Lee Seung-bae

Lee Seung-bae

Personal information
Born	May 10, 1971
Medal record Men’s Boxing Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Light Heavyweight 1992 Barcelona Middleweight Asian Games 1994 Hiroshima Middleweight 1998 Bangkok Light Heavyweight

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.

Career

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

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

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

• 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.

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