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{{short description|East German boxer}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name           = Andreas Tews
| image          = Andreas Tews (GDR) 1990.jpg
| caption        = Andreas Tews, [[Berlin]], 1990
| birth_name     = <!--if different-->
| birth_date     = {{birth-date and age|11 September 1968}}
| birth_place    = [[Rostock]], [[Mecklenburg-Vorpommern]], [[East Germany]]
| death_date     =
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| headercolor    = lightsteelblue
| show-medals    = yes
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[Boxing]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Boxing at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{GDR}} }}
{{MedalSilver| [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]] | [[Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Flyweight|Flyweight]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{GER}} }}
{{MedalGold| [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]] | [[Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Featherweight|Featherweight]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Amateur Boxing Championships|European Amateur Championships]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{GDR}} }}
{{MedalGold| [[1987 European Amateur Boxing Championships|1987 Turin]] | Flyweight}}
{{MedalCountry | {{GER}} }}
{{MedalBronze| [[1991 European Amateur Boxing Championships|1991 Gothenburg]] | Bantamweight}}
}}

'''Andreas Tews''' (born 11 September 1968) is a German former [[Amateur boxing|amateur boxer]]. Tews won the [[Olympic medalists in boxing|Flyweight Silver medal]] at the [[1988 Summer Olympics]] and the [[Olympic medalists in boxing|Featherweight Gold medal]] at the [[1992 Summer Olympics]].

His first international success came with his second place in the [[Flyweight]] class at the 1986 European Junior Championships held in [[Copenhagen]].   Just one year after that he won the European Senior Championship at [[Turin]].   In the 1991 European Championships at [[Gothenburg]] he came in third.

Tews never boxed professionally and 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 [[Wang Weiping]] (China) PTS (5-0)
**Defeated [[Janos Varadi]] (Hungary) PTS (5-0)
**Defeated [[Benaissa Abed]] (Algeria) PTS (5-0)
**Defeated [[Mario González (Mexican boxer)|Mario Gonzalez]] (Mexico) PTS (5-0)
**Lost to [[Kim Kwang-Sun]] (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 [[Park Duk-Kyu]] (South Korea) PTS (17-7)
**Defeated [[Hocine Soltani]] (Algeria) PTS (11-1)
**Defeated [[Faustino Reyes]] (Spain) PTS (16-7)

== Other accomplishments ==
* East German Champion 1985/1987/1989 [http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Nationalchamps/Germany1949_1989GDR.html], German Champion 1991/1992 [http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Nationalchamps/Germany1990_2000.html]
* 2nd place at Junior European Championships 1986
* European Champion at the [[1987 European Amateur Boxing Championships]]
* Bronze medal at the [[1991 European Amateur Boxing Championships]]

==References==
* {{cite sports-reference |url= https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/te/andreas-tews-1.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200417223253/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/te/andreas-tews-1.html|url-status= dead|archive-date= 2020-04-17}}

{{Footer Olympic Champions Boxing Featherweight}}
{{Footer European Amateur Champions Flyweight}}

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[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for Germany]]
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[[Category:Sportspeople from Rostock]]
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[[Category:Olympic medalists in boxing]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics]]
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[[Category:German male boxers]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver]]
[[Category:Featherweight boxers]]


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