[3] His uncle was David Orlikow, member of the House of Commons of Canada representing Winnipeg North.

[8][9] At the 1985 Maccabiah Games in Israel, Orlikow won the gold medal in the men's decathlon with 7,141 points.

[13] He competed in track and field for Canada at the Maccabi Pan Am Games in São Paulo, Brazil.

[14] Orlikow was a bronze medalist in the men's decathlon at the 1987 Pan American Games in Indianapolis, Indiana, in the United States for Canada, with 7,441 points.

[1] Orlikow has been appointed chair by the Bonn, Germany-based International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Governing Board of its Nominations Panel.

[20] He was Director of Human Resources of Canadian railway BC Rail Ltd. until 1999, in 2000 he became Senior Vice President, People of The Loewen Group Inc., and worked there until 2003.