Andrew Kooner
{{short description|Canadian-British boxer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2015}}
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| name=Andrew Kooner
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| fullname = Andrew Singh Kooner
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| 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
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| height = {{convert|1.65|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|54|kg|lb}}
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{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalSilver| 2002 Manchester | Bantamweight}}
{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}
{{MedalBronze| 2003 Santo Domingo | Bantamweight}}
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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{{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}} 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, [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
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External links
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- [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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Category:Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Category:Boxers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada
Category:Boxers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada
Category:Boxers at the 2003 Pan American Games
Category:Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:English emigrants to Canada
Category:Olympic boxers for Canada
Category:Boxing people from Ontario
Category:Sportspeople from Kettering
Category:Canadian sportspeople of Indian descent
Category:Sportspeople from Essex County, Ontario
Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada
Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists in boxing
Category:Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games
Category:Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in boxing
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in boxing
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