Mark Berger (judoka)

Mark Berger (born January 3, 1954) is a Canadian judoka. A winner of the Gold Medal in the Men's Heavyweight Judo event at the 1983 Pan American Games and the Bronze Medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics, he was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame in 1994. He was born in Ukraine and became a Canadian citizen in the late 1970s.
Judo career.
Berger immigrated to Canada from Ukraine stopping first Vienna, Austria waiting 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.
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, won a gold medal in the heavyweight division in the 1981 and 1985 Maccabiah Games in Israel.
Commonwealth Games.
Berger won a silver medal at the 1985 Commonwealth Games.
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.
In 1996 he was inducted into the Judo Canada Hall of Fame.