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<div>'''Taimuraz Tigiyev''' (born 15 January 1982 in [[Vladikavkaz]]) is a [[Russia]]n-[[Kazakhstan]]i [[Sport wrestling|wrestler]] from [[Moscow]] of [[Ossetians|Ossetian]] origin. He initially won a silver medal at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]].<ref>http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/olympics/athletes/taimuraz-tigiyev.html</ref> In 2016, he was stripped of his Olympic medal after a retest of his doping sample tested positive for steroids.<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/ioc-doping-olympians-beijing-1.3822355 "9 Olympians, including 6 medallists, caught for Beijing doping"]. cbc.ca. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.</ref><br />
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At the [[2012 Summer Olympics]], he lost in the second round to [[Abdusalam Gadisov]].<ref>http://www.olympic.org/olympic-results/london-2012/wrestling/freestyle-96-kg-m?sport=167983&games=2012/1&event=168087</ref><br />
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[[Category:1982 births]]<br />
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[[Category:Kazakhstani male sport wrestlers]]<br />
[[Category:Olympic wrestlers of Kazakhstan]]<br />
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[[Category:Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games medalists in wrestling]]<br />
[[Category:Wrestlers at the 2006 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Wrestlers at the 2010 Asian Games]]<br />
[[Category:Competitors stripped of Olympic medals]]<br />
[[Category:Doping cases in wrestling]]<br />
[[Category:Kazakhstani sportspeople in doping cases]]<br />
[[Category:Russian expatriates in Kazakhstan]]<br />
[[Category:People from Moscow]]<br />
[[Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for Kazakhstan]]<br />
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