List of Famous people born in Tyumen Oblast, Russia
Rakhim Chakhkiyev
Rakhim Ruslanovich Chakhkiev is a Russian former professional boxer who competed from 2009 to 2016. He held the IBO cruiserweight title in 2015, the European cruiserweight title in 2014, and challenged once for the WBC cruiserweight title in 2013. As an amateur he won a silver medal at the 2007 World Championships and gold at the 2008 Olympics, both in the heavyweight division.
Svetlana Sleptsova
Svetlana Yuryevna Sleptsova is a retired Russian biathlete. She is a member of the club CSKA. She is a three-time Junior World Champion and won the bronze medal in the mixed relay at the 2008 World Championships in Östersund. In 2009, she was part of the gold medal winning Russian women's relay team at the World Championships in Pyeongchang. Sleptsova is an Olympic champion in relay at Vancouver.
Artem Volvich
Artem Aleksandrovich Volvich is a Russian volleyball player, a member of Russia men's national volleyball team and Russian club VC Zenit-Kazan.
Yelena Terleyeva
Yelena Vladimirovna Terleyeva is a Russian singer, best known for her hit Sun. She was born in the family of a serviceman. Soon her family moved to Urengoy, where she spent her childhood. Because of that, she has a very strong and purposeful character. Her mother was a teacher of music, so Terleyeva followed her mother's example. At first she played piano, but a few years later she began to sing.
Maksim Khramtsov
Maksim Sergeyevich Khramtsov, sometimes spelled as Khramtcov, is a male Russian Taekwondo practitioner who won gold medals at the 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships.
Alexey Volkov
Alexey Anatolyevich Volkov is a Russian former biathlete.
Artur Naifonov
Artur Edikovich Naifonov. is a Russian freestyle wrestler of Ossetian descent. He is a three-time European Champion, having won in 2018, in 2020 and in 2021.
Alexander Moor
Aleksandr Viktorovich Moor, is a Russian politician who is currently the Governor of the Tyumen Oblast from 14 September 2018.
Dmitry Grigorenko
Dmitry Yuryevich Grigorenko is a Russian politician, who was elected as deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation and Chief of the Government Staff assumed office in January 2020.
Alexey Kunchenko
Alexey Andreevich Kunchenko is a Russian mixed martial artist (MMA) who competes in the welterweight division of PFL. Kunchenko was the former M-1 Global welterweight champion and competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).