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Belarusian boxer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Viktor Valeryevich Zuyev, also spelled sometimes as Viktar Valeryevich Zuyeu (Belarusian: Ві́ктар Вале́р'евіч Зу́еў, romanized: Viktar Valeryevich Zuyew, Łacinka: 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 in Athens, Greece.
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Nationality | Belarus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | May 22, 1983 41) Vitebsk, Soviet Union | (age||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | Heavyweight Super Heavyweight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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The southpaw won a silver medal at the Euro 2004.
Olympic Results 2004:
Since then he has suffered several setbacks. In 2005, he lost at the world championships early to Cuban Luis Ortiz.
In 2006, Zuyev suffered a KO 1 to Elchin Alizade at the Euros.
In 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 and lost 1:7.
At the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships he competed at super heavyweight and reached the semifinal vs Didier Bence, Marko Tomasović (KO1) and Denis Sergeev. There he again fell by KO1, this time to Olympic Gold medallist Roberto Cammarelle.
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