Taimuraz Tigiyev
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 15 January 1982 |
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Kazakhstan |
| Sport | Freestyle wrestling |
Weight class | 96 kg |
Medal record | |
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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 in the men's freestyle 96 kg event.[1] In 2016, he was stripped of his Olympic medal after a retest of his doping sample tested positive for steroids.[2]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's freestyle 96 kg event, he lost in the second round to Abdusalam Gadisov of Russia.[3]
References
- ↑ "Olympics on Yahoo Sports - News, Scores, Table, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 14 September 2008.
- ↑ "9 Olympians, including 6 medallists, caught for Beijing doping" Archived 23 July 2025 at the Wayback Machine. cbc.ca. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ↑ "IOC - International Olympic Committee | Olympics.com".
External links
- Taimuraz Tigiev at the International Wrestling Database
- Taimuraz Tigiyev at Olympics.com
- Taymuraz Tigiyev at Olympedia
- Taymuraz Tigiyev at InterSportStats
Categories:
- 1982 births
- Living people
- Kazakhstani male sport wrestlers
- Freestyle wrestlers
- Olympic wrestlers for Kazakhstan
- Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games wrestlers for Kazakhstan
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Kazakhstan
- Asian Games bronze medalists in wrestling
- Wrestlers at the 2006 Asian Games
- Wrestlers at the 2010 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
- Competitors stripped of Summer Olympics medals
- Doping cases in wrestling
- Kazakhstani sportspeople in doping cases
- Kazakhstani people of Ossetian descent
- Sport wrestlers from Vladikavkaz
- Kazakhstani sport wrestler stubs