Tamerlan Tagziev
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| Nationality | Canadian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | September 25, 1981 Beslan, Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Tamerlan Tagziev (born September 25, 1981)[1] is an Ossetian wrestler competing for Canada.
Career
Tagziev moved to Canada in 2009 and became a citizen in the same year.[1] He won a gold medal in the 86 kg freestyle at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.[2] He was given a four-year ban after testing positive for meldonium on August 29, 2016.[3]
References
- 1 2 "Tamerlan Tagziev". glasgow2014.com. Archived from the original on August 3, 2014.
- ↑ "Canada wins 2 more wrestling golds at Commonwealth Games". CBC Sports. July 31, 2014. Archived from the original on August 2, 2014. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
- ↑ "Canadian wrestler given 4-year ban for doping violation: Tamerlan Tagziev won gold at 2014 Commonwealth Games 6". CBC Sports. August 29, 2016. Archived from the original on August 30, 2016. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
External links
- Tamerlan Tagziev at United World Wrestling
- Tamerlan Tagziev at the International Wrestling Database
- Tamerlan Tagziev at Team Canada
- Tamerlan Tagziev at InterSportStats
- Tamerlan Tagziev at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
Categories:
- 1981 births
- Living people
- Canadian male sport wrestlers
- Pan American Games wrestlers for Canada
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada
- Pan American Games bronze medalists in wrestling
- Wrestlers at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Commonwealth Games wrestlers for Canada
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists in wrestling
- Wrestlers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Ossetian sportspeople
- Russian emigrants to Canada
- Naturalized citizens of Canada
- Doping cases in wrestling
- Canadian sportspeople in doping cases
- 21st-century Canadian sportsmen
- Canadian sport wrestler stubs