Glyn Morgan (swimmer)

Glyn Morgan
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Welsh)
BornQ4. 1939[1]
Newport, Wales
Sport
SportSwimming
Event
Freestyle
ClubNewport SC

Glyn C. Morgan (born 1939) is a former Welsh swimmer who specialised in freestyle and competed at the Commonwealth Games.

Biography

Morgan, born in Newport, was an apprentice chemist and was a member of the Newport Swimming Club. At the age of 17, he won the 1957 Welsh mile championship at Swansea Bay.[2] He was the first Welshman to finish in the 1957 Taff Swim[3] and retained the 1958 half-mile title.[4]

He represented the Welsh team[5] at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, where he competed in the 110 yards freestyle[6] and helped Wales secure a fifth place finish in the final of the men's 220 yards freestyle relay relay, with Brian Flook, David Glasenbury and Mike Edwards.[7]

After the Games, Morgan and Flook were favourites going into the 1958 Taff Swim[8] and also swam for South Wales against West of England at the Television gala in Bristol.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Morgan Glyn C." Free BMD. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  2. ^ "Geraldine may Surprise Gwent pair". Western Mail. 27 July 1958. p. 10. Retrieved 12 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "They swim for Wales". Western Mail. 18 July 1958. p. 31. Retrieved 12 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Newport S.C. successes". Western Mail. 6 August 1957. p. 6. Retrieved 12 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Wales Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 15 November 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  6. ^ "Swimming". Western Mail. 19 July 1958. p. 19. Retrieved 12 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "The Welsh Swimming Team". Pontypridd Observer. 19 July 1958. p. 22. Retrieved 12 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "Flook-Morgan clash in Taff swim". Western Mail. 30 August 1958. p. 10. Retrieved 12 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "TV gala contest". Western Mail. 5 December 1958. p. 13. Retrieved 12 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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