Elbrus Tedeyev (born December 5, 1974, in Nogir, Prigorodny District, North Ossetian ASSR,

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) is a

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and Olympic champion; he became a citizen of Ukraine in 1993. He won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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."2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Wrestling"
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and the brother of

Dzhambolat Tedeyev Dzhambolat Ilyich Tedeyev ( os, Тедеты Ильяйы фырт Дзамболат, Tedety Iljajy fyrt Dzambolat; russian: Дзамбола́т Ильи́ч Теде́ев) born 23 August 1968) is a Russian People's Deputy of Ukraine People's, branded as ''People's Viennaline'' until May 2018, and legally ''Altenrhein Luftfahrt GmbH'', is an Austrian airline headquartered in Vienna. It operates scheduled and charter passenger flights mainly from its base at St. Gallen-Alte ...

in 2006 as an independent politician on the party list of

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, he was reelected on this list during early parliamentary elections in 2007Эльбрус Тедеев
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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 {{Ukraine-wrestling-bio-stub