Elbrus Tedeyev

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Elbrus Tedeyev
El'brus Tedeev v rabochem kabinete.jpg
Personal information
Birth nameЭльбрус Тедеев
NationalityFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Born (1974-12-05) December 5, 1974 (age 50)
Nogir, Prigorodny District, North Ossetian ASSR, Soviet Union
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Sport Wrestling
Weight class62-63-66 kg
Event Freestyle
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Olympic Games
Olympic rings.svg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2004 Athens 66kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1996 Atlanta 62kg
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1995 Atlanta 62 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1999 Ankara 63 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2002 Tehran 66 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2001 Sofia 63 kg
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1999 Minsk63 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg1997 Warsaw63 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2003 Riga66 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2004 Ankara66 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg1998 Bratislava63 kg

Elbrus Tedeyev (born December 5, 1974, in Nogir, Prigorodny District, North Ossetian ASSR, [1] Soviet Union) is a Ukrainian wrestler.

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Career

He is an Olympic champion; he became a citizen of Ukraine in 1993. [2] He won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. [3] 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 [2] and again in 2012. [4]

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