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. In 2016, he was stripped of his Olympic medal after a retest of his doping sample tested positive for steroids."9 Olympians, including 6 medallists, caught for Beijing doping" . cbc.ca. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's freestyle 96 kg event, he lost in the second round to Abdusalam Gadisov of Russia.
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