Léonard Steyaert
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.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1928 Amsterdam | Middleweight |
Léonard Emiel Steyaert (11 March 1910 – 2 September 1992) was a Belgian boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal in the middleweight class.[1]
1928 Olympic results
- Round of 32: bye
- Round of 16: defeated Albert Leidmann (Germany) on points
- Quarterfinal: defeated John Chase (Ireland) on points
- Semifinal: lost to Piero Toscani (Italy) on points
- Bronze Medal Bout: defeated Fred Mallin (Great Britain) on points (was awarded bronze medal)
Professional career
Steyaert turned professional in 1929. He fought all of his bouts in Europe and retired in 1938. He returned for one bout in 1945 before retiring for good with a professional record of 5-12-8 with 1 knockout.
References
External links
- Boxing record for Léonard Steyaert from BoxRec (registration required)
- Léonard Steyaert at databaseOlympics.com
- Léonard Steyaert at Sports-Reference.com
Categories:
- 1910 births
- 1992 deaths
- Middleweight boxers
- Olympic boxers for Belgium
- Boxers at the 1928 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Belgium
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- Belgian male boxers
- Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century Belgian sportsmen
- Belgian Olympic medalist stubs
- Belgian boxing biography stubs