Alexei Vladimirovich Lezin (russian: Алексей Владимирович Лeзин, born February 27, 1973) is a Russian former

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, who won the Super Heavyweight bronze medal at the

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Accomplishments

*1993 competed as a Heavyweight at the World Championships in Tampere, Finland. Lost to

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in the quarter-final. *1994 won the Military World Championships in Tunis, Tunisia as a Super Heavyweight, defeating

Vitali Klitschko Vitali Volodymyrovych Klitschko (; uk, Віта́лій Володи́мирович Кличко́ ; born 19 July 1971) is a Ukrainian politician and former professional boxer who serves as mayor of Kyiv Goodwill Games The Goodwill Games were an international sports competition created by Ted Turner in reaction to the political troubles surrounding the Olympic Games of the 1980s. In 1979, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan caused the United States and other ...

in Saint Petersburg, Russia, defeating Nikolay Valuev and

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. *1995 won the

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in Berlin, Germany, defeating

Vitali Klitschko Vitali Volodymyrovych Klitschko (; uk, Віта́лій Володи́мирович Кличко́ ; born 19 July 1971) is a Ukrainian politician and former professional boxer who serves as mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko Vitali Volodymyrovych Klitschko (; uk, Віта́лій Володи́мирович Кличко́ ; born 19 July 1971) is a Ukrainian politician and former professional boxer who serves as mayor of KyivEuropean Championship in Vejle, Denmark, defeating

Wladimir Klitschko Wladimir Klitschko; an equivalent English spelling is Vladimir Klichko . His full name in uk, label=Ukrainian is, Володимир Володимирович Кличко, Volodymyr Volodymyrovych Klychko, . ( uk, Володимир Вол� ...

in the final. *1997 competed at

in Budapest, Hungary. Lost to

Alexis Rubalcaba Alexis Rubalcaba (born September 9, 1972) is a retired boxer from Cuba, who competed in the Super Heavyweight division. He twice represented his native country at the Summer Olympics: in 1996 (where he suffered a shocking loss to Paea Wolfgr ...

in the quarter-final. *1998 won the European Championship in Minsk, Belarus. Defeated

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in the Semifinal. *2000 won the European Championship in Tampere, Finland, defeated

Paolo Vidoz Paolo Vidoz (born 21 August 1970) is an Italian former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2011 and held the European heavyweight title from 2005 to 2006. As an amateur Vidoz won a bronze medal at the 2000 Olympics in the super-heavyweig ...

in the final. *2003 won the Russian National Championships in Ulyanovsk, Russia, defeating

Alexander Povetkin Alexander Vladimirovich "Sasha" Povetkin (russian: Алекса́ндр Влади́мирович Пове́ткин; born 2 September 1979) is a Russian former professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2021. He held the WBA (Regular) heavyw ...

in the final.

Olympic results

*1996 won the bronze medal at the

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representing

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. ** Defeated

Mikhail Yurchenko Mikhail Yurchenko (russian: Михаи́л Ю́рьевич Ю́рченко; born 20 June 1970) is a retired boxer from Kazakhstan, who competed for his native country in the Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg) division at the 1996 Summer Oly ...

(Kazakhstan) RSC-1 ** Defeated

René Monse René Monse (28 September 1968 in Potsdam – 8 June 2017) was a German heavyweight boxer best known for having won a bronze medal at the world championships in 1995. Monse died in 2017 after what his former promoter described as a lengthy illn ...

(Germany) PTS (9-5) ** Lost to

(Ukraine) PTS (1-4) *2000 competed at the

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representing

. ** Lost to

Audley Harrison Audley Hugh Harrison, (born 26 October 1971) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2013. As an amateur he represented Great Britain at the 2000 Olympics, winning a gold medal in the super-heavyweight division and be ...

(Great Britain) RSC-4

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