Andreas Zülow (born 23 October 1965) is a retired
amateur boxer
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from
East Germany
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who won a
Lightweight gold medal at the
1988 Summer Olympic Games. He also won the silver medal at the
1989 World Amateur Boxing Championships in
Moscow
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, and the bronze medal at the
1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships
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in
Reno
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.
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 Banks
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(USA) PTS (1–4)
*1987 competed as a Featherweight at the European Championships in Turin, Italy
**Lost to
Mikhail Kazaryan (Soviet Union) PTS (1–4)
*1988 Lightweight Gold Medalist at the Seoul Olympics representing East Germany
**Round of 64: Defeated
Patrick Waweru (Kenya) PTS (5–0)
**Round of 32: Defeated
Giorgio Campanella (Italy) PTS (5–0)
**Round of 16: Defeated
Konstantin Tszyu (Soviet Union) PTS (3–2)
**Quarterfinal: Defeated
Mohamed Regazy (Egypt) PTS (5–0)
**Semifinal: Defeated
Romallis Ellis (USA) PTS (5–0)
**Final: Defeated
George Cramne (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)
**Lost to
Julio Gonzalez (Cuba) PTS (+15-15)
*1990 competed as a Lightweight at the Goodwill Games in Seattle, United States
**Lost to
Mikhail Kazaryan (Soviet Union) PTS (0–5)
*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 Gothenburg, Sweden.
**Lost the final to
Konstantin Tszyu from the Soviet Union
*1992 competed as a Light Welterweight at the Barcelona Olympics representing Germany. Results were:
**Defeated
Jae-Kyung Kim (South Korea) PTS (12–0)
**Lost to
Hector Vinent
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(Cuba) PTS (2–14)
*1994 competed as a Light Welterweight at the Goodwill Games in Saint Petersburg, Russia
**Lost to Hans Janssen (Netherlands) PTS (3–5)
References
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1965 births
Living people
People from Ludwigslust
People from Bezirk Schwerin
German male boxers
Sportspeople from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Lightweight boxers
Light-welterweight boxers
Olympic boxers of East Germany
Olympic boxers of Germany
Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Olympic medalists in boxing
Olympic gold medalists for East Germany
Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists
Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in gold
Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games
Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games