Andreas Tews

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Andreas Tews
Andreas Tews (GDR) 1990.jpg
Andreas Tews, Berlin, 1990
Personal information
Born11 September 1968 (1968-09-11) (age 56)
Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, East Germany
Medal record
Men's Boxing
Olympic Games
Representing Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1988 Seoul Flyweight
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1992 Barcelona Featherweight
European Amateur Championships
Representing Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1987 Turin Flyweight
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1991 Gothenburg Bantamweight

Andreas Tews (born 11 September 1968) is a German former amateur boxer. Tews won the Flyweight Silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the Featherweight Gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

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His first international success came with his second place in the Flyweight class at the 1986 European Junior Championships held in Copenhagen. Just one year after that he won the European Senior Championship at Turin. In the 1991 European Championships at Gothenburg he came in third.

Tews never boxed professionally and is currently a trainer at Gymnasium Rahlstedt in Hamburg, Germany.

Olympic results

Other accomplishments

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