Dzhambolat Tedyev

Date of Birth: 23.08.1968

Place of Birth. Education.

Born in Tskhinvali (South Ossetia). He started practicing freestyle wrestling at the age of 11.

Sports Career.

Champion of the Soviet Union (1990). European Champion (1993). Competed in the Summer Olympics in Atlanta (USA) - finished fifth (1996). Competed in the weight category up to 90 kg.

Honored Master of Sports of Russia.

All related materials:

• In Amsterdam, Russian wrestlers were taken off the plane for refusing to wear masks.

Coaching Career.

Since 2001, he has served as the head coach of the Russian men's national wrestling team. Honored Coach of Russia.

In 2007, he was recognized as the best coach. Dzhambolat founded a wrestling school in Tskhinvali, from which candidates for the Russian men's national wrestling team emerged.

In February 2012, he resigned from the position of head coach of the Russian men's national wrestling team voluntarily.

On January 25, 2016, it was announced that Tedyev became the head coach of the Russian wrestling team.

Political Career.

In 2011, he attempted to run for the presidency of the unrecognized Republic of South Ossetia. The Central Election Commission of the Republic refused to register his candidacy, resulting in protests in Tskhinvali.

Later, Tedyev supported the candidacy of Alla Dzhioyeva.

Deputy of the Parliament of the RSO-Alania of the sixth convocation. Member of the Committee on Agricultural Policy, Land, Ecology and Natural Resources. Member of the faction "Patriots of Russia."

He held the military rank of major. Lives in Moscow.

Family.

Younger brother of businessman Ibragim Tedyev (murdered in 2006 at the Vladikavkaz restaurant “Alandon”).

Cousin - Elbrus Tedyev, former people's deputy of Ukraine from the Party of Regions.

23.08.2022.