Glynde Mangum

Glynde "Mango" Mangum is an American pool and open water swimmer.

Swimming & Coaching Highlights

He was a member of the USA National Swimming Team and an Olympic Swimming Trials finalist in 1984.
He was on the USA National Triathlon Team and competed internationally as professional triathlete from 1991 to 1997.
He was the head coach of the People's Swimming School in Japan.
He coached two swimmers to the 1988 Seoul Olympics where they set national records.
In 2004, Matthew Moseley and Mangum completed a 13-mile river swim down the Colorado River from Moab to Potash Point during the Telluride Bluegrass Festival as their first gonzo swimming expedition.
In 2012, Mangum and Matthew Moseley swam as a duo relay and successfully crossed Lake Pontchartrain in 3-5 foot swells storms and lightning, swimming 41.8 km (26 miles) in just over 12 hours from the North Shore in New Orleans to the New Canal Lighthouse in Louisiana in a charity swim fundraiser for the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation, called the Lake Pontchartrain Swim Team 23 mile Crossing.