Vitali Klitschko

Vitali Klitschko is a Ukrainian former heavyweight boxing champion and politician who has served as mayor of Kyiv since 2014.

Wladimir Klitschko: Ukrainian former heavyweight boxer and Vitali Klitschko’s younger brother. The brothers both became heavyweight champions and later prominent figures in Ukraine.
Lennox Lewis vs. Vitali Klitschko: A heavyweight title fight in 2003 that Lewis won by technical knockout after six rounds. Klitschko’s controversial stoppage loss became one of his most remembered fights.
Soviet Union: A socialist state that existed across much of Eurasia from 1922 until its dissolution in 1991. Klitschko was born in the Soviet Union before Ukraine became independent.
Kyiv mayoral election, 2014: The election in which Vitali Klitschko won the mayoralty of Kyiv in 2014. This vote began his long tenure as the city’s elected mayor.
Kyiv: The capital and largest city of Ukraine, situated on the Dnipro River. As mayor, Klitschko represents and administers Ukraine’s capital.
Leonid Chernovetskyi: Ukrainian businessman and politician who served as mayor of Kyiv from 2006 to 2012. He held Kyiv’s mayoralty before Klitschko entered city leadership.
Vitali Klitschko vs. Corrie Sanders: A 2004 heavyweight title bout in which Klitschko stopped Sanders in the eighth round. The victory secured Klitschko’s first major world heavyweight title.
Belovodsk: A settlement in Kyrgyzstan where Vitali Klitschko was born in 1971. His birth there reflected his family’s life amid his father’s military service.
Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform: A Ukrainian political party founded by Vitali Klitschko in 2010. The party provided his political vehicle before and during his mayoral career.
Athlete-politicians: Public officials whose athletic careers contributed to their political visibility or careers. Klitschko is a prominent example of a champion boxer becoming an elected leader.

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Revolution of DignityRelated: He negotiated and spoke for the opposition during the confrontation with Yanukovych’s government.