Vitaly Klichko:

"Boxing is our life, but our life is not just boxing"

Everybody laughed when Vitali Klichko, as a little boy, said that he would be one day be world famous. But years passed by and this came true. On November 11 1999 his name entered into the "Guinness Book of Records" as the first European Super Heavyweight World Champion to win 26 bouts by knockout, needing the least number of rounds. Vitali even surpassed "Iron Mike" Tyson with that achievement. Then he won the European and Intercontinental titles, and became the WBO World Champion. And his career is not finished yet. Moreover, Vitali has PhD in philosophy.

Vladimir Klichko:
"Our Life is not confined to the Ropes of a boxing Ring."

Vladimir was not lagging behind his elder brother in any respect. In 1996 he won Super Heavyweight champion title at the Olympic games in Atlanta, USA. The next tittles he won include European Champion, WBA Intercontinental Champion, WBC Intercontinental Champion, and, finally, WBO World Champion. To this list one should add PhD in Physical Training and Sport.

Currently brothers are preparing for new fights with and are seriously thinking of continuing their studies for their Doctor's degree. Evander Holyfield, Lennox Lewis, and Mike Tyson are waiting for them…

Andriy Shevchenko.

Born 1976 in Kyiv. Currently one of the top soccer players in the world.. Shevchenko's first appearance in BIG football happened in the winter of 1993. He became the best scorer for Dynamo-2 (farm club of DK) with 12 goals. Then he was invited to Ukrainian Olympic team and appeared in the main Dynamo Kyiv roster. Now Andriy is playing for Milan (Italy) after receiving a multi million dollar contract His titles include: Ukrainian Gold (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999), Ukrainian Cup (1996, 1998, 1999), Ukrainian Footballer of the Year (1997, 1999, 2000, 2001) Ukrainian League Top Scorer (1999), Italian Bronze (2000) Serie A Top Scorer (2000).

Sergey Bubka.

The Ukrainian pole vault who won numerous championships, including the Olympic gold in 1988 and most recently the 1995 world championship. He holds the indoor and outdoor world records and is the only person to have cleared 20 feet. He has set 35 world records (18 indoor, 17 outdoor), a feat still unmatched by any person in any kind of sport. And though he has already retired from sport his records remain unbeaten.

Ruslan Ponomariov.

Current world chess champion.
He took part in the first international competition (World Championship U-12) at the age of 10 and was the third. One year later he won the Championship U-12. After a number of successive victories in 1998, at age 14, he became the youngest Grand Master in history (in 2002 this record was beaten by another Ukrainian, 12-years-old Serhiy Karyakin). On January 23, 2002, he won the FIDE World Championship and became the youngest world champion in chess history (at age 18). Some experts say that it seems to be the beginning of a new era in chess, where new young players are taking over at the top.