Oleg Ladik (18 September 1971 21 October 2025) was a Ukrainian-born Canadian Olympic wrestler, who won a gold medal in the 1993 Maccabiah Games in Israel. He was born in Kyiv, Ukraine.[2]

Oleg Ladik
Personal information
Born18 September 1971
Kyiv, Ukraine
Died21 October 2025(2025-10-21) (aged 54)[1]
Sport
Coached byVictor Zilberman
Medal record
Men's wrestling
Representing  Canada
Maccabiah Games
Gold medal – first place1993 IsraelWrestling

Wrestling career

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Ladik competed for Team Canada in the 1993 Maccabiah Games in Israel, winning a gold medal at 21 years of age.[3][4] He competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics, Heavyweight, Freestyle (≤100 kilograms), coming in 8th.[5][6] 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).[5]

References

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  1. Oleg Ladik's obituary
  2. "Oleg Ladik". olympic.ca.
  3. "1993 Team Canada Delegation"
  4. "July 29, 1993, page 4". The Canadian Jewish News.
  5. 1 2 "Oleg Ladik"
  6. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Oleg Ladik". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
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