Viktar Zuyev

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Viktar Zuyev
Personal information
Nationality 
Super Heavyweight
Medal record
Men’s Boxing
Representing  Belarus
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Heavyweight
World Amateur Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Bangkok Heavyweight
Bronze medal – third place
2009 Milan
Super Heavyweight
European Amateur Championships
Silver medal – second place 2004 Pula Heavyweight
Silver medal – second place 2010 Moscow Super Heavyweight
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Perm Heavyweight
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Minsk Super Heavyweight

Viktor Valeryevich Zuyev, also spelled sometimes as Viktar Valeryevich Zuyeu (

Athens, Greece
.

Career

The southpaw won a silver medal at the Euro 2004.

Olympic Results 2004:

  • Defeated Daniel Betti (Italy) RSC 1 (1:15)
  • Defeated Devin Vargas (United States) 36-27
  • Defeated Mohamed Elsayed (Egypt) walkover, Elsayed broke his arm in the quarterfinal.
  • Lost to
    Odlanier Solis Fonte
    (Cuba) 13-22

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.

Super Heavyweight

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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