Andriy Mykolayovich Kotelnyk (Ukrainian: Андрій Миколайович Котельник; born 29 December 1977), best known by the Germanicised name Andreas Kotelnik, is a Ukrainian former professional boxer who competed between 2000 and 2014, and held the WBA super-lightweight title from 2008 to 2009. As an amateur boxer, he won a silver medal in the lightweight division at the 2000 Olympics.

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Andreas Kotelnik Андрій Котельник
Kotelnik in 2008
Born	Andriy Kotelnyk (1977-12-29) 29 December 1977 (age 46) Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Ukrainian
Other names	Kotelya
Statistics
Weight(s)	Light-welterweight
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Reach	178 cm (70 in)[1]
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	37
Wins	32
Wins by KO	13
Losses	4
Draws	1
Medal record Men's amateur boxing Representing  Ukraine Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Lightweight Junior European Championships 1995 Siofok Flyweight

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• 1995 won the Junior European Championship in Siofok, Hungary as a flyweight
• 1997 competed as a Featherweight at the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Results were:
  • Defeated Kenneth Buhlalu (South-Africa) PTS
  • Defeated Roman Rafael (Slovakia) WO
  • Lost to Falk Huste (Germany) PTS
• 2000 won the silver medal as a Lightweight at the Sydney Olympics. Results were:
  • Defeated Larry Semillano (Philippines) RSCO 4
  • Defeated Raymond Narh (Ghana) PTS (17:11)
  • Defeated Nurzhan Karimzhanov (Kazakhstan) RSCO 3
  • Defeated Cristian Bejarano (Mexico) PTS (22:14)
  • Lost to Mario Kindelan (Cuba) PTS (4:14)

Kotelnik made his professional debut on 16 December 2000, scoring a first-round knockout against Peter Feher. On 24 January 2003, Kotelnik won his first regional championship—the vacant WBA Inter-Continental light-welterweight title—following a unanimous decision (UD) over Fabrice Colombel. He defended this title twice before a career first loss on 21 October 2004, a split decision (SD) against Souleymane M'baye. On 9 July 2005, Kotelnik challenged European light-welterweight champion Junior Witter, but lost via UD.^[2] In his next fight, on 26 November 2005, Kotelnik defeated Muhammad Abdullaev via UD to win back the vacant WBA Inter-Continental light-welterweight title, as well as the vacant WBO Asia Pacific light-welterweight title.

A rematch against M'baye on 30 March 2007, this time with M'baye's WBA light-welterweight world title on the line, ended in a split draw.^[3] Almost exactly a year later, on 22 March 2008, Kotelnik won the aforementioned WBA world title—now held by Gavin Rees—by stopping the champion in the twelfth and final round.^[4] Two successful defences were made: a UD against Norio Kimura on 13 September 2008,^[5] and a close SD against future world champion Marcos Maidana on 7 February 2009.^[6] In his third defence, Kotelnik lost the title to Amir Khan after a clear UD.^[7] After more than a year of inactivity, he returned on 7 August 2010 to face unified WBC and IBF light-welterweight champion Devon Alexander, but lost a UD which was widely viewed as controversial and a "robbery".^[8][9][10]

Having spent more than four years out of the sport, Kotelnik had a farewell fight on 4 October 2014, winning a dominant eight-round UD over Alexander Benidze.^[11]