Oleg Ladik (born 18 September 1971) is a Ukrainian-born Canadian former Olympic wrestler, who won a gold medal in the

1993 Maccabiah Games The 14th Maccabiah Games brought 5,100 athletes to Israel from 48 nations. Jewish athletes from Poland, Bulgaria, and Czechoslovakia participated for the first time after World War II, after the fall of the Iron Curtain. Athletes from the eight ...

in Israel. He was born in

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

, Ukraine, and lives in

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada and List of towns in Quebec, most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian ...

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

Wrestling career

Ladik competed for Team Canada in the

in Israel, winning a gold medal at 21 years of age. He competed in the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

, Heavyweight, Freestyle (≤100 kilograms), coming in 8th."Oleg Ladik"
/ref> Ladik competed in the 1995 World Wrestling Championship: 100.0 kg. Freestyle (coming in 9th); 1997 World Wrestling Championship: 130.0 kg. Freestyle (coming in 8th); and 1998 World Wrestling Championship: 130.0 kg. Freestyle (coming in 11th).

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* 1971 births Jewish Canadian sportspeople Jewish wrestlers Living people Maccabiah Games gold medalists for Canada Maccabiah Games medalists in wrestling Competitors at the 1993 Maccabiah Games Sportspeople from Kyiv Sportspeople from Montreal Olympic wrestlers of Canada Wrestlers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Canadian male sport wrestlers Ukrainian emigrants to Canada {{Canada-wrestling-bio-stub