Georgiy Chygayev

Georgiy Chygayev
	Georgiy Chygayev
Personal information
Full name	Георгій Чигаєв
Nationality	Ukraine
Born	October 19, 1983 (age 38); Lviv, Lviv Oblast
Height	1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Weight class	Flyweight
Club	Dynamo Lviv
Medal record
European Amateur Championships

Georgiy Chygayev (born October 19, 1983 in Lviv) is a Ukrainian amateur boxer in the flyweight division who qualified for the 2008 Olympics and won a gold medal at the 2008 European championships.

2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships[]

At the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Chicago, Chygayev missed out on a bronze medal after he was defeated by France's Nordine Oubaali in the quarter finals. Chygayev qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics, however, by virtue of getting to the quarter finals.

2008 Olympics[]

At the Olympics he lost his second bout to Cuban Yampier Hernández.

2008 European Championships[]

Chygayev went up to flyweight represented the Ukraine at the 2008 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Liverpool, England. At the championships Campbell defeated in the semifinals before facing lanky Swede in the final.^[1]

Despite being much shorter than his opponent the Ukrainian cruised to a 5:0 victory.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Medallists by weight category" (PDF). AIBA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2009. Retrieved 16 November 2008.

External links[]

AIBA results for Olympic qualification at World Championships
Georgiy Chygayev's profile at Yahoo! Sports
Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Heorhiy Chyhaiev". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-10-24.

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[Euro_results_2008-1] "Medallists by weight category" (PDF). AIBA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2009. Retrieved 16 November 2008.

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