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Aleksandr Lebziak 
Summary
Aleksandr Borisovich Lebziak (Russian: Александр Борисович Лебзяк, born 15 April 1969) is a Russian boxer, who won the Gold medal in the men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg) category at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He beat Rudolf Kraj in the final.
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| Full name | Александр Борисович Лебзяк | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 April 1969 Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | Light Heavyweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | CSKA Moskva, Moskva | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Lebziak also won the World Amateur Boxing Championships in 1997. At the 1991 World Amateur Championships he won a silver medal in the Middleweight (75 kg) category. He also triumphed at the 2000 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Tampere, Finland.
Highlights edit
- 1987 Junior World Champion at Light Middleweight (Havana, Cuba)
- 1990 Middleweight Bronze Medalist at Goodwill Games in Seattle, United States. Results were:
- Defeated Ray Downey (Canada) points
- Lost to Torsten Schmitz (Germany) points
- 1991 Lost to Sven Ottke (Germany) as a Middleweight at European Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden
- 1991 2nd place at Middleweight at World Championships in Sydney, Australia. Results were:
- Defeated Robert Buda (Poland) TKO 2
- Defeated Sven Ottke (Germany) points
- Defeated Ramon Garbey (Cuba) points
- Lost to Tommaso Russo (Italy) points
- Represented the Unified Team at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics as a Middleweight. Results were:
- Defeated Justann Crawford (Australia) RSC 3 (1:56)
- Lost to Chris Byrd (United States) 7–16
- 1993 Lost to Sven Ottke (Germany) as a Middleweight at World Championships in Tampere, Finland.
- 1993 2nd place at Middleweight in European Championships in Bursa, Turkey. Results were:
- Defeated Mkhitar Vanesian (Armenia) points
- Defeated Akin Kuloglu (Turkey) points
- Lost to Dirk Eigenbrodt (Germany) points
- 1994 Bronze Medalist at Middleweight at Goodwill Games in St. Petersburg, Russia. Results were:
- Defeated Vitaly Kopitko (Ukraine) points
- Lost to Ariel Hernandez (Cuba) points
- 1996 3rd place in European Championships at Middleweight, held in Vejle, Denmark. Results were:
- Defeated Vitaly Kopitko (Ukraine) points
- Defeated Raffaele Bergamasco (Italy) points
- Defeated Akaki Kakauridze (Georgia) points
- Lost to Zsolt Erdei (Hungary) points
- 1996 Represented Russia at 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, as a Middleweight. Results were:
- Defeated Rowan Donaldson (Jamaica) 20–4
- Defeated Justann Crawford (Australia) RSC 3 (0:34)
- Lost to Ariel Hernandez (Cuba) 8–15
- 1997 World Champion at Light Heavyweight in competition held in Budapest, Hungary. Results were:
- Defeated Igor Dzagouev (Georgia) forfeit
- Defeated Tomasz Borowski (Poland) points
- Defeated Stephen Kirk (Ireland) KO 2
- Defeated Frederic Serrat (France) points
- 1998 European Champion at Light Heavyweight in competition held in Minsk, Belarus. Results were:
- Defeated Gyorgy Hidvegi (Hungary) TKO 3
- Defeated Thorsten Bengtson (Germany) points
- Defeated Tomasz Adamek (Poland) points
- Defeated Courtney Fry (England) TKO 1
- 2000 European Champion at Light Heavyweight in competition held in Tampere, Finland. Results were:
- Defeated Yildirim Tarhan (Turkey) points
- Defeated Milorad Gajovic (Yugoslavia) points
- Defeated Claudio Rasco (Romania) points
- 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist at Light Heavyweight in competition held in Sydney, Australia. Results were:
- Defeated El Hadji Djibril (Senegal) RSC 3
- Defeated Danny Green (Australia) RSC 4
- Defeated John Dovi (France) 13–11
- Defeated Sergey Mihaylov (Uzbekistan) RSC 1
- Defeated Rudolf Kraj (Czech Republic) 20–6
Pro career edit
Lebziak turned pro in 2001, fighting only one fight and retiring with a record of 1–0–0.
External links edit
- Boxing record for Alexander Lebziak from BoxRec (registration required)
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aleksandr Lebzyak". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.