Aleksandr Lebziak
Aleksandr Borisovich Lebziak is a Russian boxer, who won the Gold medal in the men's Light Heavyweight category at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He beat Rudolf Kraj in the final.
Lebziak also won the World Amateur Boxing Championships in 1997. At the 1991 World Amateur Championships he won a silver medal in the Middleweight category. He also triumphe at the 2000 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Tampere, Finland.Highlights
- 1987 Junior World Champion at Light Middleweight
- 1990 Middleweight Bronze Medalist at Goodwill Games in Seattle, United States. Results were:
- *Defeated Ray Downey points
- *Lost to Torsten Schmitz points
- 1991 Lost to Sven Ottke 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 TKO 2
- *Defeated Sven Ottke points
- *Defeated Ramon Garbey points
- *Lost to Tommaso Russo points
- Represented the Unified Team at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics as a Middleweight. Results were:
- *Defeated Justann Crawford RSC 3
- *Lost to Chris Byrd 7-16
- 1993 Lost to Sven Ottke 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 points
- *Defeated Akin Kuloglu points
- *Lost to Dirk Eigenbrodt points
- 1994 Bronze Medalist at Middleweight at Goodwill Games in St. Petersburg, Russia. Results were:
- *Defeated Vitaly Kopitko points
- *Lost to Ariel Hernandez points
- 1996 3rd place in European Championships at Middleweight, held in Vejle, Denmark. Results were:
- *Defeated Vitaly Kopitko points
- *Defeated Raffaele Bergamasco points
- *Defeated Akaki Kakauridze points
- *Lost to Zsolt Erdei points
- 1996 Represented Russia at 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, as a Middleweight. Results were:
- *Defeated Rowan Donaldson 20-4
- *Defeated Justann Crawford RSC 3
- *Lost to Ariel Hernandez 8-15
- 1997 World Champion at Light Heavyweight in competition held in Budapest, Hungary. Results were:
- *Defeated Igor Dzagouev forfeit
- *Defeated Tomasz Borowski points
- *Defeated Stephen Kirk KO 2
- *Defeated Frederic Serrat points
- 1998 European Champion at Light Heavyweight in competition held in Minsk, Belarus. Results were:
- *Defeated Gyorgy Hidvegi TKO 3
- *Defeated Thorsten Bengtson points
- *Defeated Tomasz Adamek points
- *Defeated Courtney Fry TKO 1
- 2000 European Champion at Light Heavyweight in competition held in Tampere, Finland. Results were:
- *Defeated Yildirim Tarhan points
- *Defeated Milorad Gajovic points
- *Defeated Claudio Rasco points
- 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist at Light Heavyweight in competition held in Sydney, Australia. Results were:
- *Defeated El Hadji Djibril RSC 3
- *Defeated Danny Green RSC 4
- *Defeated John Dovi 13-11
- *Defeated Sergey Mihaylov RSC 1
- *Defeated Rudolf Kraj 20-6
Pro career
Lebziak turned pro in 2001, fighting only one fight and retiring with a record of 1-0-0.
