Taimuraz Tigiyev
From Kazakhstan Encyclopedia
Taimuraz Tigiyev (born 15 January 1982 in Vladikavkaz) is a Russian-Kazakhstani wrestler from Moscow of 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>"9 Olympians, including 6 medallists, caught for Beijing doping". cbc.ca. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.</ref>
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>
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- 1982 births
- Living people
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- Olympic wrestlers of Kazakhstan
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- Asian Games medalists in wrestling
- Wrestlers at the 2006 Asian Games
- Wrestlers at the 2010 Asian Games
- Competitors stripped of Olympic medals
- Doping cases in wrestling
- Kazakhstani sportspeople in doping cases
- Russian expatriates in Kazakhstan
- People from Moscow
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Kazakhstan
