Aleksandr Borisovich Lebziak (russian: Александр Борисович Лебзяк, born 15 April 1969) is a Russian boxer, 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 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 2000 European Amateur Boxing Championships in

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Highlights

*1987 Junior World Champion at Light Middleweight (Havana, Cuba) *1990 Middleweight Bronze Medalist at Goodwill Games in Seattle, United States. Results were: **Defeated

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(Canada) points **Lost to Torsten Schmitz (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

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(Australia) RSC 3 (1:56) **Lost to

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(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

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(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 (Hungary) points *1996 Represented Russia at 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, as a Middleweight. Results were: **Defeated Rowan Donaldson (Jamaica) 20-4 **Defeated

(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 (Poland) points **Defeated

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(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 (Uzbekistan) RSC 1 **Defeated Rudolf Kraj (Czech Republic) 20-6

Pro career

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

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