing+title+Series%3A+SPORTS+IN+BRIEF&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131154855/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/50520789.html?dids=50520789:50520789&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+26,+1989&author=KIM+LENNON;+TIM+LOONEY&pub=St.+Petersburg+Times&desc=Brothers+team+for+continental+sailing+title+Series:+SPORTS+IN+BRIEF&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 31, 2013 |title=Brothers team for continental sailing title Series |work=St. Petersburg Times |date=July 26, 1989 |author=Kim Lennon, Tim, Looney |accessdate=July 7, 2011}}</ref> In 1991, at the age of 18, he won the Laser II World Championships in England, competing against more than 180 adult competitors.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/50650023.html?dids=50650023:50650023&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+07%2C+1991&author=&pub=St.+Petersburg+Times&desc=Mendelblatt+wins+Laser+II+world+title+Series%3A+SPORTS+IN+BRIEF&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131155015/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/50650023.html?dids=50650023:50650023&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+07,+1991&author=&pub=St.+Petersburg+Times&desc=Mendelblatt+wins+Laser+II+world+title+Series:+SPORTS+IN+BRIEF&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 31, 2013 |title=Mendelblatt wins Laser II world title Series |work=St. Petersburg Times |date=August 7, 1991 |accessdate=July 7, 2011}}</ref>
===1991–95; College=== In college, he was a three-time [[All-American]] in sailing (1992–94), and was named winner of the Clarence "Pop" Houston Award as [[Tufts University]] Athlete of the Year in both 1993 and 1994.<ref name="jewishvirtuallibrary1" /><ref name="ussailing2004" /><ref name="pqarchiver1994">{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/51838465.html?dids=51838465:51838465&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+22%2C+1994&author=DAVE+THEALL&pub=St.+Petersburg+Times&desc=Weyer+wins+top+honor+at+Furman+Series%3A+ATHLETE+UPDATE&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131221757/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/51838465.html?dids=51838465:51838465&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+22,+1994&author=DAVE+THEALL&pub=St.+Petersburg+Times&desc=Weyer+wins+top+honor+at+Furman+Series:+ATHLETE+UPDATE&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 31, 2013 |title=Weyer wins top honor at Furman Series |work=St. Petersburg Times |date=May 22, 1994 |author=Dave Theall |accessdate=July 7, 2011}}</ref> In 1993, he won the [[ICSA Men's Singlehanded National Championship|collegiate National Single-Handed Championship]] in Seattle, the New England Singlehanded Championship, and the New England Sloop Championship.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/51803240.html?dids=51803240:51803240&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+09%2C+1993&author=&pub=St.+Petersburg+Times&desc=Mendelblatt+wins+national+championship+Series%3A+PINELLAS+SPORTS+EXTRA%3B+around+the+county&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131202819/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/51803240.html?dids=51803240:51803240&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+09,+1993&author=&pub=St.+Petersburg+Times&desc=Mendelblatt+wins+national+championship+Series:+PINELLAS+SPORTS+EXTRA;+around+the+county&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 31, 2013 |title=Mendelblatt wins national championship Series |work=St. Petersburg Times |date=December 9, 1993 |accessdate=July 7, 2011}}</ref> In 1995 he won the Laser National Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/21343898.html?dids=21343898:21343898&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+18%2C+1995&author=AMY+E.+SMITH&pub=St.+Petersburg+Times&desc=St.+Petersburg%27s+Mulock+named+to+U.S.+Sailing+team+Series%3A+SAILING&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131143743/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/21343898.html?dids=21343898:21343898&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+18,+1995&author=AMY+E.+SMITH&pub=St.+Petersburg+Times&desc=St.+Petersburg's+Mulock+named+to+U.S.+Sailing+team+Series:+SAILING&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 31, 2013 |title=St. Petersburg's Mulock named to U.S. Sailing team Series |work=St. Petersburg Times |date=October 18, 1995 |author=Amy E. Smith |accessdate=July 7, 2011}}</ref> He graduated Tufts in 1995, with a degree in psychology.<ref name="ussailing2004" /><ref name="pqarchiver1994" />
===1999–2004; Pan Am Games, World Championships, and Olympics=== [[File:Laser Standard 160588 01.jpg|thumb| right |A [[Laser (dinghy)|Laser]]]] Mendelblatt earned a [[silver medal]] in the Laser at the [[1999 Pan American Games]] on [[Lake Winnipeg]], behind Brazil's [[Robert Scheidt]] and ahead of [[Diego Romero (sailor)|Diego Romero]] of Argentina.<ref name="google1" /><ref name="jewishvirtuallibrary1" /><ref>{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/43680740.html?dids=43680740:43680740&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+04%2C+1999&author=DORAN+CUSHING&pub=St.+Petersburg+Times&desc=Mendelblatt+sails+closer+to+goal+of+reaching+top+level+Series%3A+SAILING&pqatl=google |title=Mendelblatt sails closer to goal of reaching top level Series |work=St. Petersburg Times |date=August 4, 1999 |author=Doran Cushing |accessdate=July 7, 2011 |archive-date=March 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305201603/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/tampabay/doc/263374676.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug%2004,%201999&author=DORAN%20CUSHING&pub=St.%20Petersburg%20Times&edition=&startpage=&desc=Mendelblatt%20sails%20closer%20to%20goal%20of%20reaching%20top%20level%20Series:%20SAILING |url-status=dead }}</ref> That year he also won the Laser North American title, and the US Olympic Sailing Committee recognized him as Athlete of the Year.<ref name="ussailing2004" /><ref>{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/47909245.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+12%2C+1999&author=Bob+Monahan%2C+Globe+Staff&pub=Boston+Globe&desc=MIT%27S+FLANAGIN+IS+A+TRUE+SUCCESS+STORY&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715071233/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/47909245.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+12,+1999&author=Bob+Monahan,+Globe+Staff&pub=Boston+Globe&desc=MIT'S+FLANAGIN+IS+A+TRUE+SUCCESS+STORY&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 15, 2012 |title=MIT'S Flanagin is a True Success Story |work=The Boston Globe |date=December 12, 1999 |author=Bob Monahan |accessdate=July 7, 2011}}</ref>
In 2000, he came in 2nd out of 32 boats at the Laser Olympic Team Trials.<ref name="ussailing2004" /> The next year he won the 2001 [[Laser (dinghy)|Laser]] [[North American]] Championships.<ref name="jewishvirtuallibrary1" /> From 2000 to 2003, he was the "traveler" (working the control that moves the [[boom (sailing)|boom]]) aboard ''OneWorld Challenge'', an [[America's Cup]] yacht that competed in the [[2003 Louis Vuitton Cup]].<ref name="sptimes2003" />
He won the 2003 [[Rolex]] Miami Olympic Class Regatta, the Laser Pacific Coast Championships in [[Oregon]] on the [[Columbia River]] (coming in first out of 33 boats),<ref name="google2" /> and the Laser Gulf Coast Championships in Texas (coming in first out of 56 boats), and was named [[US Sailing]]'s 2003 [[United States Olympic Committee]] Male Athlete of the Year.<ref name="jewishvirtuallibrary1" /><ref name="ussailing2004" /> In 2003, Mendelblatt finished 6th in the Laser World Championships in Spain, out of 171 boats.<ref name="jewishvirtuallibrary1" /><ref name="ussailing2004" /> For the year, he was ranked # 1 among US Laser sailors.<ref name="sptimes2003" /> Tim Landt, president of the International Laser Class Association, said Mendelblatt was "the total package", opining that: "He's got the perfect structure (6 feet 2, 180 pounds). He's got extremely muscular legs, and he's very lean and very tenacious, like [[Lance Armstrong]]."<ref name="sptimes2003" />
In 2004, he was fourth out of 96 boats at the Laser European Championship, sixth out of 58 Lasers at the Princess Sofia competition in Spain, and twelfth out of 159 Lasers at Hyeres Week in France.<ref name="ussailing2004" /> In May 2004, he won a silver medal at the [[List of World Championships medalists in sailing (centreboard classes)#Laser Radial|Laser World Championships]] in Turkey, coming in 2nd out of 145 boats, behind Brazil's Scheidt.<ref name="jewishvirtuallibrary1" /><ref name="ussailing2004" /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sptimes.com/2004/06/02/Neighborhoodtimes/Mendelblatt_shows_he_.shtml |title=Mendelblatt shows he can vie for Olympic medal |work=The St. Petersburg Times |date=June 2, 2004 |author=Dave Ellis |accessdate=July 8, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020075022/http://www.sptimes.com/2004/06/02/Neighborhoodtimes/Mendelblatt_shows_he_.shtml |archivedate=October 20, 2012 }}</ref>
He competed in the [[2004 Olympics]] in Laser (Mixed One-Person [[Dinghy]]) in [[Athens]], and placed eighth.<ref name="google1" /> US Sailing named him Athlete of the Year for the second time.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sptimes.com/2003/12/16/Sports/Buyout_of_CART_set_ra.shtml |title=Sailing |work=St. Petersburg Times |date=December 16, 2003 |accessdate=July 8, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020075001/http://www.sptimes.com/2003/12/16/Sports/Buyout_of_CART_set_ra.shtml |archivedate=October 20, 2012 }}</ref>
===2005–present=== [[File:Starboot Regatta Wannsee DM 20100831.jpg|thumb|192px |A [[Star (sailboat)|Starboat]] regatta]] In March 2005, he was ranked 4th in the world in the Laser, behind Scheidt, [[Paul Goodison]] of Great Britain, and [[Michael Blackburn (sailor)|Michael Blackburn]] of Australia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sailing.org/news/11133.php |title=ISAF: World Sailing Rankings; Single-handed dinghy men – Laser |publisher=Sailing.org |date=March 4, 2005 |accessdate=July 8, 2011}}</ref> That month, he also won the two-person racing [[keelboat]] [[Star (sailboat)|Star class]] 78th [[Bacardi Cup]] on [[Biscayne Bay]], with Mark Strube as crew.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-3769265/Mendelblatt-Strube-Win-2005-BACARDI.html |title=Mendelblatt/Strube Win 2005 Bacardi Cup; Shiebler Is Day Six Winner |publisher=PR Newswire |date=March 12, 2005 |accessdate=July 8, 2011}}</ref> In June 2006, Mendelblatt and Strube won the 2006 [[Kiel Week]] in Germany, beating Scheidt and crewman [[Bruno Prada]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bymnews.com/new/content/view/33853/48/ |title=US Sailing's Mendelblatt & Strubb win gold medal at Star European Championship |work=bymnews.com |date=August 14, 2006 |author=Marni Lane |accessdate=July 8, 2011}}</ref> In August 2006, he and Strube won the Star European Championship over 93 boats in [[Neustadt in Holstein|Neustadt]], Germany, again defeating second-place finishers Scheidt and Prada.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bymnews.com/new/content/view/33816/48/ |title=Germany. Rolex Baltic Week: No wind, no racing, championship decided after much controversy |work=bymnews.com |date=August 13, 2006 |author=Andreas Kling |accessdate=July 8, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Hirshfield |first=Adam |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2006-08-15-aow-beach-volleyball_x.htm |title=Dalhausser and Rogers spike their way to U.S. Athlete of the Week honors |work=USA Today |date=August 15, 2006 |accessdate=July 8, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sptimes.com/2006/08/23/Northpinellas/Area_sailors_snare_mo.shtml |title=Area sailors snare more hardware |work=The St. Petersburg Times |date=August 23, 2006 |author=Dave Ellis |accessdate=July 8, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020075032/http://www.sptimes.com/2006/08/23/Northpinellas/Area_sailors_snare_mo.shtml |archivedate=October 20, 2012 }}</ref> Mendelblatt accepted a position in the fall of 2006 with [[Emirates Team New Zealand]], and in April 2007 replaced injured veteran [[Adam Beashel]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/1260237391.html?dids=1260237391:1260237391&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+25%2C+2007&author=Stuart+Streuli&pub=USA+TODAY&desc=Hustle+pays+for+U.S.+sailors+%3B+Mendelblatt%2C+Keeley+land+gigs+in+America%27s+Cup+chase&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715210040/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/1260237391.html?dids=1260237391:1260237391&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+25,+2007&author=Stuart+Streuli&pub=USA+TODAY&desc=Hustle+pays+for+U.S.+sailors+;+Mendelblatt,+Keeley+land+gigs+in+America's+Cup+chase&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 15, 2012 |title=Hustle pays for U.S. sailors; Mendelblatt, Keeley land gigs in America's Cup chase |work=USA Today |date=April 25, 2007 |author=Stuart Streuli |accessdate=July 8, 2011}}</ref>
Mendelblatt and Strube won Kiel Week again in both 2008 and 2009.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.tampabay.com/sports/outdoors/article1014729.ece |title=Sailing: Floridian dig up gold at Kiel Week in Germany |work=The St. Petersburg Times |date=July 3, 2009 |author=Terry Tomalin |access-date=July 8, 2011}}</ref> In 2010, Mendelblatt won the Miami Rolex OCR.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bymnews.com/news/newsDetails.php?id=80390 |title=US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics prepares for US Sailing's 2011 Rolex Miami OCR |work=Bymnews.com |date=January 19, 2011 |accessdate=July 8, 2011}}</ref> In June 2011, he and [[Brian Fatih]] won the Star class medal race at the Skandia [[Sail for Gold]] Regatta in [[Dorset]], England.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://shelterislandreporter.timesreview.com/2011/06/8773/clark-looks-to-perth-to-win-an-olympic-slot/ |title=Clark looks to Perth to win an Olympic slot |work=Shelter Island Reporter |date=June 15, 2011 |author=Peter Boody |accessdate=July 8, 2011}}</ref> Mendelblatt and Fatih competed together at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]].
==See also== * [[List of Jews in sports#Sailing|List of select Jews in sailing]]
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
==External links== * {{World Sailing|id=USAMM9|www=mark-mendelblatt}} * {{Olympics.com profile|mark-mendelblatt}} * {{Olympedia}}
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