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Tom Greenway, a two-time Judo Alberta Olympic team member, passed away suddenly on July 15, 2004 at the age of 47.<\/p>\nTom Greenway, a two-time Judo Alberta Olympic team member, passed away suddenly on July 15, 2004 at the age of 47.<\/p>\n
Tom enjoyed hiking, fishing and anything outdoors. However, it was his passion for Judo that kept him involved in the sport for nearly 35 years.<\/p>\n
Tom\u0092s judo career took him to all parts of the world, including Argentina, Holland, Hungary, Puerto Rico, Japan, Cuba, Germany and across Canada and the U.S.<\/p>\n
Tom enrolled in Judo at the Lethbridge Judo Club with his father and four siblings.<\/p>\n
Tom\u0092s successes were many\u0085<\/p>\n
\u0093Tom really liked Judo\u0085he did it very well but had to work very hard at it.\u0094<\/p>\n
Tom was the first Canadian to beat a Japanese Judoka.<\/p>\n
Tom was the first Canadian to win a Gold cup in a European tournament (Czechoslovakia Cup).<\/p>\n
In 2005 the Tom Greenway Scholarship Committee was established. The scholarship criteria was developed by Allan Greenway, Joe Meli, Dean Maruyama and Garry Yamashita. A $400 scholarship is awarded each June to Judo Alberta\u0092s top ranked male and female athletes based on the most 1st place wins regardless of weight category for tournaments on the Judo Alberta point system which includes the Lethbridge Junior Tournament during the period June 1 through May 31 each year. The purpose of the scholarship is to assist young judoka to attend out of province tournaments in order to elevate their standard of Judo. Donations can be sent to the Judo Alberta office, payable to the \u0093Tom Greenway Memorial Scholarship Fund\u0094.<\/p>\n
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1972 Montreal, 1980 Moscow, 1984 Los Angeles, 1988 Seoul<\/p>\n
“Judo is a wonderful sport that conditions your mind and your body. I feel very fortunate that my parents got me involved in a such a wonderful sport at a young age. Judo has been a very big part of my life to this day. I have made my friends throughout the world; friendships that I cherish to this day.”<\/p>\n
Joe Meli was born and raised in Lethbridge, Alberta. Joe received his black belt at the age of 16 and is currently a sixth degree (Rokudan). He is married to Leslie and has two daughters Lindsay and Ashley. Joe was the only Canadian Judoka to be on four Olympic teams: Montreal, Moscow, Los Angeles and Seoul.<\/p>\n
Joe was Captain of the Lethbridge Native Sons Hockey Team that attended the Canadian Championships and the 1975 Canada Winter Games. Joe established the Joe Meli Judo Club in 1991 and currently owns and operates Meli Insurance Brokerage in Lethbridge.<\/p>\n
1996 Atlanta, 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing<\/p>\n
He is originally from Calgary but spent over 20 years in Montreal training at the National Judo Centre while competing for Canada in 4 consecutive Olympic games in the sport of Judo. He was one of Canada\u0092s most successful Judo athletes and was inducted into the Alberta Sport Hall of Fame in 2015. While in Montreal, he also completed his undergraduate degree at McGill University in Anatomy and Cell Biology. He graduated from Ross University School of Medicine with highest honors before returning to Canada to complete residency. He currently lives in Ottawa with his wife and 3 children.<\/p>\n
1996 Atlanta,<\/p>\n
He is originally from Calgary and he spent over 5 years in Montreal training at the National Judo Centre while competing for Canada.\u00a0 He returned to Calgary in 1997 to work for the Calgary Police department where he continues to work with them today.<\/p>\n
Tom Greenway – September 28, 1956 \u0096 July 15, 2004 Tom Greenway, a two-time Judo Alberta Olympic team member, passed away suddenly on July 15, 2004 at the age of 47. Tom enjoyed hiking, fishing and anything outdoors. However, it was his passion for Judo that kept him involved in the sport for nearly 35(…)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":9,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-26","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/judoalberta.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/judoalberta.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/judoalberta.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/judoalberta.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/judoalberta.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/judoalberta.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6477,"href":"https:\/\/judoalberta.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions\/6477"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/judoalberta.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/judoalberta.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}