Oleg Ladik

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
World Cup
Gold medal – first place1993 Chattanooga100 kg
Maccabiah Games
Gold medal – first place1993 IsraelWrestling
Representing  Soviet Union
Espoir World Cup
Gold medal – first place1990 Prince Albert100 kg
U20 Word Championships
Gold medal – first place1988 Wolfurt88 kg

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

Wrestling career

Ladik competed for Team Soviet Union in the 1988 U20 Word Championships in Wolfurt, winning a gold medal.[3] He also received the gold medal at the 1990 Espoir World Cup, and bronze medal at the 1990 USSR Championships after winning against the reining European champion Arawat Sabejew.[4][5] Ladik competed for Team Canada in the 1993 Maccabiah Games in Israel, winning a gold medal at 21 years of age.[6][7] He also won the gold medal at the 1993 World Cup, by defeating the reigning CIS and two-time USSR Champion Andrey Golovko.[8] He competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics, Heavyweight, Freestyle (≤100 kilograms), coming in 8th.[9][10] 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).[9]

References

  1. ↑ Oleg Ladik's obituary
  2. ↑ "Oleg Ladik". olympic.ca.
  3. ↑ World Championship, Freestyle Juniors, 1988-07-14 Wolfurt (AUT), 88.0 kg
  4. ↑ Ladik, Oleg (CAN)
  5. ↑ Тотоонти, И. Х. (1997). Всё о вольной борьбе [All about freestyle wrestling] (in Russian). Vladikavkaz: Project-Press. p. 181.
  6. ↑ "1993 Team Canada Delegation"
  7. ↑ "July 29, 1993, page 4". The Canadian Jewish News.
  8. ↑ World Cup, Freestyle Seniors, 1993-04-03 Chattanooga (USA), 100.0 kg
  9. 1 2 "Oleg Ladik"
  10. ↑ 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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