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Andre WARD
Male
Super-Middleweight, USA, Oakland, California
Born: February 23, 1984, San Francisco, California, USA
Height 6ft, mt 1,83
as an amateur:
2001 Colorado Springs, USA National Champs gold medallist 75 kg
Final: Wpts Eric Kelly 18-8
2003 Las Vegas, US National Champs gold medallist 81 kg
Final: Wpts Rommel Rene 15-0
2004 Tunica, Mississippi, USA, USA Olympic Team Trials winner 81 kg
WRsco 3 Jacob Garretson; WRsco 3 Yukence Andino
Wpts Marcus Johnson 17-7
2004 Cleveland, Ohio, USA Olympic Box-Offs
Wpts Marcus Johnson 16-11
2004 Tijuana, Mexico, Second Americas Qualifier silver medallist 81 kg
Wpts Santos Marquez (PR) 22-8; WRsco 2 Trevor Stewardson;
LDQ 2 Edgar Munoz (Mex)
2004 Reno, Nevada, USA, Dual Match USA-Puerto Rico 81 kg
Wpts Santos Marquez (PR) 22-2
2004 Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Titan Games gold medallist 81
Wpts Hak-Sung Song (Kor) 16-7; Wpts Tino Gross (Ger) 20-9
2004 Athens, Greece, Olympic Games gold medallist 81 kg
Wpts Clemente Russo (Ita) 17-9, Wpts Evgeni Makarenko (Rus) 23-16
Wpts Utkirbek Haydarov (Uzb) 17-15
Final: Wpts Magomed Aripgadzhiev (Blr) 20-13
Andre Ward was the first Olympic Gold Medallist at light-heavyweight
to win a professional super-middleweight world title
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