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Birth Name: Zhan Vensanovych Beleniuk
Place of Birth: Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Kyiv, Ukraine)
Date of Birth: 24 January, 1991
Ethnicity: * father – Hutu Rwandan * mother – Ukrainian
Zhan Beleniuk is a Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler and politician. A member of the Servant of the People party, he has been a Member of the Ukrainian Parliament, since 29 August, 2019. He is the first Ukrainian deputy of African descent. He won the gold medal in the Greco-Roman 87 kg at the 2020 Summer Olympics, the silver medal in the Greco-Roman 85 kg at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and a bronze medal in the Greco-Roman 87 kg at the 2024 Summer Olympics. He is a three-time European champion, a two-time world champion, and a European Games champion.
He was born in Kyiv, to a Ukrainian mother, Svitlana, and a Rwandan father, from the Hutu ethnic group, Vincent Ndagijimana, who was a pilot. His father died in Rwanda when he was ten.
Source: https://www.kyivpost.com