Viktar Zuyev

Viktor Valeryevich Zuyev, also spelled sometimes as Viktar Valeryevich Zuyeu (, Łacinka: Viktar Valierjevič Zujeŭ; ; born May 22, 1983) is a former amateur boxer from Belarus, best known for winning the heavyweight silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Career The southpaw won a silver medal at the Euro 2004.

Olympic Results 2004: Defeated Daniel Betti (Italy) RSC 1 (1:15) Defeated Devin Vargas (United States) 36–27 Defeated Mohamed Elsayed (Egypt) walkover, Elsayed broke his arm in the quarterfinal. Lost to Odlanier Solis Fonte (Cuba) 13–22

Since then he has suffered several setbacks. In 2005, he lost at the world championships early to Cuban Luis Ortiz.

In 2006, Zuyev suffered a KO 1 to Elchin Alizade at the Euros.

In 2007, at the world championships he exited early against Lithuania's Vitalijus Subacius.

In 2008, he turned the tables on Subacius and beat him in a qualifier to punch his Olympic ticket. In Beijing, he ran right into Clemente Russo and lost 1:7.

Super Heavyweight At the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships he competed at super heavyweight and reached the semifinal vs Didier Bence, Marko Tomasović (KO1) and Denis Sergeev. There he again fell by KO1, this time to Olympic Gold medallist Roberto Cammarelle.