Aleksandr Borisovich Lebziak (, born 15 April 1969) is a Russian

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, a three-time Olympian who won the

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in the men's

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(81 kg) category at the

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. He beat

Rudolf Kraj Rudolf Kraj () (born 5 December 1977 in Mělník, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech boxer. Amateur He won the silver medal in the men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg) category at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He lost to Aleksandr Lebzi ...

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

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(75 kg) category. He also triumphed at the

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Biography

Aleksandr Lebziak was born on April 15, 1969 in

Donetsk Donetsk ( , ; ; ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin, and Stalino, is an industrial city in eastern Ukraine located on the Kalmius River in Donetsk Oblast, which is currently occupied by Russia as the capita ...

, 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.

Highlights

*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 Raymond Tyler Downey (born September 23, 1968 in Halifax, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian boxing, boxer, who won a Olympic medalists in boxing, light middleweight bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics. In 1990 he gained silver at the Boxing at the ...

(Canada) points **Lost to

Torsten Schmitz Torsten Schmitz (born 26 August 1964 in Crivitz) is a retired German boxer in the Light Middleweight class. He represented East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Amateur career Schmitz was an amateur standout and fought in several notable ...

(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 Christopher Cornelius Byrd (born August 15, 1970) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2009. He is a two-time world heavyweight champion, having first won the WBO title in 2000 after an upset corner stoppage over ...

(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 Zsolt Erdei (born 31 May 1974) is a Hungarian former professional boxer who competed from 2000 to 2014. He held world championships in two weight classes, including the WBO and lineal light-heavyweight titles from 2004 to 2009 (making eleven co ...

(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 Tomasz "Tomek" Adamek (; born 1 December 1976) is a Polish former professional boxer who competed from 1999 to 2018. He held world championships in two weight classes, including the WBC light heavyweight title from 2005 to 2007, and the IBF a ...

(Poland) points **Defeated

Courtney Fry Courtney Fry (born 19 May 1975) is a British former boxer who competed professionally from 2003 to 2015. As an amateur, he won a gold medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games and represented Great Britain at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

(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 Sergey Mihaylov (born March 5, 1976) is an Uzbekistan, Uzbek boxing, boxer, who competed in the light heavyweight (81 kg) division at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal. Career He won the Asian light heavy title in 1998. Ol ...

(Uzbekistan) RSC 1 **Defeated

(Czech Republic) 20–6

Pro career

Lebziak turned pro in 2001, fighting only one fight and retiring with a record of 1–0–0.

Awards and honours

* 1995 – Order of Honour * 1997 –

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* 1999 –

Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" The Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" () is a state decoration of the Russian Federation. It was instituted on 2 March 1994 by Presidential Decree 442. Until the re-establishment of the Order of St. Andrew in 1998, it was the highest order of ...

, II degree * 2001 – Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", IV degree * 2009 – Order of Mirotvorets * 2013 – Honoured Worker of Physical Culture of the Russian Federation

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lebziak, Aleksandr 1969 births Living people Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for the Unified Team Olympic boxers for Russia Olympic gold medalists for Russia Boxers from Donetsk Olympic medalists in boxing Russian male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Light-heavyweight boxers Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games 20th-century Russian sportsmen