Soslan Tigiyev

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Soslan Tigiyev ( Uzbek Soslan Tigiyev ; born October 12, 1983 in Tashkent ) is an Uzbek wrestler of Ossetian origin. He won at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing a silver medal and the Olympic Games 2012 in London , a bronze medal in welterweight freestyle. Because of proven doping, he was stripped of one Olympic medal acquired in 2008 and one in 2012.

Career

Soslan Tigiyev started wrestling at the age of nine in 1992, focusing on the free style. He comes from an Ossetian wrestling family. His brother Taimuras won a silver medal in free style light heavyweight at the 2008 Olympics . Soslan Tigiyev trains in the Uzbek wrestling center in Tashkent. His coach is Kazbeg Dedegkaev. The 1.72 meter tall athlete starts in the world or middleweight division . He studied agricultural science at the Gorsky State University in Vladikavkaz .

In the junior sector, he did not compete in any international championships. With the seniors he started for the first time in 2005 at such championships. He finished second behind the Chinese Si Riguleng at the Asian championship in Wuhan in welterweight . At the World Championships that year in Budapest he came in the welterweight division after victories over Harutjun Jenokjan, Armenia and Jussup Abdussalomow , Tajikistan and a loss to Joe E. Williams from the United States in 8th place.

In 2006 Soslan Tigiyev took 3rd place at the Asian Games in Doha in welterweight behind Ashgar Ali Basrighaleh from Iran and Cho Byung-kwan from South Korea . At the World Championships this year in Guangzhou , he was able to fully convince. There he defeated Sombir from India , but lost in his second fight against his Ossetian compatriot Ibrahim Aldatow , who started for the Ukraine . Then he won a bronze medal with victories over Lee Armstrong, Australia , Krystian Brzozowski from Poland and Michail Ganew from Bulgaria. Also in 2007 he started again at the World Cup. But he came in Baku after a victory over Andriy Shyyka from Germany and a defeat against Murad Hajdarau from Belarus only on the 24th place.

In 2008 he won the welterweight tournament in Martigny / Switzerland in front of Ashgar Ali Basrighaleh, Krystian Brzozowski and Kiril Tersiew from Bulgaria . For the 2008 Beijing Olympics, he got in shape with the help of doping . His victories over Ștefan Gheorghiță ( Romania ), Emzarios Bedinidis ( Greece ), Murad Hajdarau (Belarus) and Buwaissar Saitijew (Russia) were therefore subsequently canceled.

In the years 2009 to 2011 Soslan Tigiyev started in no international championships. In 2012 he managed to beat his compatriot Raschid Kurbanow , who had already qualified for the Olympic Games. Tigiev drove again to London. His victories over Oleg Motsalin (Greece) Kiril Tersiew (Bulgaria) and Gábor Hatos ( Hungary ), which were also deleted from the Olympic lists in 2016, brought him a third place after a defeat against Sadegh Saeed Goudarzi (Iran).

Repeat doping offenders

In an in during the Olympic Games 2012 London taken doping test Tigiyev was the banned substance methylhexaneamine demonstrated the ill-gotten Olympic bronze medal was him then in November 2012 revoked . Follow-up tests in 2016 made it clear that the doping offender had already been doped at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. The silver medal acquired there was also revoked.

International success

year space competition Weight class Results
2005 5. World Cup in Tashkent Welter behind Iván Fundora , Cuba , Astur Schoutajew, Russia, Joe E. Williams, USA and Hadi Habibi, Iran
2005 2. Asian Championship in Wuhan Welter behind Si Riguleng, China , in front of Hadi Habibi and Rames B. Kumar, India
2005 8th. World Cup in Budapest Welter after victories over Harutjan Jenokjan, Armenia and Jussup Abdussalomow, Tajikistan
2006 3. World Cup in Guangzhou Welter after a victory over Sombir, India, a defeat against Ibrahim Aldatow and victories over Lee Armstrong, Australia, Krystian Brzozowski, Poland and Michail Ganew, Bulgaria
2006 3. Asian Games in Doha Welter behind Asghar Ali Basrighaleh, Iran and Cho Byung-kwan, South Korea
2007 1. World Cup in Krasnoyarsk Welter before Denis Zargusch , Russia, Don Pritzlaff , USA and Dawit Akhalmasulishvili, Georgia
2007 24. World Cup in Baku Welter after a victory over Andriy Shyyka, Germany and a defeat against Murad Hajdarau, Belarus
2008 1. Olympic qualification tournament in Martigny / Switzerland Welter before Ashgar Ali Basrighaleh, Krystian Brzozowski and Kiril Tersiew, Bulgaria
2009 1. Golden Grand Prix in Baku Welter before Irbek Farnijew , Russia, Çamsulvara Çamsulvarayev and Agil Gustijew, both Azerbaijan
2010 11. World Cup in Moscow medium Winner: Novruz Temrezov , Azerbaijan ahead of Jake Herbert , USA
2010 8th. Golden Grand Prix in Baku medium Winner: Novruz Temrezov ahead of Jake Herbert
2011 5. Ramasan Kadyrov Cup in Grozny medium behind Ansor Boltukayev, Russia, Gadschimurad Nurmagomedow, Armenia, Murad Ramasanow, Russia and Omar Machamedow, Belarus
2012 3. Intern. Tournament in Kiev Welter behind Alexander Gostijew, Russia and Andrew Howe, USA
2012 1. Black Sea tournament in Odessa Welter before Oleg Belozerkowski, Ukraine and Gia Tschikladze, Georgia

Legend:

  • all free style competitions
  • WM = World Championship
  • Welterweight, weight class up to 74 kg, middle weight, up to 84 kg body weight

swell

  • Trade journal Der Ringer
  • Foeldeak Wrestling Database website

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Russian silver winner doped from London , Spiegel Online, November 8, 2012
  2. ^ IOC sanctions nine athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008. International Olympic Committee , October 26, 2016, accessed on April 21, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Tigiyev, Soslan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Uzbek wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH October 12, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Tashkent