Olia Berger (born June 30, 1980) is a female

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. Her father is judoka Mark Berger, who was an Olympic medalist for Canada in 1984. Berger, who is Jewish, earned a bronze medal for Canada in judo in the O72 at the 1997 Maccabiah Games in Tel Aviv, Israel. In 1999, she won the Pan American Under-17 Championship in judo in the O70. She won the bronze medal in the women's heavyweight division (+ 78 kg) at the

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, alongside Ecuador's Carmen Chalá. She came in fifth at the Judo World Cup Prague in 2005. In 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, and 2008, she won the Canadian Championships in the O78.

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