Andreas Zülow

Andreas Zülow

250px Andreas Zülow (left) battling Japan's Noriyuki Imaoka
Personal information
Full name	Andreas Zülow
Nationality	East Germany
Born	(1965-10-23) October 23, 1965 Ludwigslust Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Rated at	Lightweight
Club	Schweriner SC, Schwerin
Medal record Representing East Germany Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Lightweight World Amateur Championships 1986 Reno Featherweight 1989 Moscow Lightweight Representing Germany European Amateur Championships 1991 Gothenburg Light Welterweight

Andreas Zülow (born October 23, 1965 in Ludwigslust) was a boxer from East Germany who won a Lightweight gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games. Two years earlier he already won the bronze medal at the 1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Reno.

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 Klaus Niketta (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 Torino, Italy
  • Lost to Mikhail Kazaryan (Soviet Union) PTS (1-4)
• 1988 Lightweight Gold Medalist at the Seoul Olympics representing East Germany
  • Defeated Patrick Waweru (Kenia) PTS (5-0)
  • Defeated Giorgio Campanella (Italien) PTS (5-0)
  • Defeated Konstantin Tszyu (Soviet Union) PTS (3-2)
  • Defeated Mohamed Regazy (Egypt) PTS (5-0)
  • Defeated Romallis Ellis (USA) PTS (5-0)
  • 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)
  • Defeated 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 Göteborg, 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 Hector Vinent (Cuba) PTS (2-14)
• 1994 competed as a Light Welterweight at the Goodwill Games in Sankt Petersburg, Russia
  • Lost to Hans Janssen (Netherlands) PTS (3-5)

References

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