Heorhij Tschyhajew

Heorhij Tschyhajew

Heorhij Tschyhajew ( Ukrainian Георгій Чигаєв , Russian transliteration: Georgi Tschigajew ; born October 19, 1983 in Odessa , Soviet Union ) is a Ukrainian boxer . He was the European flyweight champion in 2008 .

Career

Georgi Tschigajew comes from the Lviv region . He started boxing as a teenager. He is trained by IG Kozak and national coach Dimitro Sosnowsky.

In 2000 he took part in the Junior World Championships in Budapest , where he took third place in paper weight (class up to 48 kg body weight (KG)) after a defeat against Cuban Yankiel León and won a bronze medal at the World Championships .

In 2002 Georgi Chigajew became Ukrainian paper weight champion. He then represented his country in 2003 in paper weight at the World Championships in Bangkok . But he still had to learn the hard way there, because he lost his first fight in the round of the last "32" against Shandos Dschumabekow from Kazakhstan and ended up in 17th place with all losers of this round.

Although he was the Ukrainian flyweight champion in 2004, he was not nominated for the Olympic qualifying tournaments by the Ukrainian Boxing Federation. But in 2005 he was back at the world championship, which took place in Mianyang / China . However, it happened to him in the flyweight as in the world championship in 2003, because he lost his first fight in the round of 32 against the American Rau'Shee Warren by breaking off in the 2nd round and ended up only on the 17th place.

In 2006 Georgi Tschigajew took part in the European championship in Plovdiv in paper weight. He lost there in the round of 16 against David Hajrapetjan from Russia and came in 9th place. He did much better at the 2007 World Cup in Chicago . In paper weight he won there over Jeyhan Abijew from Azerbaijan and Łukasz Maszczyk from Poland on points and was only defeated in the quarterfinals against Nordine Oubaali from France . He reached fifth place, which brought him qualification for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing .

At the Olympic Games in Beijing he defeated David Hajrapetjan in paper weight on points (13:11), but was defeated in the round of 16 against Yampier Hernández from Cuba . He was eliminated and finished in ninth place. After the Olympic Games, he also started at the European Championships in Liverpool in 2008 . However, he no longer trained in the paper weight, but started in the flyweight. A measure that paid off, because he won in Liverpool against Derenik Gishlarjan from Armenia , Francisco Torrijos from Spain , Veli Moomin from Macedonia and in the final battle against Salomo N'tuve from Sweden and thus became European champion .

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class
2000	3.	Junior World Championships in Budapest	paper	with victories over Balli Balijew, Turkmenistan a . Rafael Kaczor, Poland a . one loss to Yankiel León , Cuba
2002	1.	Arena Cup in Pula	To fly	with points victory in the final over Igor Samojlenko, Moldova
2003	17th	World Cup in Bangkok	paper	after a loss in the round of the last "32" against Shandos Jumabekow, Kazakhstan
2005	2.	"Strandjata" tournament in Plovdiv	To fly	with victories over Veli Moomin , Macedonia a . Mirjan Rahimdschanow, Kazakhstan a . a loss to Salim Salimow, Bulgaria
2005	3.	"Golden Belt" Cup in Constanța	To fly	with a victory over Niculae Groaznicu, Romania a . a loss to Igor Samojlenko
2005	17th	World Cup in Mianyang	To fly	after losing to Rau'Shee Warren , USA
2006	9.	EM in Plovdiv	paper	after losing to David Hajrapetjan , Russia
2007	1.	Gebr. Klitschko tournament in Kiev	To fly	with victories over Vyacheslav Gojan, Moldova , Sergiu Bistrica, Moldova u. Alexei Junkinsky, Ukraine
2007	5.	World Cup in Chicago	paper	with victories over Jeyhun Abijew, Azerbaijan a . Łukasz Maszczyk , Poland a . a loss to Nordine Oubaali , France
2008	2.	"Feliks-Stamm" tournament in Warsaw	To fly	with a victory over Solomon N'tuve , Sweden a . one loss to Zhou Shiming , China
2008	2.	"Makar Mazay" tournament in Mariupol	To fly	with victories over Vitaly Michailow, Ukraine a. Conor Ahearn, Ireland et al. a loss to Tulaschboy Donijorow, Uzbekistan
2008	1.	Gebr. Klitschko tournament in Kiev	paper	with victories over Ferhat Pehlivan, Turkey a. Yampier Hernández , Cuba
2008	9.	OS	paper	with a victory over David Hajrapetjan u. a loss to Yampier Hernández
2008	1.	EM in Liverpool	To fly	with victories over Derenik Gishlarjan, Armenia , Francisco Torrijos, Spain , Veli Mumin u. Solomon N'tuve
2009	1.	"Makar Mazay" tournament in Mariupol	Bantam	with victories over Dimitri Auschew, Ukraine, Rahim Najafow, Azerbaijan u. Vitaly Volkov, Ukraine

International battles

year	place	encounter	Weight class	Result
2006	Baku	Ukraine - Africa (World Cup)	paper	Demolition winner over Chris Maoutendi, Gabon
2006	Baku	Ukraine - Russia (World Cup)	paper	Demolition victory over Vadim Idigishev
2006	Baku	Ukraine - China (World Cup)	paper	Points victory over Gao Liang
2006	Suwałki	Poland - Ukraine	paper	Point defeat against Lukasz Maszczyk
2006	Harvey	USA - Ukraine	paper	Points victory over Robert Ceron
2007	Kiev	Ukraine - Cuba	paper	Points victory over Daniel Matellon

Ukrainian championships

(as far as known)

year	space	Weight class	Final result
2002	1.	paper
2004	1.	To fly	Points winner over Mikhailo Serbajew
2005	1.	To fly	Points winner over Alexei Dschunkiwski
2009	1.	Bantam	Points winner over Vitaly Volkov

Note: OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, paper weight, up to 48 kg, fly weight, up to 51 kg etc. Bantam weight, up to 54 kg body weight

swell

• Website "www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl",
• Box Sport magazine