Andreas Tews

Name: Andreas Tews
Hometown: Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Birthplace: Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Amateur Boxer: Record

Andreas Tews is an outstanding former German boxer at the amateur level. Competing for East Germany, in the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games, Tews won the silver medal in the Flyweight class, after losing to Kwang Sun Kim of South Korea. At the 1992 Barcelona Games, now representing the unified Germany, Tews, would win the gold medal in the Featherweight class, by defeating Faustino Reyes of Spain in the final.

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

Olympic Results

• 1988 won the silver medal representing East Germany as a Flyweight at the Seoul Olympics:
  • Defeated Welping Wang (China) PTS (5-0)
  • Defeated Janos Varadi (Hungary) PTS (5-0)
  • Defeated Benaissa Abed (Algeria) PTS (5-0)
  • Defeated Mario González (Mexico) PTS (5-0)
  • Lost to Kwang Sun Kim (South Korea) PTS (1-4)

• 1992 won the gold medal representing Germany as a Featherweight at the Barcelona Olympics:
  • Defeated Kirkor Kirkorov (Bulgaria) PTS (9-5)
  • Defeated Djamel Lifa (France) PTS (9-4)
  • Defeated Dyuk-Kyu Park (South Korea) PTS (17-7)
  • Defeated Hocine Soltani (Algeria) PTS (11-1)
  • Defeated Faustino Reyes (Spain) PTS (16-7)

Other Accomplishments

• East German Champion 1987/1989, German Champion 1991/1992
• 2nd place at Junior European Championships 1986
• European Champion 1987
• 3rd place at European Championship 1991