Viktor Valeryevich Zuyev, also spelled sometimes as Viktar Valeryevich Zuyeu (,

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: ''Viktar Valierjevič Zujeŭ''; ; born May 22, 1983) is a former

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from

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, best known for winning the heavyweight silver medal at the

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Career

The southpaw won a silver medal at the Euro 2004. Olympic Results 2004: *Defeated

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(Italy) RSC 1 (1:15) *Defeated

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(United States) 36-27 *Defeated Mohamed Elsayed (Egypt) walkover, Elsayed broke his arm in the quarterfinal. *Lost to Odlanier Solis Fonte (Cuba) 13-22 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

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he competed at super heavyweight and reached the semifinal vs Didier Bence, Marko Tomasović (KO1) and Denis Sergeev. There he again fell by KO1, this time to Olympic Gold medallist

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Amateur results
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