Aleksandr Leonov
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Aleksandr Leonov is a boxer
from Russia
, who competed for his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics
in Sydney, Australia.
Leonov is best known for winning the gold medal at 2000 European Amateur Boxing Championships
in the Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63.5 kg) division. In the final he defeated Bulgaria's Dimitar Stilianov
.
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
from Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, who competed for his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
in Sydney, Australia.
Leonov is best known for winning the gold medal at 2000 European Amateur Boxing Championships
2000 European Amateur Boxing Championships
The Men's 2000 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Tampere, Finland from May 13 to 21. The 33rd edition of thi bi-annual competition, in which 175 fighters from 34 countries participated this time, was organised by the Tampere Boxing Association, Member of the Finnish Boxing...
in the Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63.5 kg) division. In the final he defeated Bulgaria's Dimitar Stilianov
Dimitar Stilianov
Dimitar Stilianov is boxer from Bulgaria, who won a bronze medal at the 1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Houston, Texas. Two years later, at the 2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships, he won the silver medal in the Light Welterweight .Stilianov represented for Bulgaria at the 2004...
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