Justin Abdou was a member of Canada's National Wrestling Team for 13 years before retiring from active competition in 2001.
During his career, he represented Canada at numerous World Championships, the Pan American Games, the Goodwill Games, the Commonwealth Games and the 2000 Olympic Games.
Some of Justin's career highlights include being a 9 -time Canadian Champion, winning a gold medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, earning a Business Degree from Simon Fraser University in 1994, breaking the Simon Fraser record for most career wins (a record he still holds at 212), winning four straight NAIA national Championships for SFU and placing eleventh at the Sydney Olympics.
Justin is a member of the Canadian Amateur Wrestling Hall of Fame, the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (N.A.I.A.) Hall of Fame and the Burnaby Sports Hall of Fame.
He has coached the 2002, 2004 and 2007 World Cup Wrestling Teams, four University World Championship Teams, the Canadian National Team at both the World Juniors and the World Championships, and assisted with the 2008 Canadian Olympic wrestling team.
Justin was the CIS Coach of the Year in wrestling in 2009 and 2010. His team won National titles in both of those seasons.
He has been the CIS Can West coach of the year four times leading SFU to four straight Can West Championships.
