Vitali Klitschko

Not to be confused with his brother, Wladimir Klitschko.
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Volodymyrovych and the family name is Klitschko.

Hero of Ukraine
Vitali Klitschko
Віталій Кличко
Klitschko in 2014
Mayor of Kyiv
Incumbent
Assumed office
5 June 2014
Preceded byHalyna Hereha (acting)
Head of the Kyiv City State Administration
Incumbent
Assumed office
25 June 2014
Preceded byVolodymyr Bondarenko
Deputy of the Kyiv City Council
5th session
In office
April 2006 – June 2008
ConstituencyKlitschko Bloc "PORA–ROP"
6th session
In office
June 2008 – December 2012
ConstituencyVitali Klitschko Bloc
People's Deputy of Ukraine
7th convocation
In office
12 December 2012 – 5 June 2014
ConstituencyUDAR, No.1[1]
Personal details
Born (1971-07-19) 19 July 1971 (age 53)
Belovodskoye, Chuyskaya Oblast, Soviet Union
Political partyUkrainian Democratic
Alliance for Reform
Other political
affiliations		Petro Poroshenko Bloc "Solidarity" (2015–2016)[2]
Spouse
Natalija Jehorova
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(m. 1996; sep. 2022)​
Children3
Alma mater
Signature
Websiteklitschko.com Edit this at Wikidata
Scientific career
Thesis Методика визначення якостей боксерів у системі багатоетапного спортивного відбору  (2000)
Military career
Allegiance Soviet Union
 Ukraine
Service / branch Soviet Army
 Ukrainian Ground Forces
Years of service1989–1991, 2022–present
Rank Major
Battles / warsBattle of Kyiv (2022)
Boxing career
Other namesDr. Ironfist
Statistics
Weight(s)Heavyweight
Height2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)[3]
Reach203 cm (80 in)
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights47
Wins45
Wins by KO41
Losses2
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Ukraine
Military World Games
Gold medal – first place 1995 Rome Super-heavyweight
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1995 Berlin Super-heavyweight

Vitalii Volodymyrovych Klychko (/vɪˌtæli ˈklɪtʃkoʊ/; Ukrainian: Віта́лій Володи́мирович Кличко́ [wiˈtɑl⁽ʲ⁾ij woloˈdɪmɪrowɪtʃ klɪtʃˈkɔ]; born 19 July 1971),[4] known as Vitali Klitschko,[a] is a Ukrainian politician and former professional boxer. He serves as mayor of Kyiv,[5] and is also head of the Kyiv City State Administration, having held both offices since June 2014. Klitschko is a former leader of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc,[2] and is a former member of the Ukrainian Parliament.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12] He became actively involved in Ukrainian politics in 2005 and combined this with his professional boxing career until his retirement from the sport in 2013.[8][13][14] He holds a Doctoral Degree (Ph.D.) from Kyiv University's Physical Science Department.[15]

As a boxer, Klitschko won multiple world heavyweight championships. He held the World Boxing Organization (WBO) title from 1999 to 2000, the Ring magazine title from 2004 to 2005, and the World Boxing Council (WBC) title twice between 2004 and 2013. Overall, he defeated 15 opponents in world heavyweight title fights,[16][17] and made 12 successful title defences. In 2011, Vitali and his younger brother Wladimir Klitschko entered the Guinness World Records as brothers with most world heavyweight title fight wins (30 at the time; 40 as of 2020).[18][19][20] From 2006 until 2015, Vitali and Wladimir (also a multiple world champion) dominated heavyweight boxing, a period widely known as the "Klitschko Era" of the division.[21][22] Klitschko's last fight was in 2012, but he remained the WBC heavyweight champion at age 42 when he announced his retirement in December 2013.

Klitschko formally began his political career in 2006 when he placed second in the Kyiv mayoral race. In 2010, he founded the party Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform (UDAR) and was elected for this party the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election. He was a leading figure in the 2013–2014 Euromaidan protests, and he announced his possible candidacy for the Ukrainian presidency but later withdrew and endorsed the eventual winner Petro Poroshenko. He was elected Mayor of Kyiv on 25 May 2014.[23] He headed the election list of the winner of the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, the Petro Poroshenko Bloc but gave up his parliamentary seat to stay on as mayor of Kyiv.[24][25][26] On 28 August 2015, the UDAR party merged into Petro Poroshenko Bloc,[6] and Klitschko became the new party leader.[6] Klitschko was reelected as mayor on 15 November 2015.[27] Klitschko revived UDAR, and left Petro Poroshenko Bloc with it, in May 2019 and simultaneously announced that UDAR would take part in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election autonomously.[28] UDAR failed to win any seats.[29]

Klitschko was re-elected to a second term as mayor in the 2020 Kyiv local elections, securing 50.52% of the votes in the first round of voting and thus avoiding a run-off.

  1. ^ "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VII convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Klitschko resigns as BPP Solidarnist chairman". www.unian.info. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  3. ^ Boxing | BoxRec Archived 13 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine. boxrec.com. Retrieved 2011-05-10.
  4. ^ "Vitali Klitschko". Official website of Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  5. ^ Vitali Klitschko sworn in as Kyiv mayor Archived 6 June 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Interfax-Ukraine (5 June 2014)
  6. ^ a b c Klitschko becomes leader of Petro Poroshenko Bloc 'Solidarity' party Archived 31 August 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Interfax-Ukraine (28 August 2015)
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  9. ^ "You Scratch My Back, and I’ll Scratch Yours" Archived 12 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine, The Ukrainian Week (26 September 2012)
  10. ^ Q&A:Ukrainian parliamentary election Archived 21 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine, BBC News (23 October 2012)
  11. ^ Ukraine election:President Yanukovych party claims win Archived 11 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine, BBC News (29 October 2012)
  12. ^ "Parties spend over Hr 600 million on elections, according to report" Archived 17 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Kyiv Post (16 November 2012)
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  14. ^ Furman, Luke (25 December 2013) Vitali Klitschko Won't Rule Out Another Ring Return – Boxing News. Boxingscene.com. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  15. ^ Weber, Fabian (29 February 2000). "Calling Dr. Klitschko". Cyberboxingzone.com. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  16. ^ "Територіальна оборона: Кличко кинув гранату і ліг під танк" (in Ukrainian). 23 March 2021. Archived from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  17. ^ "#28 Виталий Кличко в рейтинге "Народный рейтинг. 100 современников, которые изменили Украину — голосование закончилось"" (in Russian). Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  18. ^ "Most boxing heavyweight world title fights won by brothers". Guinness World Records. 2 July 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  19. ^ "Boxing legends Oscar De La Hoya Mike Tyson and Floyd Mayweather snag Guinness World Records at WBC convention". 12 December 2011. Archived from the original on 14 January 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  20. ^ "Klitschko brothers included in Guinness World Records". 2 October 2018. Archived from the original on 19 September 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  21. ^ "Boxing: Wladimir Klitschko's Loss Signals End of Era". Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  22. ^ "Can Mariusz Wach End the Klitschko Era of Dominance?". 6 November 2012. Archived from the original on 20 March 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  23. ^ Klitschko officially announced as winner of Kyiv mayor election Archived 6 June 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Interfax-Ukraine (4 June 2014)
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  27. ^ Kyiv Mayor Klitschko reelected with 66.5% of vote, 100% of ballot protocols processed – preliminary data Archived 16 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine. En.interfax.com.ua Interfax-Ukraine (2015-11-16). Retrieved on 2015-11-29.
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  29. ^ Cite error: The named reference Udarpe2019noseatsBBVK was invoked but never defined (see the help page).


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