Birth date and place
Born on 8 April 1982 in Karaganda.
PERSON
Gennadiy Golovkin
Athens 2004 silver medallist and world boxing champion. Heads Kazakhstan’s National Olympic Committee and World Boxing.
Archival source 20.10.2026
Biography from sources
Education
- E.A. Buketov Karaganda State University – faculties of physical education and sport, and economics.
- Honorary Doctor of KIMEP University.
Biography
Gennadiy Golovkin is a Kazakh boxer and sports administrator. He won the 2003 amateur world title and silver at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games.
As a professional middleweight, he held world titles with the WBA, WBC, IBF and IBO. He has headed Kazakhstan’s National Olympic Committee since 26 February 2024 and was elected President of World Boxing on 23 November 2025.
He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2026.
Career from source
- 2000 – world junior champion.
- 2002 – Asian Games champion.
- 2003 – amateur world champion.
- 2004 – Olympic silver medallist in Athens and Asian champion.
- WBA middleweight world champion in 2010–2018 and 2022–2023.
- IBF world champion in 2015–2018 and 2019–2023.
- IBO world champion in 2011–2018 and 2019–2023.
- WBC middleweight world champion in 2016–2018.
- 27 September 2017–15 September 2018 – ranked first on The Ring’s pound-for-pound list, according to his official NOC biography.
- 26 February 2024 – elected President of Kazakhstan’s National Olympic Committee.
- 23 November 2025 – elected President of World Boxing.
Awards from source
- Order of Kurmet – 2004.
- Order of Parasat – 2011.
- Order of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan – 2018.
- Order of Barys, first class – 2025.
- Medal for Distinguished Labour – 2002.
- International Boxing Hall of Fame – 2026.