Andrew Singh Kooner (born 11 May 1979 in

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) is a

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and trainer, currently living in

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Amateur career

Andrew Kooner moved to

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at a young age and began boxing at age 13 out of a Windsor boxing club. At the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

he lost in the 2nd round in the flyweight division. In 1998 he won the bronze medal at the

Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...

; and in 2002 he won the silver medal at the

. At the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

he finished tied for fifth in the bantamweight (54 kg) division after having qualified at the

1st AIBA American 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament The 1st AIBA American 2004 Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament was held in Tijuana, Mexico from March 12 to March 20, 2004. It was the first chance for amateur boxers from North-, Central- and South America to qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympi ...

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. He also defeated Juan Manuel López in the amateurs.

Olympic results

2000 Olympics *Defeated

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(Algeria) 18-11 *Lost to

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(Thailand) 7-11 2004 Olympics *Defeated

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(Venezuela) 37-20 *Lost to

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(Uzbekistan) 32-44

Pro career

Kooner turned pro in 2006 and has a 10-2 Record and is the current bantamweight champion of Canada.

Post Boxing

Andrew Kooner currently resides in Toronto and runs his own fitness program
Kooner's Boxing
providing specialized training ranging from fitness to well-being to training up-and-coming boxers. He is also a coach fo

a program that gives people with Parkinson’s disease hope by improving their quality of life through a non-contact boxing-based fitness curriculum.

References

External links

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Chris Johnson's Fighting Alliance
- Kooner's Boxing Club
Andrew Kooner Official Website
- Website 1979 births Living people Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada Boxers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada Boxers at the 2003 Pan American Games Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Canadian male boxers Canadian Sikhs English male boxers English emigrants to Canada Olympic boxers of Canada Boxing people from Ontario Sportspeople from Kettering Canadian sportspeople of Indian descent People from Essex County, Ontario Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing Pan American Games medalists in boxing Bantamweight boxers Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games {{England-boxing-bio-stub