Mike Ceresia

Mike Ceresia

Personal information
Nationality	Canadian
Born	(1963-11-03) November 3, 1963 Sarnia, Ontario
Residence	Burlington, Ontario
Sport
Sport	Racquetball
Achievements and titles
National finals	1st 1992, 1997 (singles) 1st 1988-89, 1993, 1995-97, 2000 (doubles)
Medal record Men's Racquetball Representing  Canada World Championships 2002 World Championships Doubles 2002 World Championships Men’s Team 2000 World Championships Men’s Team 2000 World Championships Overall Team 1996 World Championships Doubles 1996 World Championships Men’s Team 1994 World Championships Singles 1990 World Championships Doubles 1988 World Championships Doubles 1988 World Championships Men’s Team Pan Am Championships 1992 Pan Am Championships Doubles Pan American Games 2011 Mar del Plata Men’s Team

Mike Ceresia (born November 3, 1963) is a retired Canadian racquetball player from Sarnia, Ontario. Ceresia was a member of five Canadian teams that won gold at the Racquetball World Championships. He won 10 Canadian Championships (2 singles and 8 doubles).

International career

Ceresia represented Canada on 18 occasions between 1988 and 2002,^[1] including at 8 consecutive World Championships during that period.^[2] Ceresia was on the Canadian Men’s Team that won gold four times: 1988, 1996, 2000 and 2002, as well as a gold medal for Overall/Combined Team in 2000.

Ceresia was Men’s Doubles silver medalist at Worlds on four occasions:^[3] first in 1988 with Paul Shanks (losing the final to Doug Ganim and Dan Obremski, 15-3, 15-2), second in 1990 with Ross Harvey (losing the final to Ganim and Obremski, 15-11, 15-9), third in 1996 with Simon Roy (losing final to Adam Karp and Bill Sell, 13-15, 15-6, 11-8), and finally in 2002 with Mike Green (losing the final to Polo Gutierrez and Gilberto Mejia, 12-15, 15-7, 11-10). Ceresia was also a Worlds silver medalist in Men’s Singles in 1994, when he lost to fellow Canadian Sherman Greenfeld, 15-3, 15-2.

Ceresia was on Team Canada at the 1995 Pan American Games,^[4] in Mar De Plata, Argentina, where he was a silver medalist in the Men’s Team event.

Canadian career

Ceresia was the Canadian Men’s Singles Champion twice: in 1992 and in 1997. He was Canadian Champion in Men’s Doubles on eight occasions. His first two doubles titles were back to back in 1988 with Roger Harripersad and 1989 with Paul Shanks. He next won in 1993 with Jacques Demers. Ceresia most successful partnership was with Simon Roy, who he won three championships with in consecutive years: 1995-97. His final championship came in 2000 with Mike Green.

His 10 Canadian Championships tie him for 3rd most men’s championships with Sherman Greenfeld, and behind Mike Green (19) and Wayne Bowes (11).^[5]

Personal

Ceresia has a BA degree in Social Sciences from the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario.

Ceresia was inducted into the Sarnia-Lambton Sports Hall of Fame in 2008,^[6][7] which was an honour that made him “extremely happy.”^[8]

Ceresia is married to Claudine. They have two children and live in Burlington, Ontario.

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