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Mike Ceresia is a Canadian retired racquetball player from Sarnia, Ontario. He won gold in the Men’s Team event at four International Racquetball Federation (IRF) World Championships, which is a Canadian record. In Canada, Ceresia won 10 Canadian Championships (two singles and eight doubles), and that is 3rd most men's titles (tied with Sherman Greenfeld) and 7th most overall.




International career


Ceresia represented Canada on 18 occasions between 1988 and 2002, including eight consecutive World Championships during that period.
His lowest finish at the World Championships was fourth.
Ceresia was a member 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 and his partners won the deciding match for the men's team title in 1988, 2000 and 2002. These three clinching victories were over the United States.
Ceresia was the men's doubles silver medalist at Worlds on four occasions: in 1988 with Paul Shanks, in 1990 with Ross Harvey, in 1996 with Simon Roy, and in 2002 with Mike Green. Ceresia was also a World silver medallist in men's singles in 1994.
Ceresia was a Pan American Games silver medalist in the Men's Team event in Mar Del Plata, Argentina in 1995.




Canadian career


Ceresia was the Canadian Champion in Men's Singles twice: in 1992 and in 1997. He was Canadian National Doubles 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's most successful partnership was with Simon Roy. They won three consecutive championships, from 1995 to 1997. Ceresia won in 2000 with Mike Green and his final championship came in 2002 with Gary Waite.
His 10 Canadian Championships tie him for third most men's championships with Sherman Greenfeld.




Personal life


Ceresia is a member of three sports halls of fame. He was inducted into the Sarnia-Lambton Sports Hall of Fame in 2008, Ceresia was inducted into the Racquetball Canada Hall of Fame in May 2018. In 2024, he was named to the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame.
Ceresia graduated from the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario with a BA in 1987. Ceresia and his wife Claudine have two children and live in Burlington, Ontario.




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