Spenser Mango
2007-08 Team USA Ranking: No. 2 at 55 kg/121 lbs.
Years on Team USA: 1 (2007-08)
Residence: St. Louis, Mo.
Club: USOEC/Gator WC
Coach: Ivan Ivanov
College: Northern Michigan
High School: St. Louis, Mo. (Christian Brothers College)
Born: July 6, 1986 in St. Louis, Mo.
Height: 5-2
Competition Results:
2008: 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 Mango...Has one brother, Ryan, and one sister, Natasha... Ryan is also an accomplished wrestler, winning Cadet Nationals in freestyle and Greco-Roman in 2006... Hobbies include fishing...