Jordan Burroughs
Jordan Ernest Burroughs (born July 8, 1988) is an American freestyle wrestler and former folkstyle wrestler. In freestyle wrestling, Burroughs is an Olympic champion and four-time world champion. In folkstyle wrestling, Burroughs was a two-time NCAA Division I national champion, and was awarded the Dan Hodge Trophy as the most outstanding wrestler in college wrestling.
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Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Camden, New Jersey, U.S. | July 8, 1988||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Nebraska | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Sunkist Kids | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turned pro | 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Mark Manning | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
Burroughs is from Sicklerville, New Jersey.[1]
In a 2013 interview, when Burroughs was asked when he started wrestling, he explained:
I started at five. I brought home a flyer one day from elementary school. No one in my family had ever wrestled. My teammates became friends and I got more into it. I was super tiny growing up, a late bloomer in terms of physical development, but I didn't have to be big to excel.[2]
College career
Burroughs competed for University of Nebraska, where he was a three-time All American, and two-time undefeated national champion in NCAA Division I wrestling.[3]
In his first year, Burroughs qualified for the NCAA Division I national tournament at 149 pounds, which is reserved for the top 33 wrestlers in the country. In his second year, Burroughs earned a third-place national finish at 149 pounds. In his third year, Burroughs became an undefeated national champion at 157 pounds. In his fourth year, Burroughs suffered an injury, and was unable to complete his college season. Following that year, Burroughs repeated as an undefeated national champion at 165 pounds.[3]
After his final year, Burroughs won the Hodge Trophy, awarded each year by WIN Magazine to the nation's most dominant college wrestler.[4] Burroughs finished his college career with a 128–20 overall record, for the fifth-most wins in Nebraska history.[3]
Freestyle career
Burroughs won a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He also won gold medals at the world championships in 2011, 2013, 2015, and 2017, and he won bronze medals at the world championships in 2014 and 2018.
When Burroughs won a gold medal in 2011, he did so immediately after completing his final NCAA Division I wrestling season, making him only the fourth wrestler ever to win an NCAA Division I title and a world title in the same year.[5]
In addition, Burroughs's medal-winning performances were complicated by injuries in both 2013 and 2014. In 2013, he broke his ankle just four weeks before the tournament started, and he competed with five screws and a plate attached to his ankle.[6] And in 2014, he sprained his medial collateral ligament in his opening match against Augusto Midana of Guinea-Bissau. Nevertheless, he continued to compete.[7]
In 2016, Burroughs placed ninth at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Unlike previous years, including years in which he was injured, he did not earn a medal. In an interview shortly afterwards, Burroughs reflected on his performance:
I felt good, my weight cut was good. That's the hardest part of this. I live my lifestyle the right way. I don't smoke. I don't drink. I don't go out and party. I'm a family man. I take care of business, I train hard . . . At some point I'll find out why, what I did wrong, learn a lesson from this.[8]
Personal life
Burroughs is a Christian. Burroughs has spoken about his faith saying, "A gold medal is always going to leave you empty. ... There's no other thing in life that's more fulfilling than a relationship with Jesus Christ. Contentment is one of the biggest things I've learned, knowing that regardless of where you are in life, it's all about being content with God's provision."[9]
Burroughs is married and has three children.
Match results
Freestyle matches | ||||||
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Res. | Record | Opponent | Score | Date | Event | Location |
2020 Pan American Championships | ||||||
Win | 77-7 | 8-1 | March 6, 2020 | 2020 Pan American Wrestling Championships | ||
Win | 76-7 | 3-0 | ||||
Win | 75-7 | Tech Fall 10–0 | ||||
2019 World Championships | ||||||
Win | 74-7 | Tech Fall 10–0 | September 21, 2019 | 2019 World Wrestling Championships | ||
Loss | 73-7 | 3–4 | September 20, 2019 | |||
Win | 73-6 | 8–1 | ||||
Win | 72-6 | 6–4 | ||||
Win | 71-6 | 11–10 | ||||
2019 Pan American Games | ||||||
Win | 70-6 | 4-1 | August 10, 2019 | 2019 Pan American Games | ||
Win | 69-6 | Tech Fall 15-4 | ||||
Win | 68-6 | Tech Fall 10–0 | ||||
2019 US World Team Trials | ||||||
Win | 67-6 | 7–1 | June 15, 2019 | 2019 Final X: Lincoln | ||
Loss | 66-6 | 5–5 | ||||
Win | 66-5 | 5–4 | ||||
2018 World Championships | ||||||
Win | 65-5 | 4–4 | October 21, 2018 | 2018 World Wrestling Championships | ||
Win | 64-5 | 9–0 | ||||
Loss | 63-5 | 5–6 | October 20, 2018 | |||
Win | 63-4 | 4–3 | ||||
2018 US World Team Trials | ||||||
Win | 62-4 | Tech Fall 11–1 |
June 9, 2018 | 2018 US World Team Trials | ||
Win | 61-4 | 4–1 | ||||
2017 World Championships | ||||||
Win | 60-4 | 9–6 | August 26, 2017 | 2017 World Wrestling Championships | ||
Win | 59-4 | 6–5 | ||||
Win | 58-4 | Tech Fall 13–2 | ||||
Win | 57-4 | Tech Fall 12–2 | ||||
Win | 56-4 | 7–5 | ||||
2017 US World Team Trials | ||||||
Win | 55-4 | 6–2 | June 10, 2017 | 2017 US World Team Trials | ||
Win | 54-4 | 8–4 | ||||
Loss | 53-4 | 6–6 | ||||
2016 Olympic 9th at 74kg | ||||||
Loss | 51-3 | Tech Fall 1–11 |
August 19, 2016 | 2016 Summer Olympics | ||
Loss | 51-2 | 2–3 | ||||
Win | 51-1 | 8–3 | ||||
2016 US Olympic Team Trials | ||||||
Win | 50-1 | Tech Fall 10–0 | April 10, 2016 | 2016 US Olympic Team Trials | ||
Win | 49-1 | 9–3 | ||||
2016 Pan American Championship | ||||||
Win | 48-1 | Tech Fall 12–2 | February 27, 2016 | 2016 Pan American Championships | ||
Win | 47-1 | Tech Fall 14–2 | ||||
Win | 46-1 | Tech Fall 10-0 | ||||
Win | 45-1 | Tech Fall 10–0 | ||||
2015 World Championships | ||||||
Win | 44-1 | Tech Fall 10–0 | September 12, 2015 | 2015 World Wrestling Championships | ||
Win | 43-1 | 4–3 | ||||
Win | 42-1 | 5–0 | ||||
Win | 41-1 | Tech Fall 11–0 | ||||
Win | 40-1 | Tech Fall 10–0 | ||||
Win | 39-1 | 6–2 | ||||
2015 Pan American Games | ||||||
Win | 38-1 | Tech Fall 11–0 |
July 18, 2015 | 2015 Pan American Games | ||
Win | 37-1 | Tech Fall 11–0 | ||||
Win | 36-1 | Tech Fall 13–3 | ||||
2015 US World Team Trials | ||||||
Win | 35-1 | Tech Fall 14–4 | June 14, 2015 | 2015 US World Team Trials | ||
Win | 34-1 | 6–3 | ||||
2014 World Wrestling Championships | ||||||
Win | 33-1 | 8–2 | September 9, 2014 | 2014 World Wrestling Championships | ||
Loss | 32-1 | 2–9 | ||||
Win | 32-0 | 5–0 | ||||
Win | 31-0 | Tech Fall 13–2 | ||||
Win | 30-0 | 4–3 | ||||
2014 Pan American Championship | ||||||
Win | 29-0 | Tech Fall 13–2 | July 17, 2014 | 2014 Pan American Championships | ||
Win | 28-0 | Tech Fall 10–0 | ||||
Win | 27-0 | Tech Fall 10–0 | ||||
Win | 26-0 | Tech Fall 10–0 | ||||
2014 US World Team Trials | ||||||
Win | 25-0 | 6–5 | June 1, 2014 | 2014 US World Team Trials | ||
Win | 24-0 | 6–2 | ||||
2013 World Championships | ||||||
Win | 23-0 | 4–0 | September 18, 2013 | 2013 World Wrestling Championships | ||
Win | 22-0 | 7–1 | ||||
Win | 21-0 | 7–0 | ||||
Win | 20-0 | 7–0 | ||||
Win | 19–0 | 9–2 | ||||
2013 US World Team Trials | ||||||
Win | 18-0 | 9–6 (OT) | June 21, 2013 | 2013 US World Team Trials | ||
Win | 17–0 | 7–0 | ||||
2012 Olympic | ||||||
Win | 16-0 | 1–0, 1–0 | August 10, 2012 | 2012 Summer Olympics | ||
Win | 15-0 | 3–1, 0–2, 2–1 | ||||
Win | 14-0 | 2–1, 1–1 | ||||
Win | 13–0 | 4–0, 6–0 | ||||
2012 US Olympic Team Trials | ||||||
Win | 12–0 | Forfeit | April 21, 2012 | 2012 US Olympic Team Trials | ||
Win | 11-0 | 4–2, 1–2, 1–0 | ||||
2011 Pan American Games | ||||||
Win | 10-0 | 3–2, 3–2 | October 24, 2011 | 2011 Pan American Games | ||
Win | 9-0 | 2–1, 1–1 | ||||
Win | 8-0 | 7–0, 6–0 | ||||
2011 World Championships | ||||||
Win | 7-0 | 3–2, 4–1 | September 18, 2011 | 2011 World Wrestling Championships | ||
Win | 6-0 | 0–2, 5–4, 3–0 | ||||
Win | 5-0 | 2–1, 1–0 | ||||
Win | 4-0 | 1–3, 1–0, 2–1 | ||||
Win | 3-0 | 3–1, 4–2 | ||||
2011 US World Team Trials | ||||||
Win | 2–0 | 3–1, 1–0 | June 10, 2011 | 2011 US World Team Trials | ||
Win | 1–0 | 1–0, 1–2, 3–2 |
Awards and honors
- 2020
Pan American Championships (74 kg)
- 2019
World Wrestling Championships (74 kg) Pan American Games (74 kg) Pan American Championships (74 kg) Yasar Dogu (74 kg) Dan Kolov - Nikola Petrov Tournament (74 kg)
- 2018
World Wrestling Championships (74 kg) Yasar Dogu (74 kg)
- 2017
World Wrestling Championships (74 kg) Grand Prix of Spain (74 kg)
- 2016
Pan American Championships (74 kg) Grand Prix of Germany (74 kg) Yasar Dogu (74 kg)
- 2015
World Wrestling Championships (74 kg) Pan American Games (74 kg) Alexander Medved Prizes (74 kg)
- 2014
World Wrestling Championships (74 kg) Pan American Championships (74 kg) Yasar Dogu (74 kg)
- 2013
World Wrestling Championships (74 kg) Stepan Sargsyan Tournament (74 kg) Alexander Medved Prizes (74 kg)
- 2012
Summer Olympics (74 kg) Cerro Pelado International (74 kg) Dave Schultz Memorial International (74 kg)
- 2011
World Wrestling Championships (74 kg) Pan American Games (74 kg) International Ukrainian Tournament (74 kg) - Dan Hodge Trophy winner
NCAA Division I (165 lbs) Big 12 Conference (165 lbs)
- 2009
NCAA Division I (157 lbs) Big 12 Conference (157 lbs)
- 2008
NCAA Division I (149 lbs) Big 12 Conference (149 lbs)
See also
References
- "About Jordan". Retrieved 2018-09-27.
- "Jordan Burroughs: Gold medalist speaks about Olympic wrestling, NJSIAA state title in 2006". NJ.com.
- "Jordan Burroughs". Huskers.com.
- "Jordan Burroughs wins Dan Hodge Trophy". WIN Magazine: Amateur Wrestling News.
- "About Jordan - Jordan Burroughs". jordanburroughs.com.
- "Jordan Burroughs wins wrestling world title 4 weeks after breaking ankle".
- "Jordan Burroughs sprains MCL, wins bronze at World Wrestling Championships". OlympicTalk.
- "Tears Of A Champion: Jordan Burroughs Loses Bid For Second Straight Olympic Gold Medal".
- johnstrubel. "WRESTLING WITH GOD". johnstrubel.com.