Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Male |
Full name | Léonard Emiel•Steyaert |
Used name | Léonard•Steyaert |
Born | 11 March 1910 in Antwerpen (Antwerp), Antwerpen (BEL) |
Measurements | 73 kg |
Affiliations | Zaal Humbeeck, Antwerpen (BEL) |
NOC | ![]() |
Medals | OG |
Gold | 0 |
Silver | 0 |
Bronze | 1 |
Total | 1 |
Léonard Steyaert was born in Antwerpen and began boxing in his teen years in the mid-1920s. The winner of the 1927 and 1928 amateur middleweight titles, he was selected as a member of the national boxing delegation to compete at the Amsterdam Olympic Games. Competing in the middleweight tournament, Steyaert became the only Belgian boxer to win a medal at those games, capturing the bronze after defeating Fred Mallin of Great Britain. Following the Olympics, Steyaert later turned to the professional ranks in 1929 and enjoyed a career which spanned just over a decade, amassing a record of 31 wins (8 by KO), 27 losses, and 15 draws before retiring in 1941. He also won the professional title in light-heavyweight in 1933.
Steyeart was the brother of two other well-known professional boxers of the same era, Jules, who competed as a lightweight between 1922 and 1946; and Frans/François (better known by his ring name René De Vos), a welterweight who was active in the early to mid-1920s.
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
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1928 Summer Olympics | Boxing | ![]() |
Léonard Steyaert | |||
Middleweight, Men (Olympic) | 3 | Bronze |
Not born on 28 May 1907. That date of birth belongs to #8254 Jan Heřmánek, who won silver medal ahead of Steyaert and was accidentally added by one Wikipedia user to his page and from Wikipedia, it has spread everywhere.