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]
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