Lukasz Maszczyk
Encyclopedia
Łukasz Maszczyk (born December 15, 1984 in Myszków
Myszków
Myszków is a town in Poland, with 33,016 inhabitants . It is the capital of Myszków County.Situated in the Silesian Voivodeship , previously in Czestochowa Voivodeship .-External links:...
) is a Polish
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
amateur boxer
Amateur boxing
Amateur boxing is practised at the collegiate level, at the Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games, and in many other venues sponsored by amateur boxing associations. Amateur boxing bouts are short in duration and fighters wear head protection, so this type of competition prizes point-scoring rather...
who has qualified for the 2008 Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
at Light-Flyweight.
Career
At the World Championships 2007 Maszczyk lost in the opening rounds to Georgiy ChygayevGeorgiy Chygayev
Georgiy Chygayev 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 :...
. He later qualified for the Olympics by beating Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
ian boxer Anton Bekish in the semi final of a European qualifying tournament.