Phil Oberlander (born 17 August 1939) is a Canadian

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. At the

1961 Maccabiah Games The 6th Maccabiah Games were held in Tel Aviv, Israel in 1961, with 1,100 athletes from 27 countries competing in 18 sports. The Games were officially opened in an Opening Ceremony on August 29, 1961, in Ramat Gan Stadium by Israeli President Yit ...

in Israel, he won a gold medal in the middleweight class in Greco-Roman wrestling. Collegiately, Oberlander wrestled at

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.Philip Oberlander
''cornellbigred.com''. Retrieved August 28, 2022. He competed in the men's freestyle welterweight division at the 1964 Summer Olympics, representing

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1939 births Living people Canadian male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Canada Wrestlers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Sport wrestlers from London Commonwealth Games medallists in wrestling Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada Wrestlers at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games English Jews Jewish Canadian sportspeople Jewish wrestlers Maccabiah Games gold medalists for Canada Maccabiah Games medalists in wrestling Competitors at the 1961 Maccabiah Games Medallists at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games {{Canada-wrestling-bio-stub