# Georgiy Chygayev
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{{short description|Ukrainian boxer}}
{{Infobox boxer (amateur)|
| name=Georgiy Chygayev
| image= Georgiy Chygayev 020.JPG
| image_size= 200px
| caption = Georgiy Chygayev
| fullname = Георгій Чигаєв
| nicknames =
| nationality = {{UKR}}
| weight class = [Flyweight](/source/Flyweight)
| club = Dynamo Lviv
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|10|19}}
| birth_place = [Lviv](/source/Lviv), [Lviv Oblast](/source/Lviv_Oblast), [Ukrainian SSR](/source/Ukrainian_SSR), [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union)
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height = {{height|m=1.61|precision=0}}
| weight = {{convert|48|kg|lb}}
| medaltemplates=
{{MedalCompetition|[European Amateur Championships](/source/European_Amateur_Boxing_Championships)}}
{{MedalGold| [2008 Liverpool](/source/2008_European_Amateur_Boxing_Championships) | Flyweight}}
{{MedalSilver| [2010 Moscow](/source/2010_European_Amateur_Boxing_Championships) | Bantamweight}}
}}
'''Georgiy Chygayev''' ({{langx|uk|Георгій Олександрович Чигаєв}}; born October 19, 1983, in [Lviv](/source/Lviv)) is a [Ukrainian](/source/Ukraine) [amateur boxer](/source/amateur_boxing) in the [flyweight](/source/flyweight) division who qualified for the [2008 Olympics](/source/2008_Summer_Olympics) and won a gold medal at the 2008 European championships.
== 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships ==
At the [2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships](/source/2007_World_Amateur_Boxing_Championships) in [Chicago](/source/Chicago), Chygayev missed out on a bronze medal after he was defeated by [France](/source/France)'s [Nordine Oubaali](/source/Nordine_Oubaali) in the quarter-finals. Chygayev qualified for the [2008 Summer Olympics](/source/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](/source/Yampier_Hern%C3%A1ndez).
== 2008 European Championships ==
Chygayev went up to flyweight represented Ukraine at the [2008 European Amateur Boxing Championships](/source/2008_European_Amateur_Boxing_Championships) in Liverpool, England. At the championships Campbell defeated [Munin Veli](/source/Munin_Veli) in the semifinals before facing lanky [Swede](/source/Sweden) [Salomo N'tuve](/source/Salomo_N'tuve) in the final.[{{cite web |title=Medallists by weight category |work=[AIBA](/source/International_Boxing_Association_(amateur)) |url=http://www.aiba.org/documents/site1/Events/European%20CHs%202008/2008%20Euro%20CH%20Medallists.pdf |accessdate=16 November 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090920060228/http://www.aiba.org/documents/site1/Events/European%20CHs%202008/2008%20Euro%20CH%20Medallists.pdf |archivedate=20 September 2009 }}]
Despite being much shorter than his opponent the Ukrainian cruised to a 5:0 victory.