Soslan Tigiev, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Soslan Tigiev

Olympic wrestler

Date of Birth: 12-Oct-1983

Place of Birth: Vladikavkaz, Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, Russia

Profession: amateur wrestler

Nationality: Uzbekistan

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Soslan Tigiev (born October 12, 1983 in Vladikavkaz) is a Russian and Uzbekistani wrestler of Ossetian descent who competed in the freestyle 74 kg category.
He is the 2006 Asian Games bronze medalist.
Tigiev was initially awarded a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
His 2012 Olympic medal was stripped on November 7, 2012 after he tested positive for the banned stimulant methylhexaneamine.
He was stripped of his 2008 Olympic medal in 2016 after dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol) was found during retesting of his samples from Beijing.