István Lévai (born July 23, 1957) is a former

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from

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, who won the bronze medal in the Heavyweight division (91 kg) at the

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. There he was defeated in the semifinals by titleholder

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Amateur career

Lévai was a nine-time Hungarian amateur champion.

Olympic Results

1980 Olympic Results - Boxed as a heavyweight *Round of 16: bye *Quarterfinals: Defeated

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(Sweden) by majority decision, 4–1 *Semifinals: Lost to

(Cuba) by unanimous decision, 0–5 (was awarded bronze medal)

Boxing coach

Lévai is currently the trainer of IBO

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champion Attila Kovács.profiboksz.hu: Kovács Attila: Régen voltam ilyen jó formában!

References

External links

* ttp://www.databasesports.com/olympics/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=L%C9VAIIST01 Profile on databasesports.com 1957 births Living people Olympic boxers of Hungary Heavyweight boxers Boxers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary Olympic medalists in boxing Hungarian male boxers Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics 20th-century Hungarian people {{Hungary-boxing-bio-stub