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