Vitali Klitschko facts for kids

Klitschko in 2014

Vitali Volodymyrovych Klitschko ( 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.

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.

Professional boxing record for Vitali Klitschko from BoxRec

Images for kids

Vitali (right) and his brother Wladimir supporting the colors of the Orange Revolution
Wladimir and Vitali with every title in the heavyweight division, 2012. Left to right: The Ring, IBF, IBO, WBO, WBC, and WBA.
Klitschko, Poroshenko, Tyahnybok and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns, 25 February 2014
Klitschko with Polish politicians Donald Tusk and Ewa Kopacz, 22 March 2014
Vitali, leader of the political party UDAR seen in the crowd on Khreschatyk street in Kyiv, Ukraine on 27 November 2013.
Klitschko brothers on a 2010 Ukrainian stamp
Vitali Klitschko (left) playing chess with Vladimir Kramnik, Dortmund, 2002