Elbrus Tedeyev

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'''Elbrus Soslanovych Tedeyev''' ({{langx|uk|Ельбрус Сосланович Тедеєв}}; born December 5, 1974) is a Ukrainian wrestler.

==Career== He is an Olympic champion; he became a citizen of Ukraine in 1993.<ref name=liga/> He won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.<ref name=db-ol2004-wrestling>[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=26&sp=WRE "2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Wrestling"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070828211942/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=26&sp=WRE |date=2007-08-28 }} – ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 17, 2008)</ref> 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<ref name=liga>{{in lang|ru}} [http://file.liga.net/person/222.html Эльбрус Тедеев], file.liga.net</ref> and again in 2012.<ref>{{in lang|uk}}[https://archive.today/20121220045125/http://pda.korrespondent.net/ua/worldabus/1394500 Московский комсомолец:Рада як ніколи ''Moskovsky Komsomolets:Council as ever''], Korrespondent.net (13 September 2012)</ref>

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{{Olympic Champions freestyle wrestling lightweight}} {{World Champions freestyle wrestling featherweight}} {{World Champions freestyle wrestling lightweight}} {{European Champions freestyle wrestling featherweight}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tedeyev, Elbrus}} Category:1974 births Category:Living people Category:People from Prigorodny District, North Ossetia–Alania Category:Russian people of Ossetian descent Category:Ukrainian people of Ossetian descent Category:Ossetian freestyle wrestlers Category:Russian emigrants to Ukraine Category:Naturalized citizens of Ukraine Category:Olympic wrestlers for Ukraine Category:Wrestlers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Category:Wrestlers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Category:Ukrainian male sport wrestlers Category:Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic gold medalists for Ukraine Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Ukraine Category:Olympic medalists in wrestling Category:Fifth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada Category:Sixth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada Category:Seventh convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada Category:Independent politicians in Ukraine Category:Party of Regions politicians Category:Ukrainian sportsperson-politicians Category:Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Category:Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Category:Sportspeople from North Ossetia–Alania Category:Recipients of the Honorary Diploma of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Category:World Wrestling Champions