Taimuraz Vaznoevich Tigiev ( Ossetian. Tydzhity Vaznoyy firt Taimuraz ; born January 15, 1982 city of Vladikavkaz North Ossetia ) - freestyle wrestler from Ossetia, playing for Kazakhstan , champion of Russia (2003) and winner of the international tournament for prizes Alexander Medved in Minsk ( 2011 ). Honored Master of Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan .
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| Full name | Taimuraz Vaznoevich Tigiev |
| A country |  Russia →  Kazakhstan |
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| Trainers | Rubaev Igor , Kishiev Yuri Mikhailovich |
| Height | 185 cm |
| The weight | 96 kg |
The younger brothers are also fighters - Soslan Tigiev and Batraz Tigiev .
Biography
Born January 15, 1982 in the city of Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia. From an early age he began to engage in freestyle wrestling in Vladikavkaz. He trained with Igor Rubaev and Yuri Kishiev . In 2001, at the World Cup in Baltimore he became second, at the Russian Championship in Moscow - second, and at the World Junior Championships in Tashkent - third. In 2003, became the champion of Russia in Cherkessk. In 2004, became the second at the Russian Championship in St. Petersburg. Since 2006 he has been playing for Kazakhstan and in the same year he became the bronze medalist of the Asian Games in Doha . In 2008, he won the silver medal at the Beijing Summer Olympics . In 2011, he won the international tournament for the prizes of Alexander Medved in Minsk and the second at the XVII Kiev International Tournament in Kiev . In 2012, she became the silver medalist of the Black Sea international tournament in Odessa , and also participated in the Summer Olympic Games in London and took 14th place.
On October 19, 2016, the International Olympic Committee, according to the results of a doping test that tested positive for Dehydrochlormethyltestosteron, deprived Taymuraz of the “silver medal” of the 2008 Summer Olympics [1] .
Sporting Achievements
- Champion of Russia in Cherkessk (2003)
- Winner of the international tournament for the prizes of Alexander Medved in Minsk ( 2011 )
Notes
- ↑ IOC SANCTIONS EIGHT ATHLETES FOR FAILING ANTI-DOPING TEST AT LONDON 2012 . "IOC". Date of treatment October 19, 2016. Archived November 2, 2016.
Links
- Taimuraz Tigiev - Olympic statistics at Sports-Reference.com
- Taimuraz Tigiev - profile on the International Wrestling Database website