Tamerlan Tagziev (born September 25, 1981) is an Ossetian

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competing for

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Career

Tagziev moved to Canada in 2009 and became a citizen in the same year. He won a gold medal in the 86 kg freestyle at the

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. He was given a four-year ban after testing positive for

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on 29 August 2016.Canadian wrestler given 4-year ban for doping violation
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1981 births Living people Ossetian sportspeople Wrestlers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games gold medallists in wrestling Russian emigrants to Canada Naturalized citizens of Canada Doping cases in wrestling Canadian sportspeople in doping cases Canadian male sport wrestlers Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Pan American Games wrestlers for Canada Pan American Games bronze medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games 21st-century Canadian sportsmen {{Canada-wrestling-bio-stub