Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Male |
Full name | Mark Allen•Mitchell |
Used name | Mark•Mitchell |
Born | 6 April 1961 in Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) |
Measurements | 185 cm / 82 kg |
Affiliations | Minnetonka |
NOC | United States |
Mark Mitchell attended St. John’s University, graduating from there in 1997. He skated for the US internationally from 1980-87, appearing at the World Championships consecutively from 1983-87. He qualified for the 10K once at the Worlds, finishing 14th overall in 1984. Mitchell had one World Cup top 10, finishing ninth in a 1,500 in February 1986 in Innsbruck. Mitchell later attended law school at Hamline University School of Law, graduating in 2000. He became an attorney in Minneapolis with the Robb Olson Law Office, after some work in the State Public Defenders Office, Ninth District.
Personal Bests: 500 – 38.22 (1987); 1000 – 1:17.26 (1988); 1500 – 1:55.69 (1987); 5000 – 7:04.31 (1987); 10000 – 15:07.06 (1982).
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
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1984 Winter Olympics | Speed Skating (Skating) | USA | Mark Mitchell | |||
1,500 metres, Men (Olympic) | 33 | |||||
5,000 metres, Men (Olympic) | 21 | |||||
10,000 metres, Men (Olympic) | 21 |