Jack Meda
{{Short description|Canadian boxer (1945–2019)}}
Jack Michael Meda (November 17, 1945 – September 22, 2019) was a boxer from British Columbia, Canada in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In 1970, he won a bronze medal in the 1970 Commonwealth Games.GBRathletics.com, [http://www.gbrathletics.com/commonwealth/boxing.htm COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOXING] He was born in New Westminster, British Columbia.{{Cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/princegeorgecitizen/obituary.aspx?n=jack-meda&pid=194000391|title = Jack Meda Obituary (1945 - 2019) - Prince George, BC - the Prince George Citizen| website=Legacy.com }}
Boxing tournaments and teams
In 1967, Meda made his initial entry into the 1967 BC Golden Gloves tournament and was defeated by Seattle boxer Wesley Craven. After that first setback, Meda, under coach Harold Mann of Prince George's Spruce Capital Boxing Club, came back to win three Golden Glove heavyweight titles in British Columbia, and Canadian titles in 1970 and 1971."BC Amateur Boxing News, November 1983 - January 1986, editor Brian W. Zelley, president George Armson
Later life
Meda was inducted into the Prince George Sports Hall of Fame in 2003.[http://www.pgsportshalloffame.org/2003/jmeda.html Prince George sports Hall of Fame]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
He died in Prince George at the age of 73 from a heart attack on September 22, 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/hall-of-fame-boxer-meda-dies-at-73-1.23960628|title=Hall of Fame boxer Meda dies at 73|date=28 September 2019 }}
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Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada
Category:Boxers at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
Category:Sportspeople from Prince George, British Columbia
Category:Place of birth missing
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing