# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vassiliy-jirov
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:24:21.816Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vassiliy-jirov"
name: "Vassiliy Jirov"
slug: "vassiliy-jirov"
description: "Vassiliy Valeryevich Jirov, sometimes known as Vasily Zhirov, is a Kazakhstani former professional boxer who competed from 1997 to 2009, and held the IBF cruiserweight title from 1999 to 2003. As an amateur he won a gold medal at the 1996 Olympics, as well as consecutive bronzes at the 1993 and 1995 World Championships, all in the light heavyweight division."
tagline: "Kazakh boxer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vassiliy_Jirov_2005_stamp_of_Kazakhstan.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1974-04-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.38
  momentum:             2.579798863139484
  historical:           18.43690533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/vassiliyjirovtiger/"
    handle:    "vassiliyjirovtiger"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/VassiliyJirovBoxing"
    handle:    "VassiliyJirovBoxing"
sources:
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    title: "Жиров Василь Валерійович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%81"
    title: "فاسيلي جيروف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%81"
    title: "فاسيلى جيروف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasilij_%C5%BDirov"
    title: "Vasilij Žirov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wassili_Schirow"
    title: "Wassili Schirow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vassiliy_Jirov"
    title: "Vassiliy Jirov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vassiliy_Jirov"
    title: "Vassiliy Jirov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vassili_%C5%BDirov"
    title: "Vassili Žirov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C_%DA%98%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%81"
    title: "واسیلی ژیروف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vassiliy_Jirov"
    title: "Vassiliy Jirov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaszilij_Zsirov"
    title: "Vaszilij Zsirov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vassiliy_Jirov"
    title: "Vassiliy Jirov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasiliy_Jirov"
    title: "Vasiliy Jirov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AF%E3%82%B7%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%AD%E3%83%95"
    title: "ワシリー・ジロフ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_%D0%96%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2"
    title: "Василий Валерьевич Жиров"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "바실리 지로프"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasili_Zjirov"
    title: "Vasili Zjirov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasilij_Zjirov"
    title: "Vasilij Zjirov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasilij_%C5%BByrow"
    title: "Wasilij Żyrow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vassiliy_Jirov"
    title: "Vassiliy Jirov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%2C_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Жиров, Василий Валерьевич"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasilij_Dzjirov"
    title: "Vasilij Dzjirov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q729610"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump