Andy Borodow

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]

At the 1989 Maccabiah Games in Israel, Borodow won two gold medals.[10] 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.[11][12]

Borodow won bronze medals at the 1993 and 1995 Sumo World Championships, and a silver medal in 1996.[13]

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][14]

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

• List of Commonwealth Games medallists in wrestling
• List of Pan American Games medalists in wrestling

• 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.

• Andrew Borodow at the International Wrestling Database