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{{Short description|Russian boxer (born 1969)}}
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| name=Aleksandr Lebziak
| image= Алекса́ндр Бори́сович Лебзя́к.jpg
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| fullname = Александр Борисович Лебзяк
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| nationality = {{RUS}}
| weight class = [[Light Heavyweight]]
| club = CSKA Moskva, Moskva
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|04|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Donetsk]], [[Ukrainian SSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
| death_date =
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| height         = {{convert|1.88|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight         = {{convert|81|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates=
{{MedalCompetition|[[Boxing at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Light heavyweight|Light Heavyweight]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Amateur Boxing Championships|World Amateur Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships|1997 Budapest]] | Light Heavyweight}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1991 World Amateur Boxing Championships|1991 Sydney]] | Middleweight}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Amateur Boxing Championships|European Amateur Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1998 European Amateur Boxing Championships|1998 Minsk]] | Light Heavyweight}}
{{MedalGold| [[2000 European Amateur Boxing Championships|2000 Tampere]] | Light Heavyweight}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1993 European Amateur Boxing Championships|1993 Bursa]] | Middleweight}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1991 European Amateur Boxing Championships|1991 Gothenburg]] | Middleweight}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1996 European Amateur Boxing Championships|1996 Vejle]] | Middleweight}}
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'''Aleksandr Borisovich Lebziak''' ({{langx|ru|Александр Борисович Лебзяк}}, born 15 April 1969) is a Russian [[boxing|boxer]], a three-time Olympian who won the [[Olympic medalists in boxing|Gold medal]] in the men's [[Light Heavyweight]] (81&nbsp;kg) category at the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] in [[Sydney]]. 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 [[Middleweight]] (75&nbsp;kg) category. He also triumphed at the [[2000 European Amateur Boxing Championships]] in [[Tampere, Finland]].

== Biography ==
Aleksandr Lebziak was born on April 15, 1969 in [[Donetsk]], 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.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-09-09 |title=Биография Александра Лебзяка |url=https://ria.ru/20160909/1476510058.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20220419182702/https://ria.ru/20160909/1476510058.html |archive-date=2022-04-19 |access-date=2025-03-12 |work=РИА Новости |language=ru-RU}}</ref>

==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]] (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 [[Justann Crawford]] (Australia) RSC 3 (1:56)
**Lost to [[Chris Byrd]] (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 Hernández (boxer)|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 [[Justann Crawford]] (Australia) RSC 3 (0:34)
**Lost to [[Ariel Hernández (boxer)|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 (boxer)|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 [[Courtney Fry]] (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 (boxer)|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.

== Awards and honours ==

* 1995 – [[Order of Honour (Russia)|Order of Honour]]
* 1997 – [[Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"]]
* 1999 – [[Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"]], 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
== References ==
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==External links==
* {{BoxRec|id=66315|name=Alexander Lebziak}}
* {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/le/aleksandr-lebzyak-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417215325/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/le/aleksandr-lebzyak-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Aleksandr Lebzyak}}

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