Viktor Valeryevich Zuyev, also spelled sometimes as Viktar Valeryevich Zuyeu ( be, Ві́ктар Вале́р'евіч Зу́еў, Viktar Valeryevich Zuyew,
Łacinka
The Belarusian Latin alphabet or Łacinka (from be, лацінка or łacinka, BGN/PCGN: ''Latsinka'', ) for the Latin script in general is the common name for writing Belarusian using Latin script. It is similar to the Sorbian alphabet a ...
: ''Viktar Valierjevič Zujeŭ''; russian: Ви́ктор Вале́рьевич Зу́ев; born May 22, 1983) is a former
amateur boxer from
Belarus, best known for winning the
heavyweight silver medal at the
2004 Summer Olympics
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in
Athens, Greece
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.
Career
The southpaw won a silver medal at the Euro 2004.
Olympic Results 2004:
*Defeated
Daniel Betti
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(Italy) RSC 1 (1:15)
*Defeated
Devin Vargas (United States) 36-27
*Defeated
Mohamed Elsayed
:''Mohamed Elsayed is also the alias of Mohamed Atta''
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Career
In 2003 he captu ...
(Egypt) walkover, Elsayed broke his arm in quarterfinal.
*Lost to
Odlanier Solis Fonte (Cuba) 13-22
Since then he suffered several setbacks.
2005 he lost at the world championships early to Cuban Luis Ortiz.
2006 he suffered a KO 1 to
Elchin Alizade
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Career
In 2001 he won silver against Ismail Sillakh at ...
at the Euros.
2007 at the world championships he exited early against Lithuania's
.
In 2008 he turned the tables on Subacius and beat him in a qualifier to punch his Olympic ticket. In Beijing he ran right into
Clemente Russo and lost 1:7.
Super Heavyweight
At the
2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships
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he competed at super heavyweight and reached the semifinal vs
Didier Bence
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He is best known for becoming a Canadian amateur boxing champion as a teenager and winning bronze at the 2007 Pan American Games, defeating two- ...
,
Marko Tomasović (KO1) and
Denis Sergeev
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. There he again fell by KO1 this time to Olympic Gold medallist
Roberto Cammarelle
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.
References
Amateur results
1983 births
Living people
Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers for Belarus
Olympic silver medalists for Belarus
Olympic medalists in boxing
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Belarusian male boxers
AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists
Heavyweight boxers
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