Justin Abdou

Justin Abdou
Personal information
Nationality Canada
Born (1971-01-18) 18 January 1971 (age 53)
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
SportWrestling
Event(s)Freestyle and Folkstyle
College teamSimon Fraser Red Leafs
ClubBurnaby Mountain Wrestling Club[1]
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Canada
Pan American Championships
Silver medal – second place 1990 Colorado Springs 82 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Cali 85 kg
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1994 Victoria 82 kg
Collegiate Wrestling
Representing Simon Fraser
NAIA Championships
Gold medal – first place 1990 Hayes 177 lb
Gold medal – first place 1991 Butte 177 lb
Gold medal – first place 1992 Hays 177 lb
Gold medal – first place 1993 Butte 177 lb

Justin Abdou (born 18 January 1971) is a Canadian wrestler. He competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics in the men's freestyle 85 kg weight class.[2]

As a member of the Simon Fraser University wrestling team, he won four NAIA titles at 177 pounds. Abdou is currently the head coach of the SFU men's and women wrestling teams.

References

  1. ^ "Justin Abdou". Olympedia. OLYMadMen. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Justin Abdou Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2017.