Title

Mike Strange - Boxer - 1990 Sports Wall of Fame Inductee

Description

en-CA Update to 1990 induction: Since Mike’s induction into the SWOF in 1988-89, he has continued to achieve on the National & International level. See below: • Over 360 bouts in his amateur career • 11 X Canadian National Amateur Boxing Team Member • 2 X Commonwealth Games Gold medalist 1994/1998 • 3 X Olympian Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000 • Canadian Team Flag Bearer Commonwealth Games, 1998 • Mentor for boxers in the Amateur Circle • Awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal, 2012 • 2000 Sydney Olympic Games • 2000 Canadian Olympic Team Trials Nova Scotia (Gold) • 2000 Canadian Championship (Gold) • 1998 Canadian Boxer of the Year (3 rd time) • 1998 Commonwealth Games - Malaysia (Gold) • 1998 Multi-Nations Tournament - Liverpool (Gold) • 1998 Commonwealth Games Trials - Halifax (Gold) • 1997 Francophone Games - Madagascar (Bronze) • 1997 Tour of Ireland Dublin - Athay (Double Gold) • 1996 Canadian Boxer of the Year (2 nd Time) • 1996 Commonwealth Champions - South Africa (Gold) • 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games • 1996 Multi-Nations Tournament - Liverpool (Gold) • 1996 North American Championships - Puerto Rico (Gold) • 1995 Canadian Boxer of the Year • 1995 Tampere Tournament - Finland (Gold) • 1995 Pan-Am Games - Argentina (Bronze) • 1995 Canada vs Ireland (Gold) • 1994 Commonwealth Games - Victoria, B.C. (Gold) • 1993 Stockholm Open Sweden (Gold) • 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games • Established charity in honour of Robert Lavelle (“Heater”) ca

Identifier

http://www.nflibrary.ca/nfplindex/show.asp?b=1&ref=oo&id=380582

Creator

City of Niagara Falls Staff

Type

Still Image

Is Part Of

Niagara Falls Public Library Digital Collections

Medium

Colour digital image

Provenance

City of Niagara Falls

Date

2013

Subject

Awards

Portraits - Biographical

Sports - Recreation - Leisure

Niagara Falls Virtual Sports Wall of Fame

Spatial Coverage

Canada - Ontario - Niagara Falls

Source

Niagara Falls (Ont.) Public Library

Date Created

2013-02-06

Date Modified

2013-02-06