Global InformationValery Rukhledev information
Valery Rukhledev | |
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| 9th President of Comite International des Sports des Sourds | |
| In office 13 July 2013 [1] – 31 July 2018 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 January 1948 Rybinsky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia |
| Medal record | ||
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Representing  Soviet Union
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| Deaflympics – men's wrestling | ||
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1969 Belgrade | freestyle-middleweight |
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1969 Belgrade | Greco-Roman – middleweight |
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1973 Malmo | freestyle-light heavyweight |
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1973 Malmo | Greco-Roman – light heavyweight |
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1977 Bucharest | freestyle- heavyweight |
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1977 Bucharest | Greco-Roman – heavyweight |
Valery Nikititch Rukhledev (born 18 January 1948) is a Russian sports activist. He is also a 6 time gold medalist in wrestling for the Soviet Union at the Deaflympics from 1969 to 1977. He served as the president of the Comite International des Sports des Sourds (International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (ICSD), in English) from 2013 to 2018.[1][2] He retired from the position as President of ICSD on 31 July 2018 after being charged on embezzlement charges in a corruption scandal, in which he was accused of embezzling $803,800 from the All-Russian Society of the Deaf.[3] He was later replaced by Australian Rebecca Adam as ICSD President on 1 August 2018 which created further controversy in the Deaf sports world.[4][5]
- ^ "ICSD | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
- ^ "Deaflympics 2017 Samsun". deaflympics2017.org (in Turkish). Retrieved 1 November 2017.
- ^ "President of All-Russian Society of the Deaf arrested for embezzlement". en.crimerussia.com. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ "Deaf sports crisis deepens after almost 50 countries oppose appointment of new ICSD President". insidethegames.biz. 1 August 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ "ICSD (Deaflympics) Board Presidential Coup "Unacceptable" AccordingTo ICSD Members". aroundtherings.com. Retrieved 1 January 2019.