Elbrus Tedeyev

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

Elbrus Tedeyev
Personal information
Birth nameЭльбрус Тедеев
Nationality Ukraine
Born (1974-12-05) December 5, 1974
Nogir, Prigorodny District, North Ossetian ASSR, Soviet Union
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
Country Ukraine
SportWrestling
Weight class62-63-66 kg
Event(s)Freestyle
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Ukraine
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens 66kg
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta 62kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Tehran 66 kg
Gold medal – first place 1999 Ankara 63 kg
Gold medal – first place 1995 Atlanta 62 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Sofia 63 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place1999 Minsk63 kg
Silver medal – second place2004 Ankara66 kg
Silver medal – second place2003 Riga66 kg
Silver medal – second place1997 Warsaw63 kg
Bronze medal – third place1998 Bratislava63 kg

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]

References
  1. Official website of Elbrus Tedeyev Archived 2012-09-23 at the Wayback Machine
  2. (in Russian) Эльбрус Тедеев, file.liga.net
  3. "2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Wrestling" Archived 2007-08-28 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 17, 2008)
  4. (in Ukrainian)Московский комсомолец:Рада як ніколи Moskovsky Komsomolets:Council as ever, Korrespondent.net (13 September 2012)


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