Nguyễn Văn Đương

Nguyễn Văn Đương (born 2 October 1996) is a Vietnamese amateur boxer. He won a silver medal at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games and later qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Early years Đương was born in the village of Hoàng Thanh in northern Vietnam in 1996. At the age of 13, he accompanied his cousin to Hanoi, where he had been training at the People's Public Security boxing club. Đương was initially rejected because of his weight – he weighed only 32 kg at the time – but was allowed to join after two months of strength training.

Đương won a silver medal in the bantamweight event at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games,

Three months later, Đương competed in the 2020 Asia & Oceania Olympic Qualification Tournament in Jordan. In his opening bout, he stopped Charlie Senior of Australia. He came in second place in a vote for Vietnam's "Most Valuable Athlete" of 2020, ranked only behind footballer Nguyễn Văn Quyết.