Lee Seung-bae

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Lee Seung-bae
Personal information
Born (1971-05-10) May 10, 1971 (age 54)
Medal record
Men's Boxing
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1996 Atlanta Light Heavyweight
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1992 Barcelona Middleweight
Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1994 Hiroshima Middleweight
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 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.

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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 an assistant coach of the South Korea national amateur boxing team.

Results

1992 Summer Olympics
EventRoundResultOpponentScore
Middleweight FirstWin Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Michal Franek 6–2
SecondWin Flag of Chile.svg Ricardo Araneda 12–8
QuarterfinalWin Flag of Indonesia.svg Albert Papilaya 15–3
SemifinalLoss Flag of Cuba.svg Ariel Hernández 1–14
1996 Summer Olympics
EventRoundResultOpponentScore
Light
heavyweight
FirstWin Flag of Samoa.svg Samuela Leu 14–0
SecondWin Flag of Cuba.svg Freddy Rojas 13–9
QuarterfinalWin Flag of Croatia.svg Stipe Drvis 14–11
SemifinalWin Flag of Germany.svg Thomas Ulrich 12–8
FinalLoss Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Vassili Jirov 4–17