Andreas Tews

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Medal record
Men’s Boxing
Olympic Games
Competitor for  East Germany
Silver	1988 Seoul	Flyweight
Competitor for  Germany
Gold	1992 Barcelona	Featherweight
European Amateur Championships
Competitor for  East Germany
Gold	1987 Turin	Flyweight
Competitor for  Germany
Bronze	1991 Gothenburg	Bantamweight

Andreas Tews (born September 11, 1968) was a German amateur boxer. Tews won the Flyweight Silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the Featherweight Gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Tews never boxed professionally and is currently a trainer at Gymnasium Rahlstedt in Hamburg, Germany.

[edit] Olympic Results

• 1988 won the silver medal representing East Germany as a Flyweight at the Seoul Olympics:
  • Defeated Welping Wang (China) PTS (5-0)
  • Defeated Janos Varadi (Hungary) PTS (5-0)
  • Defeated Benaissa Abed (Algeria) PTS (5-0)
  • Defeated Mario Gonzalez (Mexico) PTS (5-0)
  • Lost to Kwang-Sun Kim (South Korea) PTS (1-4)

• 1992 won the gold medal representing Germany as a Featherweight at the Barcelona Olympics:
  • Defeated Kirkor Kirkorov (Bulgaria) PTS (9-5)
  • Defeated Djamel Lifa (France) PTS (9-4)
  • Defeated Dyuk-Kyu Park (South Korea) PTS (17-7)
  • Defeated Hocine Soltani (Algeria) PTS (11-1)
  • Defeated Faustino Reyes (Spain) PTS (16-7)

[edit] Other Accomplishments

• East German Champion 1985/1987/1989[1], German Champion 1991/1992[2]
• 2nd place at Junior European Championships 1986
• European Champion at the 1987 European Amateur Boxing Championships
• Bronze medal at the 1991 European Amateur Boxing Championships