Aleksandr Lebziak
Alexander Borisovich Lebsiak (Russian Александр Борисович Лебзяк; born April 15, 1969 in Donetsk ) is a Russian boxing trainer and former boxer.
Life
Lebsiak was the son of a miner Boris Yakovlevich ( b. 1939 ) and Larissa Wassiljewna ( b. 1941 ) was born in the Ukrainian Donetsk. He has an older brother named Sergei Borisovich (born 1962 ), is married to Irina Vladimirovna ( b. 1970 ) and has two daughters Tatjana (* 1987) and Anna (* 1993).
Amateur
Lebsiaks first international success as an amateur boxer was winning the 1987 Junior World Championships in Havana in the light middleweight. He suggested, among others, the representative of the GDR, Andreas Liebing, who in turn had previously defeated Roy Jones Jr.. Between 1987 and 1989 he did his military service in the Red Army.
Olympic games
Lebsiak took part in its long amateur career in three Olympic Games. At the games in Barcelona in 1992, he failed as a representative of the CIS in the middleweight class already in the second round by a point defeat at the subsequent U.S. silver medalist Chris Byrd. Also at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, he remained, meanwhile antretend for Russia, without success: in the quarter- finals he lost on points to the eventual gold medalist Ariel Hernandez from Cuba.
In the middleweight class up to 75 kg, the victories were made at major tournaments. The reason Lebsiak recognized the substance loss due to the constant decoction, in order not to exceed the weight limit. He moved, in 1997, in the light heavyweight (81 kg) and was confirmed by the now hiring success.
In Sydney in 2000 he finally succeeded in this class, the Olympic victory, he won it ahead of, among others, against Danny Green and points in the final after the Czech Rudolf Kraj.
World Championships
The Amateur World Championships in 1991 in Sydney, he finished second. After victories against Sven Ottke and Ramón Garbey he moved into the finals, but had to because the Italians Tommasso Russo defeated. At the 1993 World Championships in Tampere he lost early in the tournament against Sven Ottke. At the tournament in 1995, he did not participate. 1997 in Budapest, he was able to then save it as a light heavyweight world title.
European Championships
Lebsiak also punched in his career with five European championships and always reached this podium. 1991 in Gothenburg, he took on his first European Championships third place, he was defeated in the semifinals against Ottke. 1993 in Bursa, he came up against in the finals, but lost the final battle against Dirk Eigenbrodt.
At the European Championships in 1996 in Vejle, he failed again in the semi-final on Hungary Zsolt Erdei and had to settle for a third place again. After his rise from the mean in the light heavyweight division, he won then, however, the following two continental championships: 1998 in Minsk, with wins over Thorsten Bengtson and Tomasz Adamek, and in 2000 in Tampere.
Other successes
- Goodwill Games - Third 1990 ( semi-final defeat against Torsten Schmitz ) and 1994 ( semi-final defeat by Ariel Hernández )
- Military World Championships - Winner 1994 (Final win against Dirk Eigenbrodt ), 1995 and 1999
- Soviet champion in 1990, six-time Champion of Russia
Professional
After the 2000 Olympics he beat several offers to change in the professional camp out. He had decided for some time to become a coach after his career. Nevertheless, he made an appearance as a professional boxer. On September 21, 2001, he fought in Tashkent at an event in which, among other things, Ruslan Chagayev and Ross Puritty boxed at cruiserweight against the Americans Stacy Goodson and won by TKO in the first round.
Coach
In the years 2002-2004 Lebsiak was employed as a coach for the Russian armed forces, since 2005 he is coach of the Russian national team, and has won at the 2006 European Championship in Plovdiv with his boxers in nine out of eleven weight classes.