Elbrus Tedeyev

Elbrus Tedeyev (born December 5, 1974, in Nogir, Prigorodny District, North Ossetian ASSR, Soviet Union) is a Ukrainian wrestler and Olympic champion; he became a citizen of Ukraine in 1993. He won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He is a three-time world champion and the brother of Dzhambolat Tedeyev, who also represented Ukraine.

Tedeyev became People's Deputy of Ukraine in 2006 as an independent politician on the party list of Party of Regions, he was reelected on this list during early parliamentary elections in 2007 and again in 2012.

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1974 births

Living people

People from Prigorodny District, North Ossetia–Alania

Russian people of Ossetian descent

Ukrainian people of Ossetian descent

Ossetian people

Russian emigrants to Ukraine

Naturalized citizens of Ukraine

Olympic wrestlers for Ukraine

Wrestlers at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Wrestlers at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Ukrainian male sport wrestlers

Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Olympic gold medalists for Ukraine

Olympic bronze medalists for Ukraine

Olympic medalists in wrestling

Fifth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada

Sixth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada

Seventh convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada

Independent politicians in Ukraine

Party of Regions politicians

Ukrainian sportsperson-politicians

Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics

World Wrestling Championships medalists

Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Sportspeople from North Ossetia–Alania

Recipients of the Honorary Diploma of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine

World Wrestling Champions