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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.
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| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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Tamerlan Tagziev (born September 25, 1981) [1] is an Ossetian wrestler competing for Canada.
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]
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