Russia
- Khasan Baroyev – 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist, 2008 Olympic Silver Medalist
- Sazhid Sazhidov – 2004 Olympic Bronze Medalist
- Alexander Karelin – FILA Greatest Wrestler of 20th Century (Greco-Roman), 1988, 1992, 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist, 2000 Olympic Silver Medalist, 9 X World Champion. He lost 1 match in 13 years to Rulon Gardner.
- Buvaysa Saytiev – 1996, 2004, 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist and 5X World Champion
- Resanchev Valeri – 2X Olympic Gold Medalist, 5X World Champion
- Varteres Samourgachev – 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist, 2004 Olympic Bronze Medalist
- Makhach Murtazaliev – 2004 Olympic Bronze Medalist
- Mavlet Batirov – 2004, 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist
- Gouzel Maniourova – 2004 Olympic Silver Medalist
- Alan Dudaev – 2005 World Champion
- Khadjimourat Gatsalov – 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist
- Nazir Mankiev – 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist
- Islambek Albiev – 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist
- Aslanbek Khushtov – 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist
- Shirvani Muradov – 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist
- Mourad Oumakhanov – 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist
- Adam Saitiev – 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist
- Sagid Murtazaliev – 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist
- David Musulbes – 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist
- Murat Kardanov – 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist
- Alexei Michine – 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist
- Khadzhimurad Magomedov – 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist
- Vadim Bogiyev – 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist
- See USSR for all pre-1988 wrestlers in the Russian/USSR region.
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Famous quotes containing the word russia:
“How can I explain the difference to me between America and Russia?... the America I’ve known is a place where men on horseback escort union marchers, the Russia I’ve known is a place where men on horseback slaughter young Socialists and Jews.”
—Golda Meir (1898–1978)
“In Russia there is an emigration of intelligence: émigrés cross the frontier in order to read and to write good books. But in doing so they contribute to making their fatherland, abandoned by spirit, into the gaping jaws of Asia that would like to swallow our little Europe.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“A fool may be a dangerous customer, but the fact of his having such a vulnerable top-end turns danger into a first-rate sport; and whatever defects the old administration in Russia had, it must be conceded that it possessed one outstanding virtue—a lack of brains.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)