Mark Berger
Personal information
Born (1954-01-03) January 3, 1954 (age 70)[1]
Chernivtsi, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union[1]
OccupationJudoka
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Weight116 kg (256 lb) (1984)[1]
Websitewww.bergerjudo.ca Edit this at Wikidata
Sport
CountryCanada
SportJudo, Sambo
Rank     7th dan black belt
Club
  • West Kildonan Judo Club
  • Ralph Brown Judo Club
Coached byMamoru Oye
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesBronze (1984)
World Champ.5th (1983)
Pan American Champ. (1985)
Commonwealth GamesSilver (1986)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Los Angeles +95 kg
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1983 Caracas +95 kg
Pan American Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1985 Havana +95 kg
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 1986 Edinburgh +95 kg
Maccabiah Games
Gold medal – first place 1981 Israel Heavyweight
Gold medal – first place 1985 Israel Heavyweight
Men's Sambo
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1988 Montreal +100 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF40427
JudoInside.com769
Updated on June 19, 2023.

Mark Berger (born January 3, 1954) is a Ukrainian-born Canadian judoka. He won the gold medal in the men's heavyweight judo event at the 1983 Pan American Games and a bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He also competed in sambo, winning silver at the 1988 World Championships.[2]

Berger was born in Ukraine and became a Canadian citizen in the late 1970s.[1][3] He was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame in 1994.

Judo career

Berger immigrated to Canada from Ukraine through Vienna, Austria where he waited for the visa to go through in 1977. His Canadian career in Judo took off in 1978 when he won a gold medal in the Western Canada Summer Games.[4]

National titles

He won the Canadian national title in 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, and 1986.

World Championships

He finished 6th in the World Championships in 1981, and 5th in 1984.

Maccabiah Games

Berger, who is Jewish,[5] won gold medals in the heavyweight division in the 1981 Maccabiah Games (in wrestling, and a silver medal in judo) and the 1985 Maccabiah Games in Israel, and also competed for Canada in judo in the 1997 Maccabiah Games.[6][7][8]

Commonwealth Games

In 1986, he won the silver medal in the +95 kg weight category at the judo demonstration sport event as part of the 1986 Commonwealth Games.[9]

Pan American Games

Berger won a gold medal at the 1983 Pan American Games, and was voted the province's Athlete of the Year.

Olympics

In 1984 at the Los Angeles Olympics, he earned a bronze medal in judo in the heavyweight division. He defeated Radomir Kovacevic of Yugoslavia to win the bronze medal.

Hall of Fame

He was inducted in 1994 into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame.[4]

In 1996 he was inducted into the Judo Canada Hall of Fame.[10]

Miscellaneous

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Mark Berger". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
  2. ^ "Berger Mark | ВнутриСамбо". ВнутриСамбо (Inside Sambo) (in Russian). June 1, 2020. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  3. ^ Dawkins, Glen (February 27, 2005). "From medallist to mentor: Where are they now?"[usurped] Winnipeg Sun. Retrieved January 19, 2012.
  4. ^ a b Biography on Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame Archived 2012-02-05 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
  5. ^ Taylor, Paul (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics , p. 225. Sussex Academic Press. ISBN 1-903900-87-5
  6. ^ "1981 Team Canada Delegation"
  7. ^ "August 13, 1981, page 6". The Canadian Jewish News.
  8. ^ "1997 Team Canada Delegation"
  9. ^ "Commonwealth Games Edinburgh - Event". Judo Inside. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
  10. ^ Judo Canada Hall of Fame. Retrieved 19 January 2012.

External links

Pan American Champions in Judo – Men's Heavyweight
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