Biography - Spenser Mango
2008-09 Team USA Ranking No. 1 at 55KGYears on Team USA: 3 (2007-10)
Residence: Marquette, MI
Club: USOEC/NYAC
Coach: Ivan Ivanov
College: Northern Michigan
HighSchool: St. Louis, Mo. (Christian Brothers College)
Born: 07/06/86 in St. Louis, Mo.
Height: 5-2
2008: Fifth in Henri Deglane Challenge… New York AC International champion… Eighth in Olympic Games… U.S. Olympic Team Trials champion… U.S. Nationals champion…
2007: New York AC Holiday International champion… Second in Sunkist Kids International Open… Second in U.S. World Team Trials… Fifth in U.S. Nationals… Third in Gedz Tournament (Serbia)… Second in Dave Schultz Memorial International… University Natonals champion…
2006: World University champion… Third in Junior World Championships… Second in U.S. Nationals… New York AC Holiday International Open champion… Sunkist Kids/ASU International Open champion… FILA Junior World Team Trials champion… University Nationals champion…
2005: Fifth in U.S. World Team Trials… University World Team Trials champion… FILA Junior World Team Trials champion… Sixth in U.S. Nationals… Third in FILA Junior Nationals… Second in University Nationals… Third in NYAC Holiday Championships…Third in Sunkist Kids/ASU International Open…Seventh in World University Games… DNP in Junior World Championships… Fifth in Dave Schultz Memorial International…
2004: Sixth in NYAC Christmas International… Sixth in Sunkist Kids/ASU International Open…
USA Age-group: Second in 2004 Junior Nationals… Third in 2003 Junior Nationals…
College: Attends Northern Michigan Univ., where he is enrolled in the U.S. Olympic Education Center program… Coached by Ivan Ivanov… His major is currently undeclared…
High School: Attended Christian Brothers College High School, where he was coached by John Hanau and Edward Hamer… Two-time state champion (2003-04)… 2002 state tournament qualifier… Also lettered in football… Member of the Student Council…
Personal: Son of Deborah and the late Thomas Mango…Has one brother, Ryan, and one sister, Natasha… Ryan is also an accomplished wrestler, winning double Junior and Cadet Nationals titles in freestyle and Greco-Roman… Hobbies include fishing…