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Alex Romaniuk

An outstanding University athlete and a world-class builder of sport programs, Alex Romaniuk, 1951 BEd, 1964 MEd, is widely heralded as a man of superior talent, vision, and leadership in the sport of wrestling. As a student at the University of Alberta, Romaniuk won the WCIAA championship for his weight class every year from 1948-51. He reigned as weight class champion of Alberta in 1947 and again in 1958.

Following graduation, Romaniuk coached the University of Alberta wrestling team and was named to coach Canada's wrestling team for the 1966 Commonwealth Games in Jamaica.

He chaired the Alberta Wrestling Association for 15 years and the Canadian Amateur Wrestling Association from 1968-73. In 1970, Romaniuk brought the World Wrestling Championships to Edmonton.

At the Munich Olympics in 1972, Romaniuk received the Olympic Gold Star for his contributions to wrestling as well as the International Wrestling Federation Diploma of Honour.

He was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame (1974), the Edmonton Boxing and Wrestling Hall of Fame (1976), the Canadian Amateur Sports Hall of Fame (1981), and the Edmonton Sports Hall of Fame (1985). Now the University of Alberta is pleased to name Alex Romaniuk among the 2003 inductees to its Sports Wall of Fame.

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