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Taimuraz Tigiyev


2011 Worlds Freestyle 96kg Bronze - Jake Varner (USA) vs. Taimuraz Tigiyev (KAZ)


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

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he lost in the second round to Abdusalam Gadisov.

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