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Encyclopedia > Andrew Kooner
Medal record
Competitor for Flag of Canada Canada
Men’s Boxing
Commonwealth Games
Silver 2002 Manchester Bantamweight
Pan American Games
Bronze 2003 Santo Domingo Bantamweight

Andrew Singh Kooner (born May 11, 1979 in Kettering, Northamptonshire, England) is a Canadian boxer. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... For other senses of these words, see boxing (disambiguation) or boxer (disambiguation). ... Current flag of the Commonwealth Games Federation Locations of the games, and participating countries Commonwealth Games Federation seal, adopted in 2001 The Commonwealth Games is a multinational, multi-sport event. ... The 2002 Commonwealth Games were held in Manchester, England from July 25 to August 4, 2002. ... The Pan American Games are a multi-sport event, held every four years between competitors from all nations of the Americas. ... The 14th Pan American Games were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. ... is the 131st day of the year (132nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... This article is about Kettering in England. ... Northamptonshire (abbreviated Northants or Nhants) is a landlocked county in central England with a population of 629,676 (2001 census). ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... For other senses of these words, see boxing (disambiguation) or boxer (disambiguation). ...

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Amateur career

Kooner moved to Tecumseh, Ontario at a young age and began boxing at age 13 out of a Windsor boxing club. He is a member of the Sikh religion. At the 2000 Summer Olympics he lost in the 2nd round in the bantamweight division. In 2002 he won the silver medal at the Commonwealth Games. At the 2004 Summer Olympics he finished tied for fifth in the bantamweight (54kg) division. Motto: A community proud of the past, confident in the future Country Canada Province Ontario County Essex Founded 1792 Government  - Mayor Gary McNamara  - Governing body Tecumseh Town Council  - Member of Parliament Joe Comartin (NDP)  - Provincial Representative Dwight Duncan (LIB) Area  - Town 120. ... Religions Sikhism Scriptures Guru Granth Sahib Languages English, Punjabi] A Sikh (English: or ; Punjabi: , , IPA: ) is an adherent to Sikhism. ... The 2000 Summer Olympics or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were the Summer Olympic Games held in 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Final results for the Boxing competition at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, United Kingdom from August 4 to July 27. ... The ceremony for the lighting of the flame is arranged as a pagan pageant, with priestesses dancing. ...


Olympic Results

2000 Olympics

  • Defeated Nacer Keddam (Algeria) 18-11
  • Lost to Wijan Ponlid (Thailand) 7-11

2004 Olympics Wijan Ponlid (born April 26, 1976) is an Thai boxer who competed in the Flyweight (51 kg) at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal. ...

  • Defeated Alexander Espinoza (Venezuela) 37-20
  • Lost to Bahirdirdjon Sultanov (Uzbekistan) 32-44

Alexander Espinoza Hernández (born December 27, 1980 in Caracas) is a bantamweight boxer from Venezuela, who represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. ...

Pro career

Kooner has recently turned pro and has a 6-1 Record.


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  Results from FactBites:
 
Boxing: Andrew Kooner (238 words)
Andrew Kooner not only qualified for the Olympic Games at the trials in Mexico this past April in 51 kilograms but he also discovered he is a medal contender for Sydney.
Kooner experienced his first international success at the 1996 world junior championships in Cuba.
19: Flyweight (51-kg): Andrew Kooner, Tecumseh, Ont., def.
Kooner set for double exposure (693 words)
The 27-year-old Bantamweight was born in Kettering to Indian Parents in 1979, but enjoys dual citizenship given their decision to relocate to Tecumseh, Ontario three years later.
"Andrew Kooner is amongst the best of what Canadian Amateur Boxing has produced in the last 15 years," said Yvon Michel, president of GYM.
Andrew will be ready for that within a year given the schedule we have planned for him.
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