Galal Yafai

Galal Yafai (born 11 December 1992)[2] is a British amateur boxer. While representing England in the light-flyweight division, he won a silver medal at the 2017 European Championships and gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, and bronze while representing Great Britain in the flyweight division at the 2019 European Games. He also competed at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Galal Yafai
Statistics
Weight(s)	Light-flyweight Flyweight
Height	5 ft 4 ^1⁄2 in (164 cm)[1]
Nationality	British
Born	(1992-12-11) 11 December 1992 Birmingham, England
Medal record Men's amateur boxing Representing  Great Britain European Games 2019 Minsk Flyweight Representing  England European Championships 2017 Kharkiv Light-flyweight Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast Light-flyweight

At the 2016 European Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Samsun, Turkey, Yafai defeated Samuel Carmona Heredia of Spain by unanimous decision in his semifinal to secure his place in the 2016 Olympic.[3][4] He won his round of 32 fight defeating Simplice Fotsala of Cameroon. He lost his Round of 16 fight to Joahnys Argilagos of Cuba.

In May 2019, Yafai was selected to compete at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus.[5] He also competed at the 2019 World Championships in Yekaterinburg, Russia,[6] where he lost by unanimous decision to Billal Bennama in the quarter-finals.[7]

He is the younger brother of boxers Kal Yafai and Gamal Yafai.[8]

References

1. "Boxing | Athlete Profile: Galal YAFAI - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Archived from the original on 2 July 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
2. "Rio 2016: Great Britain and Northern Ireland's Olympic team". BBC Sport. 26 April 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
3. Dennen, John (15 April 2016). "Galal Yafai and Qais Ashfaq win Rio 2016 places". Boxing News. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
4. "Olympic boxing: Nicola Adams among eight British qualifiers for Rio 2016". BBC Sport. 15 April 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
5. "Team GB squad announcement for the European Games". Team GB. 21 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
6. "Thirteen boxers from GB Boxing squad selected to compete at 2019 World Championships in Russia". boxing247.com. East Side Boxing. 15 August 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
7. "Thirteen boxers from GB Boxing squad selected to compete at 2019 World Championships in Russia". GB Boxing. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
8. "Boxing: Yafai brothers packing a punch for Birmingham". Birmingham Mail. 24 October 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2016.