Taimuraz Tigiyev

Taimuraz Wasnojewitsch Tigijew (Russian Таймураз Вазноевич Тигиев; born January 15, 1982 in Ordzhonikidze, Nordossetische ASSR, Russian SFSR, USSR ) is a Kazakh freestyle wrestler of Ossetian origin, which starts in the class to 96 kg ( heavyweight) for Kazakhstan. His younger brother Soslan Tigijew starts as a freestyle wrestler for Uzbekistan.

Tigijew made ​​her first appearance in 2001 when he finished second in the World Cup Ringer in Baltimore after the final defeat against the Iranian Alireza Heidari. In the same year he was third in the Junior World Championship in Tashkent. The Ringer 2003 World Cup in New York, he came in at number 14, at the Asian Games 2006 in Doha, he won the bronze medal.

2008 Tigijew could qualify for the Olympics. In Beijing, he won the silver medal after the final defeat against the Russians Schirwani Muradov.

Freestyle wrestling Summer Olympic Games Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics 2006 Asian Games North Ossetian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 2003 World Wrestling Championships
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