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{{short description|Canadian-British boxer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2015}}
{{Infobox boxer (amateur)|
| name=Andrew Kooner
| image= 
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| fullname = Andrew Singh Kooner
| nicknames = 
| nationality = Canadian
| weight class = [[Flyweight]] and [[Bantamweight]] 
| club = Windsor Amateur Boxing Club
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1979|05|11}}
| birth_place = [[Kettering]], [[Northamptonshire]]
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| height         = {{convert|1.65|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|54|kg|lb}}
| medaltemplates=
{{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[2002 Commonwealth Games|2002 Manchester]] | Bantamweight}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[2003 Pan American Games|2003 Santo Domingo]] | Bantamweight}} 
}}
'''Andrew Singh Kooner''' (born 11 May 1979 in [[Kettering]], [[Northamptonshire]], England) is a Canadian [[boxing|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 [[Boxing at the 1998 Commonwealth Games|1998 Commonwealth Games]]; and the silver medal at the [[Boxing at the 2002 Commonwealth Games|2002 Commonwealth Games]].  At the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] he finished tied for fifth in the bantamweight (54&nbsp;kg) division<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/andrew-kooner-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418023129/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/andrew-kooner-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Andrew Kooner |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |accessdate=2012-05-17}}</ref> after having qualified at the [[1st AIBA American 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament]] in [[Tijuana, Mexico]]. He also defeated [[Juan Manuel López (boxer)|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, [https://www.koonersboxing.com/ Kooner's Boxing], providing specialized training ranging from fitness to well-being to training up-and-coming boxers. He is also a coach for [https://rocksteadyboxingtoronto.org/about-rsb/index.html 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==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Boxrec|id=353803}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060901001727/http://www.fightingalliance.ca/ Chris Johnson's Fighting Alliance] – Kooner's Boxing Club
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080907001643/http://www.andrewkooner.com/ Andrew Kooner Official Website] – Website

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