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GRECO-ROMAN OLYMPIC TEAM Spenser Mango 55 kg/121 lbs. Team USA Ranking: No. 1 Years on Team USA: 6 (2007-13) Residence: Colorado Springs, Colo. Club: U.S. Army College: Northern Michigan High School: St. Louis, Mo. (Christian Brothers College) Born: July 6, 1986 Height: 5-2 Coach: Shon Lewis w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w 2012: U.S. Olympic Team Trials champion… Second in Pan American Olympic Qualifier… Dave Schultz Memorial International champion… U.S. Open champion… 2011: Fifth in Vantaa Cup… Third in New York AC International Open… DNP in World Championships… Seventh in FILA Golden Grand Prix Finals in Azerbaijan… U.S. World Team Trials champion… U.S. Open champion… 2010: World Team Trials champion… U.S. Open champion… Fifth in Dave Schultz Memorial International… 2009: Third in New York AC International Open… Ninth in World Championships… U.S. World Team Trials champion… Second in Pan American Championships… Second in U.S. Nationals… Third in Hungarian Golden Grand Prix… Dave Schultz Memorial International champion… 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 Nationals 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: Graduate of Northern Michigan Univ., where he was enrolled in the U.S. Olympic Education Center program… 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… He and his wife, Leann Wuthrich, were married in July 2011… Ryan is also an accomplished wrestler, winning double Junior and Cadet Nationals titles in freestyle and Greco-Roman. Ryan is a two-time All-American for Stanford… Hobbies include fishing… 44 - 2012 USA Wrestling Media Guide

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