Ron Moncur ruled the wrestling mat during his five-year tenure as a varsity athlete not only at the University of Calgary but also in Canada West and at the Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union level. Moncur also dominated at the Senior National club level during his distinguished career.
A native of Kitchener, Ontario, Moncur dominated his weight division while competing as member of the University of Calgary wrestling team beginning in 1978 and concluding in 1982. During his varsity career Ron captured five consecutive Canada West wrestling titles never losing a Conference wrestling bout. At the CIAU level he won four national titles in the 48KG division and did not lose a match until losing in the gold medal final in his fifth and final year of varsity eligibility.
Moncur was named University of Calgary Male Athlete of the Year in 1980.
He competed internationally for Canada, winning the gold medal at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, and was an alternate in both the 1976 Montreal Olympics and the 1978 Commonwealth Games. Ron was also a member of the Canada Cup Wrestling Team in 1979. In 1980 he placed fourth in World Cup competition and won a silver medal at the Veteran World Championships in Toronto in 1993.
In addition to being involved in sport as a athlete, Ron had the distinction of being selected to attend the International Olympic Academy in Greece while a student at the University of Calgary in 1981. After his wrestling career finished, Ron went on to become an international official in the sport, refereeing two Commonwealth Games and one Pan Am Games.
Ronald Moncur was inducted into the University of Calgary Athletic Hall of Fame on October 17, 1996 and subsequently inducted into the Saskatchewan Hall of Fame in Regina, SK; the Regina Hall of Fame also holds his name on their walls. In 2008 Ron was inducted into Wrestling Canada’s Hall of Fame.
He graduated from the University of Calgary with a Bachelor Physical Education degree in 1980 and Bachelor of Education degree in 1982.
