CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY (September 11) – United World Wrestling has announced seven new members of the organization’s Athletes Commission. The wrestlers were voted onto the commission by their fellow athletes at the 2017 Senior World Wrestling championships last month in Paris. In the commission’s first act, four-time world champion and 2012 Olympic champion Jordan BURROUGHS was selected to chair…
University of Nebraska Press Release Madrid, Spain – Former Huskers and 2017 USA Wrestling Freestyle World Team members Jordan Burroughs and James Green both went undefeated on the way to gold medals in their respective weight classes on Saturday at the Grand Prix of Spain at the Pabellón Exterior del CSD in Madrid, Spain. Burroughs dominated…
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Jordan Burroughs (Sunkist Kids) after winning the 2017 U.S. Open Championships in men’s freestyle at 74 kg held at the South Point Arena in Las Vegas, Nev., April 28-29.
Former University of Nebraska standout Jordan Burroughs had a high school gymnasium named in his honor, with the ceremony taking place this past weekend. Burroughs was a three-time district champion and 2006 state champion for Winslow Township High School in New Jersey. Burroughs would go on to win a high school national title before enrolling at…
Jordan Burroughs came into the 2016 Rio Olympics the favorite to win the 74 kilogram weight class. Not only had Burroughs won the 2012 Olympic Games, but he had also won two of the last three World Championships. It was a big surprise then with this year not only did Burroughs get knocked out of…
