Andrew Kooner
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox boxer (amateur) Andrew Singh Kooner (born 11 May 1979 in Kettering, Northamptonshire, 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 2000 Summer Olympics 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 2002 Commonwealth Games. At the 2004 Summer Olympics he finished tied for fifth in the bantamweight (54 kg) division<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> after having qualified at the 1st AIBA American 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Tijuana, Mexico. He also defeated Juan Manuel López in the amateurs.<ref>1st AIBA American 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament</ref>
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 for Rock Steady Boxing, 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
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- 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
- Canadian people of Punjabi descent