Andreas Zülow
Andreas Zülow is a retired amateur boxer from East Germany who won a Lightweight gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games. He also won the silver medal at the 1989 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Moscow, and 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 PTS
- *Lost to Tomasz Nowak PTS
- 1986 3rd place as a Featherweight at the World Championships in Reno, United States.
- *Defeated Klaus Niketta PTS
- *Defeated Kunle La Costa RSCH-1
- *Defeated Bobby McCarthy PTS
- *Lost to Kelcie Banks PTS
- 1987 competed as a Featherweight at the European Championships in Turin, Italy
- *Lost to Mikhail Kazaryan PTS
- 1988 Lightweight Gold Medalist at the Seoul Olympics representing East Germany
- *Round of 64: Defeated Patrick Waweru PTS
- *Round of 32: Defeated Giorgio Campanella PTS
- *Round of 16: Defeated Konstantin Tszyu PTS
- *Quarterfinal: Defeated Mohamed Regazy PTS
- *Semifinal: Defeated Romallis Ellis PTS
- *Final: Defeated George Cramne PTS
- 1989 2nd place as a Lightweight at the World Championships in Moscow, Soviet Union
- *Defeated Darrell Hiles PTS
- *Defeated Fared Cheklat AB-3
- *Defeated Konstantin Tszyu PTS
- *Lost to Julio Gonzalez PTS
- 1990 competed as a Lightweight at the Goodwill Games in Seattle, United States
- *Lost to Mikhail Kazaryan PTS
- 1991 competed as a Light Welterweight at the World Championships in Sydney, Australia
- *Defeated Søren Søndergaard PTS
- *Lost to Peter Richardson PTS
- 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 PTS
- *Lost to Hector Vinent PTS
- 1994 competed as a Light Welterweight at the Goodwill Games in Saint Petersburg, Russia
- *Lost to Hans Janssen PTS
