Andrew Singh Kooner (born 11 May 1979 in

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, England) is a Canadian boxer and trainer, currently living in Toronto.

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

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he lost in the 2nd round in the flyweight division. He won a bronze medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games; and the silver medal at the

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. At the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

he finished tied for fifth in the bantamweight (54 kg) division after having qualified at the 1st AIBA American 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Tijuana, Mexico. He also defeated Juan Manuel López in the amateurs. 1st AIBA American 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament

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. He is also a coach fo

a program that gives people with Parkinson's disease hope by improving their quality of life through a non-contact boxing-based fitness curriculum.

References

External links

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Chris Johnson's Fighting Alliance
– Kooner's Boxing Club
Andrew Kooner Official Website
– Website 1979 births Living people Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics 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 Canadian Sikhs English male boxers English emigrants to Canada Olympic boxers for Canada Boxing people from Ontario Sportspeople from Kettering Canadian sportspeople of Indian descent Sportspeople from Essex County, Ontario Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Pan American Games bronze medalists in boxing Bantamweight boxers Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in boxing Commonwealth Games silver medallists in boxing {{England-boxing-bio-stub