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Jordan Burroughs Wins American Record 7th World/Olympic Title

Well there you have it folks.

Jordan Burroughs is officially the greatest American wrestler of all time. There’s no more disputing that.

After going 4-0 on Thursday in Belgrade, Serbia, Burroughs won his seventh World or Olympic title in Friday’s final. That’s more than any American in history. Let that sink in for a second.

With his newest gold medal, Burroughs now has 10 total World or Olympic medals and is an undefeated 10-0 in medal matches.

Jordan Burroughs is 10-0 in World/Olympic medal matches
2011 - World gold
2012 - Olympic gold
2013 - World gold
2014 - World bronze
2015 - World gold
2017 - World gold
2018 - World bronze
2019 - World bronze
2021 - World gold
2022 - World gold— Andy Hamilton (@Andy_Hamilton) September 16, 2022

Burroughs went 5-0 at Worlds over the past two days, improving his career senior-level freestyle record to 223-15.