Andy Borodow

Andrew Mark Borodow (born September 16, 1969) is retired male wrestler from Canada. An Olympian, he won both the Maccabiah Games championship and the Commonwealth Games championship, and a silver medal in the Pan American Games. He was inducted into the Canada Wrestling Hall of Fame.

Andy Borodow
Personal information
Full nameAndrew Mark Borodow
BornSeptember 16, 1969 (1969-09-16) (age 54)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Alma mater
Height177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight130 kg (287 lb)
Sport
Coached byVictor Zilberman
Medal record
Men's wrestling
Representing  Canada
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1994 Victoria Freestyle (Super Heavyweight)
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 1991 Havana Freestyle (-130 kg)
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Havana Greco-Roman (-130 kg)
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Mar del Plata Freestyle (-130 kg)
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Mar del Plata Greco-Roman (-130 kg)
Maccabiah Games
Gold medal – first place1989 IsraelGreco-Roman wrestling
Gold medal – first place1989 IsraelFreestyle wrestling
Gold medal – first place1993 IsraelGreco-Roman wrestling
Gold medal – first place1993 IsraelFreestyle wrestling

Biography

Borodow was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and is Jewish.[1][2] He lives in Willowdale, North York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[1][3] He attended and competed for the College of William & Mary and Concordia University.[4][5] He trained in wrestling under Victor Zilberman.[6][7]

He won the Canadian Senior National Championship in Freestyle in 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, and 1996.[8] Borodow won the Canadian Senior National Championship in Greco-Roman in 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1996.[8]

Borodow twice represented Canada at the Summer Olympics at 130 kg (Super-Heavyweight): in 1992 in Greco Roman (coming in 5th), and in 1996 in freestyle (coming in 14th).[1][9][10]

At the 1989 Maccabiah Games in Israel, Borodow won two gold medals.[11] Borodow won two medals at the 1991 Pan American Games, a silver medal in freestyle and a bronze medal in Greco Roman.[8] He competed for Team Canada in the 1993 Maccabiah Games, again winning two gold medals, one in freestyle and one in Greco Roman.[12][13]

Borodow won bronze medals at the 1993 and 1995 Sumo World Championships, and a silver medal in 1996.[14]

He won two bronze medals at the 1995 Pan American Games, one each in freestyle and Greco Roman.[8] Borodow won a gold medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in freestyle.[8][15]

Borodow was inducted into the Canada Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2016.[8]

See also

References
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  2. Fred Skolnik, Editor in Chief. "Sports," Archived August 29, 2022, at the Wayback Machine ENCYCLOPAEDIA JUDAICA, Second Edition.
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  4. "Concordia Olympians". www.concordia.ca. Archived from the original on April 27, 2023. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
  5. "CANADIAN GIVES WM. & MARY A WIN OVER LEHIGH". The Morning Call. January 27, 1991. Archived from the original on August 29, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
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  7. "Coach decries IOC decision to drop wrestling". The Canadian Jewish News. February 19, 2013. Archived from the original on August 29, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
  8. "Andrew Borodow," Archived June 29, 2022, at the Wayback Machine wrestling.ca.
  9. "Andrew Mark Borodow," Archived August 29, 2022, at the Wayback Machine Olympics.com.
  10. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andy Borodow". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
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  13. "July 29, 1993, page 4". The Canadian Jewish News. Archived from the original on April 25, 2023. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
  14. "Freestyle wrestling - Andrew Borodow (Canada)". the-sports.org. Archived from the original on August 29, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
  15. "Andrew Borodow". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on January 5, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.


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