Viktar Zuyev


Viktor Valeryevich Zuyev, also spelled sometimes as Viktar Valeryevich Zuyeu is a former amateur boxer from Belarus, best known for winning the heavyweight silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Career

The southpaw won a silver medal at the Euro 2004.
Olympic Results 2004:
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 and Denis Sergeev. There he again fell by KO1, this time to Olympic Gold medallist Roberto Cammarelle.