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{{Infobox boxer (amateur)|<br />
| name=Andrew Kooner<br />
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| fullname = Andrew Singh Kooner<br />
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| nationality = Canadian<br />
| weight class = [[Flyweight]] and [[Bantamweight]] <br />
| club = Windsor Amateur Boxing Club<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1979|05|11}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Kettering]], [[Northamptonshire]]<br />
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| height = {{convert|1.65|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<br />
| weight = {{convert|54|kg|lb}}<br />
| medaltemplates=<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalSilver| [[2002 Commonwealth Games|2002 Manchester]] | Bantamweight}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Pan American Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalBronze| [[2003 Pan American Games|2003 Santo Domingo]] | Bantamweight}} <br />
}}<br />
'''Andrew Singh Kooner''' (born 11 May 1979 in [[Kettering]], [[Northamptonshire]], [[England]]) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[boxing|boxer]] and trainer, currently living in [[Toronto]].<br />
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==Amateur career==<br />
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. In 1998 he won the bronze medal at the [[Boxing at the 1998 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]; and in 2002 he won the silver medal at the [[Boxing at the 2002 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]. At the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] he finished tied for fifth in the bantamweight (54&nbsp;kg) division<ref>{{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 |date= |accessdate=2012-05-17}}</ref> after having qualified at the [[1st AIBA American 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament]] in [[Tijuana, Mexico]]. He also defeated [[Juan Manuel López (boxer)|Juan Manuel López]] in the amateurs.<ref>[[1st AIBA American 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament]]</ref><br />
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===Olympic results===<br />
'''2000 Olympics'''<br />
*Defeated [[Nacer Keddam]] (Algeria) 18-11<br />
*Lost to [[Wijan Ponlid]] (Thailand) 7-11<br />
'''2004 Olympics'''<br />
*Defeated [[Alexander Espinoza]] (Venezuela) 37-20<br />
*Lost to [[Bahirdirdjon Sultanov]] (Uzbekistan) 32-44<br />
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==Pro career==<br />
Kooner turned pro in 2006 and has a 10-2 Record and is the current bantamweight champion of Canada.<br />
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==Post Boxing==<br />
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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.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{Boxrec|id=353803}}<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060901001727/http://www.fightingalliance.ca/ Chris Johnson's Fighting Alliance] - Kooner's Boxing Club<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080907001643/http://www.andrewkooner.com/ Andrew Kooner Official Website] - Website<br />
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