Glyn Morgan (swimmer)

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Glyn Morgan
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Welsh)
BornQ4. 1939 [1]
Newport, Wales
Sport
Sport Swimming
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. 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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