Oleg Ladik
{{short description|Canadian wrestler}}
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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|September 18, 1971}}
| birth_place = Kyiv, Ukraine
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| coach = Victor Zilberman
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{{MedalSport | Men's wrestling }}
{{MedalCountry | {{CAN}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|Maccabiah Games}}
{{MedalGold|1993 Israel|Wrestling}}
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Oleg Ladik (born 18 September 1971) is a Ukrainian-born Canadian former Olympic wrestler, who won a gold medal in the 1993 Maccabiah Games in Israel. He was born in Kyiv, Ukraine, and lives in Montreal, Quebec.{{Cite web|url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/oleg-ladik/|title=Oleg Ladik|publisher=olympic.ca}}
Wrestling career
Ladik competed for Team Canada in the 1993 Maccabiah Games in Israel, winning a gold medal at 21 years of age.[https://www.maccabicanada.com/1993-maccabiah-delegation "1993 Team Canada Delegation"]{{Cite web|url=https://newspapers.lib.sfu.ca/cjn2-1243/page-4|title= July 29, 1993, page 4|work= The Canadian Jewish News}}
He competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics, Heavyweight, Freestyle (≤100 kilograms), coming in 8th.[https://olympics.com/en/athletes/oleg-ladik "Oleg Ladik"]{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/oleg-ladik-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418051147/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/oleg-ladik-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |accessdate=11 July 2012}}
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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Category:Jewish Canadian sportspeople
Category:Jewish sport wrestlers
Category:Maccabiah Games gold medalists for Canada
Category:Maccabiah Games medalists in wrestling
Category:Competitors at the 1993 Maccabiah Games
Category:Martial artists from Kyiv
Category:Sport wrestlers from Quebec
Category:Olympic wrestlers for Canada
Category:Wrestlers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Category:Canadian male sport wrestlers
Category:Ukrainian emigrants to Canada
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