David Glasenbury

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David Glasenbury
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Welsh)
BornQ3.1936 [1]
Abertillery, Wales
Sport
Sport Swimming
Event
 Freestyle
ClubNewport SC

David G. Glasenbury (born 1936) is a former Welsh swimmer who specialised in freestyle and competed at the Commonwealth Games.

Biography

Glasenbury, born in Abertillery, Wales, was a member of the Newport Swimming Club [2] but spent much of his time in London. In 1956, living in Plumstead, he won the London Area 110 yards freestyle title. [3] He was also serving with the Royal Air Force at Halton in 1956. [4]

In 1957 he retained the Woolwich Championships title and was a Woolwich swimming baths attendant. [5] In 1958 he was a swimming baths attendant in Bermondsey, London and finished second behind Mike Edwards in the 220 yards freestyle at the Welsh 1958 A.S.A. Championships. [6]

He represented the Welsh team [7] at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, where he helped Wales secure a fifth place finish in the final of the men's 220 yards freestyle relay relay, with Glyn Morgan and Mike Edwards. [8]

In 2013, Glasenbury received an MBE for services to national police training. He had been and a physical education adviser at Bramshill College for 20 years. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "GLASENBURY David G". Free BMD. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  2. ↑ "They swim for Wales" . Western Mail. 18 July 1958. p. 31. Retrieved 14 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Woolwich to the Fore" . Kentish Independent. 20 July 1956. p. 2. Retrieved 12 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "R.A.F. Outswum Kent But Mercer's Diving Was Supreme" . Kentish Independent. 27 July 1956. p. 3. Retrieved 12 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Mike Edwards swims in with Ganes claim" . Western Mail. 26 June 1958. p. 12. Retrieved 12 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Mike Books A Games Place" . Daily News (London). 26 June 1958. p. 10. Retrieved 12 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Wales Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  8. ↑ "Aussie Swimmers Show How" . Sunday Post. 27 October 1958. p. 27. Retrieved 14 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ "Physical education adviser shared a joke with The Queen". Basingstoke Gazette. 28 April 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2025.


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