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 1969-1977.
He served as the president of the Comite International des Sports des Sourds (International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (ICSD), in English) from 2013-2018.
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.
He was later replaced by Australian Rebecca Adam as ICSD President on 1 August 2018 which created further controversy in the Deaf sports world.