Jordan Burroughs

Jordan Ernest Burroughs

Jordan Burroughs at 2017 Men's freestyle Wrestling World Cup, Kermanshah, Iran

Personal information

Nationality

American

Born

July 8, 1988
Sicklerville, New Jersey, U.S.

Height

5 ft 8 in (173 cm)

Weight

165 lb (75 kg)

Sport

Wrestling

Event(s)

Freestyle

College team

Nebraska

Club

Sunkist Kids

Medal record

Representing the United States
Men's Freestyle wrestling
Olympic Games
	2012 London	74 kg
World Championships
	2011 Istanbul	74 kg
	2013 Budapest	74 kg
	2014 Tashkent	74 kg
	2015 Las Vegas	74 kg
Pan American Games
	2011 Guadalajara	74 kg
	2015 Toronto	74 kg
Pan American Championships
	2014 Mexico City	74 kg
	2016 Frisco	74 kg

Jordan Burroughs (born July 8, 1988) is an American world and Olympic champion in freestyle wrestling.^[1]

Early life

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.^[3]

As a freshman, Burroughs qualified for the prestigious NCAA tournament at 149 pounds. His sophomore year, Burroughs again competed at 149 pounds where he earned a 3rd place All-American finish. For his junior season, Burroughs moved up to 157 pounds, and became an undefeated national champion. Following an injury that took him out of competition for a year, Burroughs moved up again, this time to 165 pounds. At 165 pounds, he repeated as an undefeated national champion.^[3]

Following his senior year, Burroughs won the Hodge Trophy, awarded each year by WIN Magazine to the nation's most dominant wrestler.^[4] Burroughs finished his career with a 128-20 overall record, for the fifth-most wins in Nebraska history.^[3]

Immediately after college, Burroughs won a freestyle world title in Istanbul, Turkey, making him only the fourth wrestler ever to win an NCAA title and world title in the same year.^[5]

Freestyle Results

World/Olympic Team Trials Matches
Res.	Record	Opponent	Score	Date	Event	Location	Notes
2017 US World Team Trials champion at 74kg
Win	14-1	Kyle Dake	6-2	2017-06-10	2017 US World Team Trials	Lincoln, Nebraska
Win	13-1	Kyle Dake	8-4	2017-06-10	2017 US World Team Trials	Lincoln, Nebraska
Loss	12-1	Kyle Dake	6-6	2017-06-10	2017 US World Team Trials	Lincoln, Nebraska
2016 US Olympic Team Trials champion at 74kg
Win	12-0	Andrew Howe	10-0	2016-04-10	2016 US Olympic Team Trials	Iowa City, Iowa
Win	11-0	Andrew Howe	9-3	2016-04-10	2016 US Olympic Team Trials	Iowa City, Iowa
2015 US World Team Trials champion at 74kg
Win	10-0	Kyle Dake	14-4	2015-06-14	2015 US World Team Trials	Madison, Wisconsin
Win	9-0	Kyle Dake	6-3	2015-06-14	2015 US World Team Trials	Madison, Wisconsin
2014 US World Team Trials champion at 74kg
Win	8-0	David Taylor	6-5	2014-06-01	2014 US World Team Trials	Madison, Wisconsin
Win	7-0	David Taylor	5-2	2014-06-01	2014 US World Team Trials	Madison, Wisconsin
2013 US World Team Trials champion at 74kg
Win	6-0	Kyle Dake	9-6 (OT)	2013-06-21	2013 US World Team Trials	Stillwater, Oklahoma
Win	5-0	Kyle Dake	7-0	2013-06-21	2013 US World Team Trials	Stillwater, Oklahoma
2012 US Olympic Team Trials champion at 74kg
Win	4-0	Andrew Howe	injury default	2012-04-21	2012 US Olympic Team Trials	Iowa City, Iowa
Win	3-0	Andrew Howe	4-2, 1-2, 1-0	2012-04-21	2012 US Olympic Team Trials	Iowa City, Iowa
2011 US World Team Trials champion at 74kg
Win	2-0	Andrew Howe	3-1, 1-0	2011-06-10	2011 US World Team Trials	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Win	1-0	Andrew Howe	1-0, 1-2, 3-2	2011-06-10	2011 US World Team Trials	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Pan American Games/Championships Matches
Res.	Record	Opponent	Score	Date	Event	Location	Notes
2016 Pan American champion at 74kg
Win	14-0	Carlos Arturo Izquierdo Mendez	12-2	2016-2-27	2016 Pan American Championships	Frisco, Texas
Win	13-0	Ilya Abelev	14-2	2016-2-27	2016 Pan American Championships	Frisco, Texas
Win	12-0	Francisco Daniel Soler Tanco	tech fall	2016-2-27	2016 Pan American Championships	Frisco, Texas
Win	11-0	Pedro Orlando Martinez Chen	10-0	2016-2-27	2016 Pan American Championships	Frisco, Texas
2015 Pan American champion at 74kg
Win	10-0	Yoan Blanco	11-0	2015-7-18	2015 Pan American Games	Toronto, Ontario
Win	9-0	Jevon Balfour	11-0	2015-7-18	2015 Pan American Games	Toronto, Ontario
Win	8-0	Livan Lopez	13-3	2015-7-18	2015 Pan American Games	Toronto, Ontario
2014 Pan American champion at 74kg
Win	7-0	Livan Lopez	13-2	2014-7-17	2014 Pan American Championships	Mexico City, Mexico
Win	6-0	Adonis Arroyo	10-0	2014-7-17	2014 Pan American Championships	Mexico City, Mexico
Win	5-0	Jose Santos Ambrocio	10-0	2014-7-17	2014 Pan American Championships	Mexico City, Mexico
Win	4-0	Elio Zenteno	10-0	2014-7-17	2014 Pan American Championships	Mexico City, Mexico
2011 Pan American champion at 74kg
Win	3-0	Yunierki Blanco	3-2, 3-2	2011-10-24	2011 Pan American Games	Guadalajara, Mexico
Win	2-0	Ricardo Roberty	2-1, 1-1	2011-10-24	2011 Pan American Games	Guadalajara, Mexico
Win	1-0	Jose Mercado	7-0, 6-0	2011-10-24	2011 Pan American Games	Guadalajara, Mexico

World Championships/Olympic Games Matches
Res.	Record	Opponent	Score	Date	Event	Location	Notes
2016 Olympic at 74kg
Loss	25-3	Bekzod Abdurakhmonov	1-11	2016-08-19	2016 Summer Olympics	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Loss	25-2	Aniuar Geduev	2-3	2016-08-19	2016 Summer Olympics	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Win	25-1	Augusto Midana	8-3	2016-08-19	2016 Summer Olympics	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2015 UWW world champion at 74kg
Win	24-1	Unurbat Purevjav	10-0	2015-09-12	2015 World Wrestling Championships	Las Vegas, Nevada
Win	23-1	Aniuar Geduev	4-3	2015-09-12	2015 World Wrestling Championships	Las Vegas, Nevada
Win	22-1	Alireza Ghasemi	5-0	2015-09-12	2015 World Wrestling Championships	Las Vegas, Nevada
Win	21-1	Mihály Nagy	11-0	2015-09-12	2015 World Wrestling Championships	Las Vegas, Nevada
Win	20-1	Oleg Zakharevych	10-0	2015-09-12	2015 World Wrestling Championships	Las Vegas, Nevada
Win	19-1	Krystian Brzozowski	6-2	2015-09-12	2015 World Wrestling Championships	Las Vegas, Nevada
2014 UWW world bronze medalist at 74kg
Win	18-1	Rustam Dudaiev	8-2	2014-09-09	2014 World Wrestling Championships	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Loss	17-1	Denis Tsargush	2-9	2014-09-09	2014 World Wrestling Championships	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Win	17-0	Rashid Kurbanov	5-0	2014-09-09	2014 World Wrestling Championships	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Win	16-0	Lee Yun-seok	13-2	2014-09-09	2014 World Wrestling Championships	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Win	15-0	Augusto Midana	4-3	2014-09-09	2014 World Wrestling Championships	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	sprained MCL^[6]
2013 UWW world champion at 74kg
Win	14-0	Ezzatollah Akbari	4-0	2013-09-18	2013 World Wrestling Championships	Budapest, Hungary
Win	13-0	Ali Shabanau	7-1	2013-09-18	2013 World Wrestling Championships	Budapest, Hungary
Win	12-0	Jabrayil Hasanov	7-0	2013-09-18	2013 World Wrestling Championships	Budapest, Hungary
Win	11-0	Narsingh Pancham Yadav	7-0	2013-09-18	2013 World Wrestling Championships	Budapest, Hungary
Win	10-0	Gamid Dzhalilov	9-2	2013-09-18	2013 World Wrestling Championships	Budapest, Hungary	four weeks post-ankle break^[7]
2012 Olympic champion at 74kg
Win	9-0	Sadegh Goudarzi	1-0, 1-0	2012-08-10	2012 Summer Olympics	London, United Kingdom
Win	8-0	Denis Tsargush	3-1, 0-2, 2-1	2012-08-10	2012 Summer Olympics	London, United Kingdom
Win	7-0	Matt Gentry	2-1, 1-1	2012-08-10	2012 Summer Olympics	London, United Kingdom
Win	6-0	Francisco Soler	4-0, 6-0	2012-08-10	2012 Summer Olympics	London, United Kingdom
2011 UWW world champion at 74kg
Win	5-0	Sadegh Goudarzi	3-2, 4-1	2011-09-18	2011 World Wrestling Championships	Istanbul, Turkey
Win	4-0	Ashraf Aliyev	0-2, 5-4, 3-0	2011-09-18	2011 World Wrestling Championships	Istanbul, Turkey
Win	3-0	Ricardo Roberty	2-1, 1-0	2011-09-18	2011 World Wrestling Championships	Istanbul, Turkey
Win	2-0	Denis Tsargush	1-3, 1-0, 2-1	2011-09-18	2011 World Wrestling Championships	Istanbul, Turkey
Win	1-0	Dmytro Rochniak	3-1, 4-2	2011-09-18	2011 World Wrestling Championships	Istanbul, Turkey

Personal

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."^[8]

As of October 12, 2013 Burroughs has been married to Lauren Mariacher. They have a son, Beacon Burroughs, born on July 19, 2014. The couple gave birth to their second child, Ora, born on June 11, 2016.^[9]

Other awards and honors

International Freestyle:

2011 Ukrainian Memorial International Champion – 74 kg
2011 U.S. Open Champion – 74 kg
2012 Dave Schultz Memorial International Champion – 74 kg
2012 Cerro Pelado International Champion – 74 kg
2013 Stepan Sargsyan International Champion – 74 kg
2013 Alexander Medved Champion – 74 kg
2013 Stepan Sarkisyan Champion – 74 kg
2013 U.S. Open Champion – 74 kg
2014 U.S. Open Champion – 74 kg
2015 Alexander Medved Champion – 74 kg
2016 Yasar Dogu International Champion - 74 kg
2017 U.S. Open Champion - 74 kg

Collegiate:

Three-time Big 12 Champion (2008, 2009, 2011)
Three-time Nebraska Most Outstanding Wrestler (2008, 2009, 2011)
2008 Big 12 Championships Outstanding Wrestler
2011 Midlands Championships Most Outstanding Wrestler
2011 InterMat Wrestler of the Year

References

↑ "Jordan Burroughs". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com.
↑ "Jordan Burroughs: Gold medalist speaks about Olympic wrestling, NJSIAA state title in 2006". NJ.com.
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↑ "Jordan Burroughs wins Dan Hodge Trophy". WIN Magazine: Amateur Wrestling News.
↑ "About Jordan - Jordan Burroughs". jordanburroughs.com.
↑ "Jordan Burroughs sprains MCL, wins bronze at World Wrestling Championships". OlympicTalk.
↑ "Jordan Burroughs wins wrestling world title 4 weeks after breaking ankle". OlympicTalk.
↑ johnstrubel. "WRESTLING WITH GOD". johnstrubel.com.
↑ "Lauren Mariacher and Jordan Burroughs' Wedding Website". ourwedding.com.

Olympic Champions in freestyle welterweight

−71.67 kg (1904)
−72 kg (1924–1936)
−73 kg (1948–1960)
−78 kg (1964–1996)
−76 kg (2000)
−74 kg (2004–Present)

2012 USA Olympic Wrestling Team
Men's Greco-Roman	Spenser Mango Ellis Coleman Justin Lester Ben Provisor Chas Betts Dremiel Byers
Women's freestyle	Clarissa Chun Kelsey Campbell Elena Pirozhkova Ali Bernard
Men's freestyle	Sam Hazewinkel Coleman Scott Jared Frayer Jordan Burroughs Jake Herbert Jake Varner Tervel Dlagnev
Men's Greco-Roman coaches	Steve Fraser Momir Petković Ike Anderson
Women's freestyle coaches	Terry Steiner Vladislav Izboinikov Erin Tomeo
Men's freestyle coaches	Zeke Jones Brandon Slay Bill Zadick

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