Vitali Klitschko Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Vitali Volodymyrovych Klitschko is a Ukrainian politician and the current Mayor of Kiev, head of the Kiev City State Administration and former professional boxer. He is the leader of the Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform and a former Member of the Ukrainian Parliament...
Super Heavyweight Gold Medalist at the Military World Championships (1995), World Championships in Berlin (silver medal, 1995), WBC heavyweight title (2008), WBC heavyweight title (2004), European heavyweight title (1998), WBO Inter-Continental heavyweight title (1998)
Star Sign
Cancer
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It's not the belt that matters, it's the audience who determines the champion. But I believe I'm the best in the world.
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Vitali Klitschko retired from professional boxing at the age of 34 on Wednesday, 9 November 2005. He is set to work on social issues, and possibly politics, in his native Ukraine. [November 2005]
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Vitali and Natalia are expecting their third child, a boy, in March. [January 2005]
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(11 October) Regained the WBC belt by TKO against Samuel Peter in Berlin. [2008]
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Before losing to Chris Byrd was 27-0(27), a Heavyweight record for consecutive knockout wins from the beginning of a career.
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During a sparring match that was meant to prepare him for his scheduled 12 November 2005 fight with Haseem Rhamin, Vitali's knee was injured. He had surgery on 8 November 2005 for a rupture in the torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and damage to the medial meniscus on his right knee. After learning that it would be a fairly long time before he would be allowed to fight again, Vitali made his announcement to retire on 9 November 2005.
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Although he and his wife are both citizens of Ukraine, his children are American citizens, as they were all born at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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Has three children with wife Natalia: Egor-Daniel Klitschko (b. 16 May 2000), Elizabeth-Victoria Klitschko (b. 23 November 2002), and Maxim Klitschko (b. 1 April 2005).
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He and his younger brother, Wladimir Klitschko, have protested and demonstrated in the Ukraine for democracy and for the re-vote election of Viktor Yushchenko.
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He and his brother, Wladimir, grew up as the sons of a helicopter pilot in the Soviet Union's armed forces.
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Speaks four languages: Russian, Ukrainian, German, and English.
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Lives mainly in Los Angeles, California, USA. He also has houses in Hamburg, Germany and Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Has a doctorate degree from Perevaslav-Khmelnitsky Teacher Training Institute (1996). His PhD is in Sport Science and Philosophy.
$65 Million
