Alexei Lezin

{{Short description|Russian boxer (born 1973)}} {{Infobox boxer (amateur)| | name=Alexei Lezin | image= Alexei Lezin, May 2021.jpg | image_size= | caption = Lezin in 2021 | fullname = Алексей Владимирович Лёзин | nicknames = | nationality = {{RUS}} | weight class = Super Heavyweight | club = Ministry of Defense Sports Club | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|2|27}} | birth_place = Energetik, Orenburg Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|m=1.98|precision=0}} | weight = {{convert|106|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | medaltemplates= {{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games}} {{MedalBronze | 1996 Atlanta | Super Heavyweight}} {{MedalCompetition | Military World Games}} {{MedalSilver | 1995 Ariccia | Super Heavyweight}} {{MedalCompetition | World Championships}} {{MedalGold | 1995 Berlin | Super Heavyweight}} {{MedalCompetition | World Military Championships}} {{MedalGold | 1994 Tunis | Super Heavyweight}} {{MedalCompetition | European Championships}} {{MedalGold | 1996 Vejle | Super Heavyweight}} {{MedalGold | 1998 Minsk | Super Heavyweight}} {{MedalGold | 2000 Tampere | Super Heavyweight}} {{MedalCompetition | Russian National Championships}} {{MedalGold | 2003 Ulyanovsk | Super Heavyweight}} }} '''Alexei Vladimirovich Lezin''' ({{langx|ru|Алексей Владимирович Лeзин}}, born February 27, 1973) is a Russian former boxer, who won the Super Heavyweight bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

==Accomplishments== *'''1993''' competed as a Heavyweight at the World Championships in Tampere, Finland. Lost to Félix Savón in the quarter-final. *'''1994''' won the Military World Championships in Tunis, Tunisia as a Super Heavyweight, defeating Vitali Klitschko in the final. *'''1994''' won the Goodwill Games in Saint Petersburg, Russia, defeating Nikolay Valuev and Lance Whitaker. *'''1995''' won the World Championship in Berlin, Germany, defeating Vitali Klitschko in the final. *'''1995''' 2nd place at Military World Championship in Ariccia, Italy. Lost to Vitali Klitschko in the final. *'''1996''' won the European Championship in Vejle, Denmark, defeating Wladimir Klitschko in the final. *'''1997''' competed at World Championship in Budapest, Hungary. Lost to Alexis Rubalcaba in the quarter-final. *'''1998''' won the European Championship in Minsk, Belarus. Defeated Sinan Samil Sam in the Semifinal. *'''2000''' won the European Championship in Tampere, Finland, defeated Paolo Vidoz in the final. *'''2003''' won the Russian National Championships in Ulyanovsk, Russia, defeating Alexander Povetkin in the final.

==Olympic results== *'''1996''' won the bronze medal at the Atlanta Olympics representing Russia. ** Defeated Mikhail Yurchenko (Kazakhstan) RSC-1 ** Defeated René Monse (Germany) PTS (9-5) ** Lost to Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine) PTS (1-4) *'''2000''' competed at the Sydney Olympics representing Russia. ** Lost to Audley Harrison (Great Britain) RSC-4

== Personal life == Lezin is married. He has a daughter and a son.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Алексею Лезину — 50: побеждал Валуева и хочет попробовать себя в политике / Новостной портал Ульяновска / 73online.ru |url=https://73online.ru/r/alekseyu_lezinu_50_pobezhdal_valueva_i_hochet_poprobovat_sebya_v_politike-116718 |access-date=2025-03-23 |website=73online.ru}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}} * {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ly/aleksey-lyozin-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417215031/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ly/aleksey-lyozin-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Aleksey Lyozin}}

==External links== * {{sports links}}

{{Footer World Amateur Champions Super Heavyweight}} {{Footer European Amateur Champions Super Heavyweight}} {{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lezin, Alexei}} Category:1973 births Category:Living people Category:Super-heavyweight boxers Category:Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Category:Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic boxers for Russia Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Russia Category:Olympic medalists in boxing Category:Russian male boxers Category:IBA Men's World Boxing Championships medalists Category:Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Category:Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games Category:Sportspeople from Orenburg Oblast Category:Military World Games silver medalists for Russia Category:Military World Games medalists in boxing Category:20th-century Russian sportsmen