Georgiy Chygayev
Georgiy Chygayev is a Ukrainian amateur boxer in the flyweight division who qualified for the 2008 [Summer Olympics|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 Ukraine at the 2008 [European Amateur Boxing Championships] in Liverpool, England. At the championships Campbell defeated Munin Veli in the semifinals before facing lanky Swede Salomo N'tuve in the final.Despite being much shorter than his opponent the Ukrainian cruised to a 5:0 victory.