Taimuraz Tigiyev (born 15 January 1982 in

Vladikavkaz Vladikavkaz (russian: Владикавка́з, , os, Дзæуджыхъæу, translit=Dzæwdžyqæw, ;), formerly known as Ordzhonikidze () and Dzaudzhikau (), is the capital city of the North Ossetia-Alania, Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, Ru ...

) is a

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wrestler Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat sport ...

from

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of Ossetian origin. He initially won a silver medal at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

. In 2016, he was stripped of his Olympic medal after a retest of his doping sample tested positive for steroids. At the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, he lost in the second round to

Abdusalam Gadisov Abdusalam Mamatkhanovich Gadisov (born 26 March 1989) is a Russian freestyle wrestler. He competed in the freestyle 96 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics; after defeating Taimuraz Tigiyev in the qualification round, he was eliminated by Reza ...

of Russia.

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* 1982 births Living people Kazakhstani people of Ossetian descent Kazakhstani male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Kazakhstan Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 2006 Asian Games Wrestlers at the 2010 Asian Games Competitors stripped of Summer Olympics medals Doping cases in wrestling Kazakhstani sportspeople in doping cases Asian Games bronze medalists for Kazakhstan Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Sportspeople from Vladikavkaz {{Kazakhstan-wrestling-bio-stub