Howard Michael Stupp (born 3 May 1955) is a Canadian former wrestler. An Olympian, he won five Canadian championships (1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981), two

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titles (1975, 1979), two Canadian Interuniversity Athletics Union championships, and four titles at the

Maccabiah Games The Maccabiah Games (a.k.a. the World Maccabiah Games; he, משחקי המכביה, or משחקי המכביה העולמית; sometimes referred to as the "Jewish Olympics"), first held in 1932, are an international Jewish and Israeli multi-sp ...

in Israel.

Biography

Early life

Stupp is from

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, Canada, later lived in Laval, Quebec, and

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, Switzerland, and is Jewish. He attended

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. Stupp graduated with three degrees from

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, in Montreal, earning an engineering degree (1978), a bachelor of common law (1983), and a bachelor of laws (LLB; 1983).

Career

He won a gold medal in

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at the

1975 Pan American Games The 1975 Pan American Games were held in Mexico City, Mexico, from October 12 to October 26, 1975, exactly twenty years after the second Pan American Games were held there. It was the third major sporting event held in the Mexican capital in seve ...

in Mexico City. Stupp won gold again in the

1979 Pan Am Games The 1979 Pan American Games (Spanish: ''Juegos Panamericanos de 1979''), officially the VIII Pan American Games were a multi-sport event governed by the Panam Sports Organization, and were held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, f ...

in Puerto Rico. Stupp won five Canadian championships (1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981), two

titles (1975, 1979), two Canadian Interuniversity Athletics Union championships, and four

titles. He represented Canada in the men's Greco-Roman 62 kg at the

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. and lost in the first round to the eventual Gold medalist. Stupp was also named to the Canadian Olympic wrestling team for the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, however the games were boycotted by Canada. Stupp represented Canada at the

1973 Maccabiah Games The 9th Maccabiah Games, which were held from July 9 to 19, 1973, were opened in Ramat Gan Stadium, Israel. Spain and Costa Rica made their debuts in the Games. A total of 1,800 athletes competed on behalf of 27 countries in 20 branches of sport, i ...

in Israel, winning a silver medal, at the

1977 Maccabiah Games At the 10th Maccabiah Games in Israel, more than 2,800 athletes from 34 countries participated in 26 different sports, including chess and bridge. The opening ceremonies were held on July 12, 1977, in Ramat Gan Stadium before a crowd of 50,000 p ...

, winning gold medals in the lightweight division of both freestyle and Greco-Roman, at the

1981 Maccabiah Games The 11th Maccabiah Games brought 3,450 athletes to Israel from 35 nations. The Opening Ceremony was held on July 7, 1981, before a crowd of 53,000 and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin in Ramat Gan Stadium, with 3,500 Jewish athletes parading ...

, winning two gold medals, and at the

1985 Maccabiah Games The 12th Maccabiah Games brought over 4,000 athletes to Israel from 38 nations to compete in 28 sports. History The Maccabiah Games were first held in 1932. In 1961, they were declared a "Regional Sports Event" by, and under the auspices and super ...

. He became the first McGill recipient to be selected as the most outstanding wrestler -- receiving that honour at the 1977-78 Canadian Interuniversity Sport championship -- and earned CIAU All-Canadian status for the second time, in 1980-81 after winning gold in the 72kg weight class at the Canadian Nationals. After Stupp graduated from McGill University, he worked at the

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from 1981 until 2020, where he attained the position of Director of Legal Affairs, and held that post for 35 years.

Halls of fame

Stupp was inducted to the Canadian Amateur Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1988. In 2000 he was inducted into the McGill Athletics Hall of Fame.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stupp, Howard 1955 births Living people Canadian male sport wrestlers Competitors at the 1981 Maccabiah Games Jewish Canadian sportspeople Jewish wrestlers Maccabiah Games medalists in wrestling Maccabiah Games gold medalists for Canada Maccabiah Games silver medalists for Canada Olympic wrestlers of Canada Wrestlers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in wrestling Sportspeople from Lausanne Sportspeople from Laval, Quebec Sportspeople from Montreal Wrestlers at the 1975 Pan American Games Wrestlers at the 1979 Pan American Games Anglophone Quebec people Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games 20th-century Canadian people