Olia Berger

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Olia Berger
Personal information
Born1980
Medal record
Women's Judo
Representing  Canada
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Santo Domingo Heavyweight
Maccabiah Games
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Maccabiah Games O72kg

Olia Berger (born June 30, 1980) is a female judoka from Canada. Her father is judoka Mark Berger, who was an Olympic medalist for Canada in 1984.[1]

Berger, who is Jewish, earned a bronze medal for Canada in judo in the O72 at the 1997 Maccabiah Games in Tel Aviv, Israel.[2] In 1999, she won the Pan American Under-17 Championship in judo in the O70.[3]

She won the bronze medal in the women's heavyweight division (+ 78 kg) at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, alongside Ecuador's Carmen Chalá. She came in fifth at the Judo World Cup Prague in 2005.[4] In 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, and 2008, she won the Canadian Championships in the O78.[3]

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  1. ^ "USJA Coach - Judo Information Site". yumpu.com.
  2. ^ "JudoInside - Maccabiah Games Tel Aviv Event". www.judoinside.com.
  3. ^ a b "JudoInside - Olia Berger Judoka". www.judoinside.com.
  4. ^ "JudoInside - Olia Berger Judoka". www.judoinside.com.