Lee Seung-bae explained

Birth Date:May 10, 1971

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
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align='center'FirstWinalign='left' Michal Franekalign='left'6–2
align='center'SecondWinalign='left' Ricardo Aranedaalign='left'12–8
align='center'QuarterfinalWinalign='left' Albert Papilayaalign='left'15–3
align='center'; bgcolor="#cc9966"SemifinalLossalign='left' Ariel Hernándezalign='left'1–14
1996 Summer Olympics
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align='center'FirstWinalign='left' Samuela Leualign='left'14–0
align='center'SecondWinalign='left' Freddy Rojasalign='left'13–9
align='center'QuarterfinalWinalign='left' Stipe Drvisalign='left'14–11
align='center'SemifinalWinalign='left' Thomas Ulrichalign='left'12–8
align='center'; bgcolor="silver"FinalLossalign='left' Vassili Jirovalign='left'4–17

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