Andreas Zülow
Encyclopedia
Andreas Zülow was a boxer
from East Germany who won a Lightweight gold medal
at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games. Two years earlier he already won the bronze medal at the 1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships
in Reno
.
His highlights include:
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
from East Germany who won a Lightweight gold medal
Olympic medalists in boxing
This is the complete list of Olympic medalists in boxing from 1904 to 2008.-Light flyweight:*1968 - : up to 48 kg.-Flyweight:*1904: up to 105 lb *1920-1936: up to 112 lb *1948-1964: up to 51 kg...
at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games. Two years earlier he already won the bronze medal at the 1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships
1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships
The Men's 1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Reno, United States from May 8 to 18. The fourth edition of this competition, held two years before the Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, was organised by the world governing body for amateur boxing AIBA.- Medal winners :1 Luis...
in Reno
Reno, Nevada
Reno is the county seat of Washoe County, Nevada, United States. The city has a population of about 220,500 and is the most populous Nevada city outside of the Las Vegas metropolitan area...
.
Amateur career
Zülow had an outstanding amateur career, compiling a Record of 273 wins in 322 fights.His highlights include:
- East German Featherweight Champion 1984-1986, East German Lightweight Champion 1987-1989, German Light Welterweight Champion 1992
- 1985 competed as a Featherweight at the European Championships in Budapest, Hungary
- Defeated Raymond Gavia (France) PTS (5-0)
- Lost to Tomasz Nowak (Poland) PTS (0-5)
- 1986 3rd place as a Featherweight at the World Championships in Reno, United States.
- Defeated Klaus Niketta (West Germany) PTS (5-0)
- Defeated Kunle La Costa (Nigeria) RSCH-1
- Defeated Bobby McCarthy (Ireland) PTS (5-0)
- Lost to Kelcie BanksKelcie BanksKelcie Herron Banks is a retired boxer from the United States, who competed in the featherweight division. As an amateur he won the gold medal at the 1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Reno and at the 1987 Pan American Games in Indianapolis. Inducted to the USA Boxing Hall of Fame in 1993...
(USA) PTS (1-4)
- 1987 competed as a Featherweight at the European Championships in Torino, Italy
- Lost to Mikhail KazaryanMekhak GhazaryanMekhak Ghazaryan is a retired boxer from Armenia. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he lost in the second round of the men's lightweight division to Canada's Michael Strange....
(Soviet Union) PTS (1-4)
- Lost to Mikhail Kazaryan
- 1988 Lightweight Gold Medalist at the Seoul Olympics representing East Germany
- Defeated Patrick Waweru (Kenia) PTS (5-0)
- Defeated Giorgio Campanella (Italien) PTS (5-0)
- Defeated Konstantin Tszyu (Soviet Union) PTS (3-2)
- Defeated Mohamed Regazy (Egypt) PTS (5-0)
- Defeated Romallis EllisRomallis EllisRomallis Ellis was an American boxer, who won the Lightweight Bronze medal at the 1998 Olympics.-Amateur career:*1988 United States Amateur Lightweight champion*1988 Olympic Lightweight Bronze Medalist....
(USA) PTS (5-0) - Defeated George CramneGeorge CramneGeorge Kelly Scott , earlier George Cramne, is a retired Swedish professional boxer of Liberian descent.-Amateur career:...
(Sweden) PTS (5-0)
- 1989 2nd place as a Lightweight at the World Championships in Moscow, Soviet Union
- Defeated Darrell Hiles (Australia) PTS (24-4)
- Defeated Fared Cheklat (France) AB-3
- Defeated Konstantin Tszyu (Soviet Union) PTS (17-14)
- Defeated Julio Gonzalez (Cuba) PTS (+15-15)
- 1990 competed as a Lightweight at the Goodwill Games in Seattle, United States
- Lost to Mikhail KazaryanMekhak GhazaryanMekhak Ghazaryan is a retired boxer from Armenia. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he lost in the second round of the men's lightweight division to Canada's Michael Strange....
(Soviet Union) PTS (0-5)
- Lost to Mikhail Kazaryan
- 1991 competed as a Light Welterweight at the World Championships in Sydney, Australia
- Defeated Søren Søndergaard (Denmark) PTS (13-8)
- Lost to Peter Richardson (Great Britain) PTS (12-22)
- 1991 2nd place as a Light Welterweight at the European Championships in Göteborg, Sweden.
- Lost the final to Konstantin Tszyu from the Soviet Union
- 1992 competed as a Light Welterweight at the Barcelona Olympics representing Germany. Resuts were:
- Defeated Jae-Kyung Kim (South Korea) PTS (12-0)
- Lost to Hector VinentHéctor VinentHéctor Vinent Cháron was a Cuban boxer, who won the Light Welterweight Gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1996 Summer Olympics.-External links:**...
(Cuba) PTS (2-14)
- 1994 competed as a Light Welterweight at the Goodwill Games in Sankt Petersburg, Russia
- Lost to Hans Janssen (Netherlands) PTS (3-5)