Viktar Zuyev
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| Medal record | |||
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Competitor for  Belarus |
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| Men’s Boxing | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Silver | 2004 Athens | Heavyweight | |
| World Amateur Championships | |||
| Bronze | 2003 Bangkok | Heavyweight | |
| European Amateur Championships | |||
| Bronze | 2002 Perm | Heavyweight | |
| Silver | 2004 Pula | Heavyweight | |
Viktar Zuyev (Belarusian: Віктар Зуеў) (born May 22, 1983) is a boxer from Belarus best known to win the heavyweight silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
[edit] Career
The aggressive and hard punching 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 quarterfinal.
- Lost to Odlanier Solis Fonte (Cuba) 13-22
Since then he suffered several setbacks. 2005 he lost at the world championships early to Cuban Luis Ortiz.
2006 he suffered a KO 1 to Elchin Alizade at the Euros.
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.
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