Mark Mandy

Career

He seems to have retired from top level competition in 1999. He competed at the World Championships in 1993, 1995 and 1997, the 1996 Olympic Games, the 1997 World Indoor Championships, the 1994, 1996 and 1998 European Indoor Championships and the 1994 European Championships without reaching the final. 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.

Now works as a self-employed driver for United Kingdom Mail.

Achievements

• Domestically, Mandy became Irish champion five times as well as American Automobile Association champion in 1997, American Automobile Association indoor champion in 1997, and Scottish champion in 1995. His personal best jump is 2.25 metres, achieved in July 1995 in Gateshead. He had 2.26 metres on the indoor track, achieved in February 1997 in Birmingham.