Andreas Tews (born 11 September 1968) is a German former amateur boxer. Tews won the Flyweight Silver medal at the

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and the Featherweight Gold medal at the

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. His first international success came with his second place in the

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class at the 1986 European Junior Championships held in

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. Just one year after that he won the European Senior Championship at

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. In the 1991 European Championships at

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he came in third. Tews never boxed professionally and is currently a trainer at Gymnasium Rahlstedt in Hamburg, Germany.

Olympic results

* 1988 won the silver medal representing East Germany as a Flyweight at the Seoul Olympics: **Defeated

Wang Weiping Wang Weiping (born 21 March 1966) is a Chinese boxer. He competed in the men's flyweight event at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 198 ...

(China) PTS (5-0) **Defeated Janos Varadi (Hungary) PTS (5-0) **Defeated Benaissa Abed (Algeria) PTS (5-0) **Defeated Mario Gonzalez (Mexico) PTS (5-0) **Lost to Kim Kwang-Sun (South Korea) PTS (1-4) * 1992 won the gold medal representing Germany as a Featherweight at the Barcelona Olympics: **Defeated

Kirkor Kirkorov Kirkor Kirkorov ( bg, Киркор Киркоров; born March 4, 1968, as Krikor Kirkorian) is a retired boxer from Bulgaria, who competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There he was defeated in the fir ...

(Bulgaria) PTS (9-5) **Defeated

Djamel Lifa Djamel Lifa (born 1 March 1969) is a French former professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2001, holding the European super featherweight title from 1997 to 1998. As an amateur, he represented his country at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Amateu ...

(France) PTS (9-4) **Defeated Park Duk-Kyu (South Korea) PTS (17-7) **Defeated

Hocine Soltani Hocine Soltani (December 1972 – March 2002) was an Algerian boxer, who won two Olympic medals. In 1992, the southpaw placed third in the featherweight division (54–57 kg), and at the 1996 Summer Olympics he won the gold medal in the l ...

(Algeria) PTS (11-1) **Defeated Faustino Reyes (Spain) PTS (16-7)

Other accomplishments

* East German Champion 1985/1987/198

German Champion 1991/199

* 2nd place at Junior European Championships 1986 * European Champion at the 1987 European Amateur Boxing Championships * Bronze medal at the

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References

* 1968 births Living people Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of East Germany Olympic boxers of Germany Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic silver medalists for East Germany Sportspeople from Rostock Olympic medalists in boxing Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics German male boxers Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver Featherweight boxers {{Germany-Olympic-medalist-stub