Tamerlan Tagziev
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| Nationality | Canadian | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 September 1981 Beslan, Russia | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||
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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 29 August 2016.[3]
References
- ^ a b Glasgow 2014 profile
- ^ "Canada wins 2 more wrestling golds at Commonwealth Games". CBC Sports. 31 July 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
- ^ Canadian wrestler given 4-year ban for doping violation
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- 1981 births
- Living people
- Wrestlers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada
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- Naturalized citizens of Canada
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- Canadian sportspeople in doping cases
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- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada
- Commonwealth Games medallists in wrestling
- Pan American Games medalists in wrestling
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