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Arsen Galstyan
Arsen Galstyan (Арсен Жораевич Галстян), Russian judoka born 1989 in Armenia; Olympic gold, men's −60 kg, London 2012, Russia's first gold there and first Russian judo gold in 32 years; later head coach of Russia's men's team.
Beslan Mudranov
Beslan Mudranov (Беслан Мудранов), born 1986, is a retired Russian judoka who won the 60 kg gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics, Russia's first medal there.
Davit Khakhaleishvili
Davit Khakhaleishvili (დავით ხახალეიშვილი), Georgian heavyweight judoka, 1971-2021; Olympic +95 kg gold at Barcelona 1992 for the Unified Team, beating Naoya Ogawa; three European titles; disqualified at Atlanta 1996 for missing the weigh-in.
Ihar Makarau
Ihar Makarau (Ігар Віктаравіч Макараў), Belarusian judoka born 1979 in Homel; Olympic gold in men's 100 kg at Athens 2004, equal fifth at +100 kg in London 2012, world bronze 2003, European champion 2010.
Irakli Tsirekidze
Irakli Tsirekidze (ირაკლი ცირეკიძე) is a Georgian judoka, born in 1982 in Kutaisi, who won the men's middleweight gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics after taking the 2007 world title.
Khasan Khalmurzayev
Khasan Khalmurzayev (Хасан Магометович Халмурзаев), Russian judoka born 1993 in Nazran, 2016 Olympic champion at -81 kg, 2010 Youth Olympic silver medalist, European champion, retired 2025.
Mansur Isayev
Mansur Isayev (Мансур Мустафаевич Исаев), Russian judoka born 1986 in Kizilyurt, Dagestan; Olympic gold medalist in men's 73 kg judo at London 2012, beating world champion Riki Nakaya; 2009 world bronze medalist; retired 2017.
Nikolay Solodukhin
Nikolay Ivanovich Solodukhin (Николай Иванович Солодухин), Soviet judoka born 1955 in Paserkovo, Kursk Oblast; 1980 Moscow Olympic half-lightweight (65 kg) champion, world champion 1979 and 1983, European champion 1979, later a Kursk police colonel.
Sergey Novikov
Sergey Petrovich Novikov (Сергей Петрович Новиков), Soviet judoka (1949-2021): 1976 Montreal Olympic heavyweight (>93 kg) gold, 1975 world silver, three European judo titles, later founder and head of Unifight.
Shota Khabareli
Shota Khabareli (შოთა ხაბარელი), born 1958, Georgian judoka for the USSR; Olympic gold in half-middleweight (−78 kg) at Moscow 1980, world bronze 1983, namesake of the obi tori gaeshi throw called the "Khabareli," later Georgian national coach and member of parliament.
Tagir Khaybulayev
Tagir Khaybulayev (Тагир Хайбулаев), born 1984 in Kizilyurt, Dagestan, is a Russian judoka, Yavara-Neva St. Petersburg club, who won Olympic gold at London 2012 and the 2011 Paris world title in the under-100 kg half-heavyweight division.
Vladimir Nevzorov
Vladimir Nevzorov (Владимир Михайлович Невзоров), born 1952 in Maykop, Soviet judoka and sambo competitor; first Soviet world judo champion (Vienna 1975) and 1976 Montreal Olympic gold medalist at -70 kg.
Zurab Zviadauri
Zurab Zviadauri (ზურაბ ზვიადაური), Georgian judoka born 1981 in Akhmeta; 90 kg middleweight gold at Athens 2004, first Olympic champion of independent Georgia; later Georgian Dream MP and criminal defendant.