Derek Mandell
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| Nationality | File:Flag of Guam.svg Guam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | September 18, 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 800m, 1500m, 5000m, Half Marathon, Marathon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Derek Mandell (born September 18, 1986, in Tamuning, Guam) is a Guamanian middle-distance runner.[1][2] He took part in the 2008 Oceania Athletics Championships, winning bronze, and 2008 Summer Olympics, where he broke a personal men's 800m record even though Mandell was eliminated in the first round.
He later competed in the 2010 Guam Athletics Championships, where he won two gold medals, the 2011 Pacific Games, where he won a silver medal, and the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, where he set a personal best time of 1:57.11.
He also competed in the men's 800m event at the 2012 Summer Olympics but was again eliminated in the first round.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Early life and education
[edit | edit source]Derek Mandell was an athlete at University of Portland.[3] Mandell joined the team as a walk-on.[4]
Olympic career
[edit | edit source]Mandell qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 800 m middle-distance run with a universality placement.[5]
Achievements
[edit | edit source]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| Representing File:Flag of Guam.svg Guam | |||||
| 2004 | World Junior Championships | Grosseto, Italy | 34th (h) | 1500m | 4:27.27 |
| 2005 | South Pacific Mini Games | Koror, Palau | 3rd | 5000 m | 17:12.43 min |
| 2006 | Micronesian Games | Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands | 1st | 800 m | 2:03.76 min |
| 1st | 1500 m | 4:11.92 min GR | |||
| 1st | 5000 m | 16:52.85 min | |||
| 1st | 10,000 m | 35:47.58 min | |||
| Oceania Championships | Apia, Samoa | 3rd | 1500 m | 4:06.35 min | |
| 2nd | 5000 m | 16:18.83 min | |||
| 3rd | 6 km Cross country | 27:12 min | |||
| 2008 | Oceania Championships | Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands | 3rd | 1500 m | 4:05.79 min |
| 2010 | Micronesian Games | Koror, Palau | 1st | 800 m | 1:58.10 min GR |
| 1st | 1500 m | 4:16.87 min | |||
| 1st | 10 km road race | 37:48.44 | |||
| 3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:36.05 | |||
| 2011 | Oceania Championships (Regional Division West) | Apia, Samoa | 1st | 1500 m | 4:04.59 min |
| Pacific Games | Nouméa, New Caledonia | 2nd | 1500 m | 4:02.95 min[6] | |
| 2012 | Oceania Championships (Regional Division West) | Cairns, Australia | 3rd | 800 m | 1:56.51 min |
| 1st | 1500 m | 4:02.81 min | |||
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Derek Mandell at World AthleticsLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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Categories:
- Living people
- Olympic track and field athletes for Guam
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- People from Tamuning, Guam
- 1986 births
- Guamanian men middle-distance runners
- Micronesian Games bronze medalists for Guam
- Micronesian Games gold medalists for Guam
- Micronesian Games medalists in athletics
- Pacific Games silver medalists
- Pacific Games medalists in athletics
- Pacific Games bronze medalists
- Portland Pilots men's track and field athletes
- 21st-century American sportsmen
- Oceanian sport of athletics biography stubs
- Guamanian sportspeople stubs