Lee Seung-Bae (born May 10, 1971) was a South Korean

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, who won a middleweight bronze medal at the

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for

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, followed by a light heavyweight silver medal at the

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Career

At the

, Lee captured the silver medal in light heavyweight. Lee lost to future IBF Cruiserweight Champion

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in the final bout. However, he beat Freddy Rojas of

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, who was the only fighter to hold a victory over

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, in round of 16, and defeated Stipe Drvis of

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, who became a WBA Light Heavyweight Champion in 2007, in the quarterfinal match.

Post career

In 2008, Lee earned

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in sports & physical education from

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. He is an assistant coach of the South Korea national amateur boxing team.

Results

External links

Boxrec profile
* 1971 births Living people Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for South Korea Olympic medalists in boxing Asian Games gold medalists in boxing Asian Games silver medalists in boxing Boxers at the 1994 Asian Games Boxers at the 1998 Asian Games South Korean male boxers Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Asian Games boxers for South Korea Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea Olympic silver medalists for South Korea Olympic bronze medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Middleweight boxers Konkuk University alumni {{Korea-boxing-bio-stub