Viktor Valeryevich Zuyev, also spelled sometimes as Viktar Valeryevich Zuyeu ( be, Ві́ктар Вале́р'евіч Зу́еў, Viktar Valeryevich Zuyew,
Łacinka: ''Viktar Valierjevič Zujeŭ''; russian: Ви́ктор Вале́рьевич Зу́ев; born May 22, 1983) is a former
amateur boxer
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Amateur boxing bouts are short in duration, comprising three rounds of three ...
from
Belarus
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, best known for winning the
heavyweight silver medal at the
2004 Summer Olympics in
Athens, Greece.
Career
The southpaw won a silver medal at the Euro 2004.
Olympic Results 2004:
*Defeated
Daniel Betti
Daniel Betti (born 19 May 1978) is an Italian former boxer. He competed in the men's heavyweight event at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
References
External links
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1978 births
Living people
Italian male boxers
Olympic boxers for Italy ...
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*Defeated
Devin Vargas
Devin Vargas (born December 25, 1981) is an American professional boxer. As an amateur, he won a bronze medal at the 2003 Pan American Games and competed at the 2004 Olympics, both in the heavyweight division.
Amateur career
Vargas had a ...
(United States) 36-27
*Defeated
Mohamed Elsayed (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 at the Euros.
2007 at the world championships he exited early against Lithuania's
Vitalijus Subacius.
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
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and lost 1:7.
Super Heavyweight
At the
2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships he competed at super heavyweight and reached the semifinal vs
Didier Bence
Didier Bence (born August 14, 1987) is a Canadian professional heavyweight boxer from Laval, Quebec.
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. There he again fell by KO1 this time to Olympic Gold medallist
Roberto Cammarelle
Roberto Cammarelle (born 22 March 1980) is an Italian amateur boxer, best known for winning the World Amateur Boxing Championships in 2007 (Chicago) and 2009 (Milan) as a super heavyweight and a gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. ...
.
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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