Remembering
their childhood, Vitali and Wladimir consider it a happy one. It couldn't have
been otherwise.
They were wild, played football, moved from one city to another, changed
schools, dreamed but never knew that in near future Wladimir would become the
Olympic champion, and that Vitali's name would be added to the Guinness World
Records book; that they would become world boxing champions, doctorate
graduates, authors of best-selling book Our Fitness, presidents of the
international fund "Sports - XXI century," representatives of UNESCO in support
of its program "education for children in need"; that they would be in a
Hollywood movie Ocean Eleven, have their own line of clothes, assist with
improving relations between Ukraine and Germany, work with world famous company
HUGO BOSS; that they'll travel all over the world, become guests of honor at
the "Monte-Carlo World Music Awards" and "Echo"; that among their friends would
be Bill Clinton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Julia Roberts,
George Clooney, Michael Schumacher, Bon Jovi, Brad Pitt, Giorgio Armani,
Mohammed Ali:
And all this before their thirties. What will happen next?
BEGINNING
Vitali Klitschko was born on July 19, 1971 in Belovodsk settlement
(Kyrghyzstan).
Wladimir Klitschko - on March 25, 1976 in Semipalatinsk (Kazakhstan).
Father - Wladimir Rodionovich - colonel of Air Force.
Mother - Nadezhda Ulyanovna - attendant.
Together with parents, Klitschko brothers have traveled all over the former
USSR.
In 1985 they moved to Ukraine.
Childhood
playful fights and wrestling gradually developed into serious hobbies of
kickboxing for Vitali and boxing for Wladimir.
In rather short time, Vitali achieved significant successes - becoming sixfold
world kickboxing champion (two times as armature and four times as
professional), three-time Ukrainian heavyweight champion in boxing, champion of
the 1st World Military Games (Italy, 1995), and silver medallist in the World
Boxing Championship.
Wladimir this whole time kept up with the older brother. Already at the age of
seventeen he became the champion of Europe among juniors, a five time boxing
champion of Ukraine, Champion of the 1st World Military Games (-91kg), and the
silver medallist of European Championship.
His greatest achievement during amateur career - a gold medal and the rank of
boxing champion in a super heavyweight division during the Olympic games of
1996 in Atlanta.
For his victory, Wladimir has awarded medal "for courage" by the Ukrainian
president Leonid Kuchma.
Vitali and Wladimir have a strong brotherly bond, yet there is a constant
competition between them, which motivates them for more victories and bigger
achievements. Probably that's the reason for their success.
Remembering
their childhood, Vitali and Wladimir consider it a happy one. It couldn't have
been otherwise.
They were wild, played football, moved from one city to another, changed
schools, dreamed but never knew that in near future Wladimir would become the
Olympic champion, and that Vitali's name would be added to the Guinness World
Records book; that they would become world boxing champions, doctorate
graduates, authors of best-selling book Our Fitness, presidents of the
international fund "Sports - XXI century," representatives of UNESCO in support
of its program "education for children in need"; that they would be in a
Hollywood movie Ocean Eleven, have their own line of clothes, assist with
improving relations between Ukraine and Germany, work with world famous company
HUGO BOSS; that they'll travel all over the world, become guests of honor at
the "Monte-Carlo World Music Awards" and "Echo"; that among their friends would
be Bill Clinton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Julia Roberts,
George Clooney, Michael Schumacher, Bon Jovi, Brad Pitt, Giorgio Armani,
Mohammed Ali:
Childhood
playful fights and wrestling gradually developed into serious hobbies of
kickboxing for Vitali and boxing for Wladimir.
In rather short time, Vitali achieved significant successes - becoming sixfold
world kickboxing champion (two times as armature and four times as
professional), three-time Ukrainian heavyweight champion in boxing, champion of
the 1st World Military Games (Italy, 1995), and silver medallist in the World
Boxing Championship.
His greatest achievement during amateur career - a gold medal and the rank of
boxing champion in a super heavyweight division during the Olympic games of
1996 in Atlanta.
