Andreas Kotelnik

Infobox_Boxer
name = Andreas Kotelnik
realname = Andriy Kotelnyk


nickname = Kotelya
nationality = flagicon|UKR Ukrainian
weight = light welterweight
height = 5′ 7½″
birth_date = Birth date and age|1977|12|29|mf=y
birth_place = Lviv, Ukraine
style = Orthodox
total =32
wins = 29
KO = 13
losses = 2
draws = 0
no contests = 0

Andreas Kotelnik (Ukrainian: Андрій Котельник; born December 29, 1977 in Lviv, Ukraine) is an Ukrainian boxer who won the Lightweight Silver Medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He is the current WBA Light Welterweight champion.

Amateur record

Kotelnik reportedly had an amateur record of 135-15.
* 1995 won the Junior European Championship in Siofok, Hungary as a Flyweight
* 1997 competed as a Featherweight at the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Results were:
**Defeated Kenneth Buhlalu (South-Africa) PTS
**Defeated Roman Rafael (Slovakia) WO
**Lost to Falk Huste (Germany) PTS
* 2000 won the silver medal as a Lightweight at the Sydney Olympics. Results were:
**Defeated Larry Semillano (Philippines) RSCO 4
**Defeated Raymond Narh (Ghana) PTS (17:11)
**Defeated Nurzhan Karimzhanov (Kazakhstan) RSCO 3
**Defeated Cristian Bejarano (Mexico) PTS (22:14)
**Lost to Mario Kindelan (Cuba) PTS (4:14)

Pro career

Kotelnik turned pro in 2000 and won his first 23 bouts prior to losing to Souleymane M'baye in 2004. In 2005 he lost to Junior Witter, but later in the year defeated former Olympian Mohamad Abdulaev. Kotelnik beat Gavin Rees for the WBA Light-welterweight title on 22nd March in the Cardiff International Arena.

External links

*cite web|url=http://andriy.kotelnyk.org/|title=The Official Site of Andriy Kotelnyk|language=Ukrainian
* [http://www.boxing.de/en/fighters/fighters/fighter-details/boxer/44/universum.html News and Pictures of Andriy Kotelnyk]
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