Andreas Kotelnik

Kotelnik is the kind of fighter I quietly root for. An Olympic silver in Sydney followed by a WBA world super-lightweight crown in 2008 is a brutally rare double, because amateur and professional boxing reward almost opposite virtues. At 171 cm he was never the bigger man, which tells me his throne was built on craft, timing and sheer stubbornness rather than physical gifts. The string of Ukrainian Orders of Merit, all three classes, marks him as a genuine national hero, not just a champion. I find more to admire in this disciplined, unglamorous mastery than in flashier careers, and his story deserves wider telling.

Name (English)

Andreas Kotelnik

Name (Japanese)

アンドレアス・コテルニク

Reading

あんどれあす・こてるにく

Born

December 29, 1977 (age 48)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Snake

Origin

Lviv, Ruthenian Voivodeship, Ukraine

Height

171 cm

Occupation

boxer

University

Lviv State University of Physical Culture

Awards & achievements

• Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class
• Order of Merit (Ukraine), 2nd class
• Order of Merit, 1st class
• WBA World Super Lightweight Champion

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A2%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%86%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8B%E3%82%AF

Tags

• Ruthenian Voivodeship
• boxer

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.