Leonid Kostylev Explained

Leonid Kostylev is a Russian amateur boxer who won the gold medal at the 2008 European Amateur Boxing Championships in the lightweight division.^[1]

Russian national championships

Kostylev won a gold medal in the 2008 Lightweight Russian senior national championships beating Eduard Khusainov in the final by 14:3.^[2]

European Amateur Championships

Following his victory in the national championships Kostylev then represented Russia at the 2008 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Liverpool, England. He won a gold medal after defeating Belarus' Vazgen Safaryants 7:3 in the final.^[3]

European Championships results

2008 (as a Featherweight)

• Preliminary round - BYE
• Second round Defeated Steven Sharoudi (Scotland) 9:5
• Quarter Finals Defeated Rachid Azzedine (France) 9:3
• Semi Finals Defeated Miklós Varga (Hungary) 11:2
• Finals Defeated Vazgen Safaryants (Belarus) 7:3

Notes and References

1. Web site: Medallists by weight category . . 16 November 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090920060228/http://www.aiba.org/documents/site1/Events/European%20CHs%202008/2008%20Euro%20CH%20Medallists.pdf . 20 September 2009 .
2. Web site: Russian National Championships . STRAFA . 16 December 2008 .
3. Web site: 2008 European Boxing Championships Results Service . . 16 December 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081205032757/http://www.liverpoolboxing.co.uk/ . 5 December 2008 .