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.

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

  1. ^ a b c "Andrew Borodow". Archived from the original on August 29, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
  2. ^ Fred Skolnik, Editor in Chief. "Sports," Archived August 29, 2022, at the Wayback Machine ENCYCLOPAEDIA JUDAICA, Second Edition.
  3. ^ "Borodow, Andy," Archived April 27, 2023, at the Wayback Machine Jews in Sports.
  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.
  6. ^ "Montreal wrestler on his way to Beijing". The Canadian Jewish News. May 8, 2008. Archived from the original on August 29, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
  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. ^ a b c d e f "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.
  11. ^ "1989 Team Canada Delegation," Archived August 29, 2022, at the Wayback Machine Maccabi Canada.
  12. ^ ""1993 Team Canada Delegation"". Archived from the original on September 22, 2022. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
  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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