Russian boxer (born 1969)
Aleksandr Lebziak
Personal information Full name Александр Борисович Лебзяк Nationality Russia Born (1969-04-15 ) 15 April 1969 (age 56) Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Weight 81 kg (179 lb) Sport Sport Boxing Weight class Light Heavyweight Club CSKA Moskva, Moskva
Aleksandr Borisovich Lebziak (Russian :Александр Борисович Лебзяк , born 15 April 1969) is a Russianboxer , a three-time Olympian who won theGold medal in the men'sLight Heavyweight (81 kg) category at the2000 Summer Olympics inSydney . He beatRudolf 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 theMiddleweight (75 kg) category. He also triumphed at the2000 European Amateur Boxing Championships inTampere, Finland .
Aleksandr Lebziak was born on April 15, 1969, inDonetsk , Ukraine. In 1999 he graduated from the Moscow State Academy of Physical Culture. In 1980 he started boxing. He has been training at CSKA since 1995.[ 1]
1987 Junior World Champion at Light Middleweight (Havana, Cuba) 1990 Middleweight Bronze Medalist at Goodwill Games in Seattle, United States. Results were: 1991 Lost toSven Ottke (Germany) as a Middleweight at European Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden 1991 2nd place at Middleweight at World Championships in Sydney, Australia. Results were: Represented the Unified Team at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics as a Middleweight. Results were: 1993 Lost toSven Ottke (Germany) as a Middleweight at World Championships in Tampere, Finland. 1993 2nd place at Middleweight in European Championships in Bursa, Turkey. Results were: 1994 Bronze Medalist at Middleweight at Goodwill Games in St. Petersburg, Russia. Results were: 1996 3rd place in European Championships at Middleweight, held in Vejle, Denmark. Results were: 1996 Represented Russia at 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, as a Middleweight. Results were: 1997 World Champion at Light Heavyweight in competition held in Budapest, Hungary. Results were: 1998 European Champion at Light Heavyweight in competition held in Minsk, Belarus. Results were: 2000 European Champion at Light Heavyweight in competition held in Tampere, Finland. Results were: 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist at Light Heavyweight in competition held in Sydney, Australia. Results were: Lebziak turned pro in 2001, fighting only one fight and retiring with a record of 1–0–0.
1920–1936: 160–175 lb (72.6–79.4 kg) · 1948: 73–80 kg · 1952–2012: 75–81 kg · 2016–2020: 76–81 kg
1974–2019: up to 81 kg 2021–present: up to 80 kg
Russia
