Lee Seung-bae

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Lee Seung-Bae (born May 10, 1971) was a South Korean amateur boxer, who won a middleweight bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics for Korea, followed by a light heavyweight silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Lee Seung-bae
Personal information
BornMay 10, 1971
Medal record
Men’s Boxing
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1996 Atlanta Light Heavyweight
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Barcelona Middleweight
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1994 Hiroshima Middleweight
Silver medal – second place 1998 Bangkok Light Heavyweight

Career edit

At the 1996 Summer Olympics, Lee captured the silver medal in light heavyweight. Lee lost to future IBF Cruiserweight Champion Vassili Jirov of Kazakhstan in the final bout. However, he beat Freddy Rojas of Cuba, who was the only fighter to hold a victory over Félix Savón, in round of 16, and defeated Stipe Drvis of Croatia, who became a WBA Light Heavyweight Champion in 2007, in the quarterfinal match.

Post career edit

In 2008, Lee earned doctorate in sports & physical education from Konkuk University. He is currently an assistant coach of the South Korea national amateur boxing team.

Results edit

1992 Summer Olympics
Event Round Result Opponent Score
Middleweight First Win   Michal Franek 6–2
Second Win   Ricardo Araneda 12–8
Quarterfinal Win   Albert Papilaya 15–3
Semifinal Loss   Ariel Hernández 1–14
1996 Summer Olympics
Event Round Result Opponent Score
Light
heavyweight
First Win   Samuela Leu 14–0
Second Win   Freddy Rojas 13–9
Quarterfinal Win   Stipe Drvis 14–11
Semifinal Win   Thomas Ulrich 12–8
Final Loss   Vassili Jirov 4–17

External links edit

  • Boxrec profile
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lee Seung-bae". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.