Andrew Mark Borodow (born September 16, 1969) is retired male

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from Canada. An Olympian, he won both the

Maccabiah Games The Maccabiah Games (, or משחקי המכביה העולמית; sometimes referred to as the "Jewish Olympics") is an international multi-sport event with summer and winter sports competitions featuring Jews and Israelis regardless of religion ...

championship and the

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championship, and a silver medal in the

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. He was inducted into the Canada Wrestling Hall of Fame.

Biography

Borodow was born in

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, Canada, and is Jewish. He lives in Willowdale,

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, Canada. He attended and competed for the

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and

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. He trained in wrestling under

Victor Zilberman Victor Zilberman (born 20 September 1947) is a retired boxer from Romania. He competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1968 (Mexico City). He also won 8 national senior titles and two silver medals at the European Amateur Boxing ...

. He won the Canadian Senior National Championship in Freestyle in 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, and 1996."Andrew Borodow,"
wrestling.ca. Borodow won the Canadian Senior National Championship in Greco-Roman in 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1996. Borodow twice represented Canada at the

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at 130 kg (Super-Heavyweight): in 1992 in Greco Roman (coming in 5th), and in 1996 in freestyle (coming in 14th). At the

1989 Maccabiah Games The 13th Maccabiah Games brought 4,500 athletes to Israel from 45 nations. Jewish athletes from Hungary participated for the first time since World War II, Jewish athletes from Russia had been permitted, by their country, to play for the first tim ...

in Israel, Borodow won two gold medals. Borodow won two medals at the

1991 Pan American Games The 1991 Pan American Games, officially known as the XI Pan American Games () and commonly known as Havana 1991 (), were held in Havana, Cuba from 2 to 18 August 1991. There were 4,519 athletes from 39 countries of the Pan American Sports Organi ...

, a silver medal in freestyle and a bronze medal in Greco Roman. He competed for Team Canada in the

1993 Maccabiah Games The 14th Maccabiah Games brought 5,100 athletes to Israel from 48 nations. Jewish athletes from Poland, Bulgaria, and Czechoslovakia participated for the first time after World War II, after the fall of the Iron Curtain. Athletes from eight Repu ...

, again winning two gold medals, one in freestyle and one in Greco Roman. Borodow won bronze medals at the 1993 and 1995

Sumo World Championships The Sumo World Championships is an amateur sumo competition organized by the International Sumo Federation. The men's competition started in 1992 and the women's competition started in 2001, with both competitions having been held together. The co ...

, and a silver medal in 1996. He won two bronze medals at the

1995 Pan American Games The 1995 Pan American Games, officially known as the XII Pan American Games () and commonly known as Mar del Plata 1995, were held in Mar del Plata, Argentina, from 12 to 26 March 1995. After 44 years, this was the Pan American Games' first retur ...

, one each in freestyle and Greco Roman. Borodow won a gold medal at the

1994 Commonwealth Games The 1994 Commonwealth Games ( French: ''XVéme Jeux du Commonwealth'') were held in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, between 18 and 28 August 1994. Ten types of sports were featured at the Victoria Games: athletics, aquatics, badminton, box ...

in freestyle. Borodow was inducted into the Canada Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2016.

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* * * * 1969 births Living people Canadian male sport wrestlers Canadian sumo wrestlers Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games gold medallists in wrestling Competitors at the 1989 Maccabiah Games Competitors at the 1993 Maccabiah Games Concordia Stingers players Jewish Canadian sportspeople Jewish sport wrestlers Maccabiah Games gold medalists for Canada Maccabiah Games medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games Olympic wrestlers for Canada Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Pan American Games wrestlers for Canada Pan American Games silver medalists in wrestling Pan American Games bronze medalists in wrestling Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada William & Mary Tribe wrestlers Wrestlers at the 1991 Pan American Games Wrestlers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Wrestlers at the 1995 Pan American Games Wrestlers at the 1996 Summer Olympics 20th-century Canadian sportsmen Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games {{Canada-wrestling-bio-stub

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