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Vitali Klitschko
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Ukrainian boxer and politician (1971-)
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Vitali Klitschko, born on July 19, 1971, in Belovodskoye, is a Ukrainian politician, boxer, kickboxer, and athlete. He holds citizenship in Ukraine and the Soviet Union. Klitschko is a member of the Klitschko brothers and is the sibling of Wladimir Klitschko. He resides in Kyiv, where he also works. His academic background includes a doctorate, with education at Hryhorii Skovoroda University in Pereiaslav, the National University of Physical Education and Sport of Ukraine, and Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.
In politics, Klitschko has served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine. He is affiliated with the Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform and European Solidarity. As a boxer, he has received the Steiger Award, Order for Courage, The Ring magazine Comeback of the Year, and the Hero of Ukraine award. He was also nominated for the Laureaus World Sports Award for Comeback of the Year.
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Film & TV
Known for
- Klitschko: More Than a Fight — Self2024
- One Nation With Brian Kilmeade — Self2022
- Revealing Ukraine2019
- Bestbesetzung — Self2019
- Sportclub Story — Self (archive footage)2015
- Klitschko — Self2011
- Vitali Klitschko vs. Tomasz Adamek — Self2011
- Vitali Klitschko vs. Shannon Briggs2010
- Vitali Klitschko vs. Juan Carlos Gomez — Self2009
- Lennox Lewis vs. Vitali Klitschko — Self2003
via TMDB
Sports profile
- Sport
- Fighting
- Position
- Boxer
- Nationality
- Ukraine
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- Klitschko brothers
- Given name
- Vitalii
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
- Place of birth
- Belovodskoye
- Sibling
- Wladimir Klitschko
- Occupation
- mayor
- Educated at
- Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
- Political party
- European Solidarity
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- Russian
- Academic degree
- doctorate
- Field of work
- politician
- Sport
- boxing
- Country for sport
- Ukraine
- Mass
- 114
- Conflict
- Battle of Kyiv
- Official website
- klitschko.com
- Image
- 2014-09-12 - Vitali Klitschko - 9019 (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 2.01
- Number of children
- 4
- Work location
- Kyiv
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- Residence
- Kyiv
- Commons category
- Vitali Klitschko
- date of birth
- 1971-07-19
- name in native language
- Віталій Володимирович Кличко
- nominated for
- Laureus World Sports Award for Comeback of the Year
- different from
- Wladimir Klitschko
- social media followers
- 22800
- partner in business or sport
- Wladimir Klitschko
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject Ukraine
- sports discipline competed in
- heavyweight
- P10632
- Vitali Klitschko
- affiliation string
- Kyiv City State Administration (KCSA)
- name
- Кличко́, Вита́лий Влади́мирович
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 47
- number of wins
- 45
- number of losses
- 2
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Encyclopedic overview
Vitalii Volodymyrovych Klychko (/vɪˌtæli ˈklɪtʃkoʊ/; Ukrainian: Віта́лій Володи́мирович Кличко́ [wiˈtɑl⁽ʲ⁾ij woloˈdɪmɪrowɪtʃ klɪtʃˈkɔ]; born 19 July 1971), known as Vitali Klitschko, is a Ukrainian politician and former professional boxer who has served as the mayor of Kyiv since 2014. He previously served as the head of the Kyiv City State Administration until the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Klitschko is a former leader of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc, and is a former member of the Ukrainian Parliament. 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. He holds a Doctoral Degree (Ph.D.) in "Sports Science" from Kyiv University's Physical Science and Sports Department.
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