Timur Taymazov

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Olympic medal record
Men's weightlifting
Competitor for Flag of Ukraine Ukraine
Gold 1996 Atlanta Heavyweight
Competitor for the  Unified Team
Silver 1992 Barcelona First Heavyweight

Timur Taymazov (Russian/Ukrainian: Тимур Таймазов, born September 8, 1970) is an Ukrainian weightlifter and Olympic champion.

He was born in Nogir, North Ossetia. Timur has a younger brother Artur who is also 2004 Olympic Champion in freestyle wrestling.

He won a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.[1] He received a silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Weightlifting" – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 18, 2008)
  2. ^ "1992 Summer Olympics – Barcelona, Spain – Weightlifting" – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 18, 2008)


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Olympic Champions in Weightlifting Heavyweight
1920-1948: +82.5 kg, 1952-1968: +90 kg, 1972+1976: 90-110 kg, 1980-1992: 100-110 kg, 1996: 99-108 kg, 2000+2004: 94-105 kg
1920: Filippo Bottino • 1924: Giuseppe Tonani • 1928: Josef Straßberger • 1932: Jaroslav Skobla • 1936: Josef Manger • 1948+1952: John Davis • 1956: Paul Anderson • 1960: Yury Vlasov • 1964+1968: Leonid Zhabotinsky • 1972: Jaan Talts • 1976: Yuri Zaitsev • 1980: Leonid Taranenko • 1984: Norberto Oberburger • 1988: Yury Zakharevitch • 1992: Ronny Weller • 1996: Timur Taymazov • 2000: Hossein Tavakoli • 2004: Dmitry Berestov


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