Jordan Burroughs
A decade of world titles off one double leg
- Born
- July 8, 1988, Camden, New Jersey, US
- Nationality
United States- Height
- 170 cm (5′7″)
- Style
- Blast double-leg attacker
- Weight
- 74 kg, 79 kg
- Active
- 2007–present
- Status
- Active · age 38
The medals
1 Olympic gold, 6 world titles
The story
ordan Burroughs built a career around one attack everyone knew was coming: the double leg. The Camden, New Jersey native won two NCAA titles and the 2011 Hodge Trophy at Nebraska, took the world title that same year and became Olympic champion in London in 2012. He won further world titles at 74 kg in 2013, 2015 and 2017, moved up to 79 kg and won again in 2021 and 2022, reaching seven world and Olympic golds, the most by any American wrestler. Three world bronzes round out a remarkably long run near the top. In August 2026 he returned to competition in Real American Freestyle with an 11-0 technical fall over UFC welterweight Sean Brady.
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- Olympic champion (2012)
- World champion ×6 (2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2021, 2022)
- Pan American Games champion (2011, 2015, 2019)
- NCAA champion (2009, 2011)
- Dan Hodge Trophy (2011)
- John Smith Award, USA Wrestling freestyle wrestler of the year (2013)
Defining matches
- 2012WINvs Sadegh Goudarzi (London Olympic final)
- 2014LOSSvs Denis Tsargush (World Championships, 2-9; first international loss)
- 2022WINvs Mohammad Nokhodi (World final, 4-2; seventh world/Olympic title)
- 2026WINvs Sean Brady (Real American Freestyle 12, 11-0 technical fall)
Build one takedown so sharp it works even when opponents know it's coming, the way Burroughs scored with his double leg for more than a decade. Drill your penetration step from every tie and from open space until it is automatic.
