Andrew Kooner
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| Full name | Andrew Singh Kooner | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Canadian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 May 1979 Kettering, Northamptonshire | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||
| Weight class | Flyweight and Bantamweight | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Windsor Amateur Boxing Club | ||||||||||||||
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Andrew Singh Kooner (born 11 May 1979 in Kettering, Northamptonshire, England) is a Canadian boxer.
Amateur career
Andrew Kooner moved to Tecumseh, Ontario at a young age and began boxing at age 13 out of a Windsor boxing club. At the 2000 Summer Olympics he lost in the 2nd round in the flyweight division. In 1998 he won the bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games; and in 2002 he won the silver medal at the Commonwealth Games. At the 2004 Summer Olympics he finished tied for fifth in the bantamweight (54 kg) division[1] after having qualified at the 1st AIBA American 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Tijuana, Mexico. He also defeated Juan Manuel López in the amateurs.[2]
Olympic results
2000 Olympics
- Defeated Nacer Keddam (Algeria) 18-11
- Lost to Wijan Ponlid (Thailand) 7-11
2004 Olympics
- Defeated Alexander Espinoza (Venezuela) 37-20
- Lost to Bahirdirdjon Sultanov (Uzbekistan) 32-44
Pro career
Kooner turned pro in 2006 and has a 10-2 Record and is the current bantamweight champion of Canada.
Post Boxing
Andrew Kooner currently resides in Toronto and runs his own fitness program, Kooner's Boxing, providing specialized training ranging from fitness to well-being to training up-and-coming boxers.
References
- ^ "Andrew Kooner". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
- ^ 1st AIBA American 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament
3. www.koonerboxfit.com
External links
- Boxing record for Andrew Kooner from BoxRec (registration required)
- Chris Johnson's Fighting Alliance - Kooner's Boxing Club
- Andrew Kooner Official Website - Website
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- 1979 births
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- Boxers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada
- Boxers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada
- Boxers at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Canadian male boxers
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- Boxing people from Ontario
- Sportspeople from Kettering
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- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada
- Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing
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