Andy Borodow
Canadian wrestler (born 1969)
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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.
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| Full name | Andrew Mark Borodow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | September 16, 1969 (age 56) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 130 kg (287 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Coached by | Victor Zilberman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
