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.
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.
 | 11 time Canadian Champion |
| 2 time Pacific Rim Medalist |
| 5 Time Pan Am Medalist |
| 1986 Commonwealth Games Silver Medal
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| 1996 – Inducted into Alberta Sports Hall of Fame
for Judo |
| 12 time recipient of the Alberta Achievement
Award |
| 1998 – Inducted into Judo Canada Hall of Fame
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| Member of Judo Alberta Grading Board – Since 1982
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| Member of Judo Alberta Technical Committee –
1994/95 |
| Member of Judo Alberta Coaching Staff – 1994-1996
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| Member of Judo Canada Technical Committee – 1996
to current |
| Judo Canada Coach at 1989 US Open – Colorado
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| Judo Alberta Coach at 1990 Canadian
Championships, Quebec |
| Chief Instructor at several weekend clinics and
training camps |
| Certified Level II instructor |
| Provincial B Referee |
| Chief Instructor of Joe Meli Judo Club
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| Course Instructor Lethbridge Community College
Judo 1 since 1999 |
