Not exactly. Within the world of the Baal HaTanya, a person who does a complete teshuva is considered a tzadik as a שם המושאל למי שזכה בדין– after a person is zoche badin, he is considered a tzaddik in this manner. But in terms of the actual inherent definition of a tzaddik, no, such a person would be considered a beinoni. He would only be considered a tzaddik if he has worked on himself to the point where he has destroyed his yetzer hara, or at least nullified it to the extent that it is בטל במיעוטו.
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