Vitali Klitschko
Vitali Volodymyrovych Klitschko (/vɪˌtæli ˈklɪtʃkoʊ/; Ukrainian: Віта́лій Володи́мирович Кличко́ ; born 19 July 1971) is a Ukrainian politician and former professional boxer. He has served as the mayor of Kyiv since 2014.[1]
As a heavyweight boxer, Klitschko held the WBO title from 1999 to 2000, The Ring magazine title from 2004 to 2005, and the WBC title twice in 2004 and between 2008 and 2013. In 2011, Vitali and his brother Wladimir entered the Guinness World Records book as the pair of brothers with most world heavyweight title fight wins. Of his 47 bouts, he won 45 (41 by KO) and lost twice.
Klitschko was born in Belovodskoye, Kirghiz SSR (now Kyrgyzstan). He is married to Russian former tennis player Natalia Egorova. The couple have three children.
Vitali Klitschko Media
Klitschko with the WBC title in 2011
Vitali (right) and his brother Wladimir supporting the Orange Revolution by wearing its colors
Klitschko with Wilfried Martens, former president of the European Peoples Party.
Klitschko, Poroshenko, Tyahnybok and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns, 25 February 2014
Klitschko, leader of the political party UDAR, seen in the crowd on Khreschatyk street in Kyiv, Ukraine on 27 November 2013.
Klitschko with Polish politicians Donald Tusk and Ewa Kopacz, 22 March 2014
Opening of the Klitschko bridge over Saint Volodymyr Descent on 25 May 2019
References
- ↑ "Ukraine crisis: Kiev dismantles last protest barriers". BBC. 9 August 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2020.