Andreas Zülow (born 23 October 1965) is a retired

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who won a Lightweight gold medal at the

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. He also won the silver medal at the 1989 World Amateur Boxing Championships in

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, and the bronze medal at the

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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

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(West Germany) PTS (5–0) **Defeated Kunle La Costa (Nigeria) RSCH-1 **Defeated Bobby McCarthy (Ireland) PTS (5–0) **Lost to Kelcie Banks (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

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(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

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(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

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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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zulow, Andreas 1965 births Living people People from Ludwigslust Sportspeople from Bezirk Schwerin German male boxers Boxers from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Lightweight boxers Light-welterweight boxers Olympic boxers for East Germany East German male boxers Olympic boxers for 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