Andy Borodow Explained

Andy Borodow
Fullname:Andrew Mark Borodow
Birth Place:Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Height:177 cm
Weight:130 kg
Coach:Victor Zilberman
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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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Andrew Borodow . August 29, 2022 . August 29, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220829013946/https://olympic.ca/team-canada/andrew-borodow/ . live .
  2. Fred Skolnik, Editor in Chief. "Sports," ENCYCLOPAEDIA JUDAICA, Second Edition.
  3. https://www.jewsinsports.org/olympics_sport_olympics_ID_592.html "Borodow, Andy,"
  4. Web site: Concordia Olympians . www.concordia.ca . August 29, 2022 . April 27, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230427055310/https://www.concordia.ca/cunews/offices/vpaer/aar/2012/07/27/concordia-olympians.html . live .
  5. Web site: CANADIAN GIVES WM. & MARY A WIN OVER LEHIGH . The Morning Call . January 27, 1991 . August 29, 2022 . August 29, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220829021024/https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1991-01-27-2788136-story.html . live .
  6. Web site: Montreal wrestler on his way to Beijing . May 8, 2008 . The Canadian Jewish News . August 29, 2022 . August 29, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220829023510/https://thecjn.ca/arts/sports/montreal-wrestler-way-beijing/ . live .
  7. Web site: Coach decries IOC decision to drop wrestling . February 19, 2013 . The Canadian Jewish News . August 29, 2022 . August 29, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220829023509/https://thecjn.ca/arts/sports/coach-decries-ioc-decision-drop-wrestling/ . live .
  8. https://wrestling.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/2016-hof-andrew-borodow.pdf "Andrew Borodow,"
  9. https://olympics.com/en/athletes/andrew-mark-borodow "Andrew Mark Borodow,"
  10. Andy Borodow. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417215015/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/andy-borodow-1.html . dead . 2020-04-17 .
  11. https://www.maccabicanada.com/1989-maccabiah-delegation "1989 Team Canada Delegation,"
  12. Web site: "1993 Team Canada Delegation" . April 27, 2023 . September 22, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220922164036/https://www.maccabicanada.com/1993-maccabiah-delegation . live .
  13. Web site: July 29, 1993, page 4 . The Canadian Jewish News . April 27, 2023 . April 25, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230425020357/https://newspapers.lib.sfu.ca/cjn2-1243/page-4 . live .
  14. Web site: Freestyle wrestling - Andrew Borodow (Canada) . the-sports.org . August 29, 2022 . August 29, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220829013946/https://www.the-sports.org/andrew-borodow-freestyle-wrestling-spf38594.html . live .
  15. Web site: Andrew Borodow . Commonwealth Games Federation . August 29, 2022 . January 5, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220105014103/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/56165 . live .

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