Timur Taymazov

Timur Taymazov
Personal information
Born September 8, 1970
Medal record
Men's Weightlifting
Competitor for  Ukraine
Olympic Games
Gold 1996 Atlanta – 110 kg
Competitor for the  Unified Team
Olympic Games
Silver 1992 Barcelona – 100 kg

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

He was born in Nogir, North Ossetia. Taymazov 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]

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).
1920–1948: +82.5 kg, 1952–1968: +90 kg, 1972–1976: 90–110 kg, 1980–1992: 100–110 kg, 1996: 99–108 kg, 2000–2008: 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: Yury Zaitsev • 1980: Leonid Taranenko • 1984: Norberto Oberburger • 1988: Yury Zakharevich • 1992: Ronny Weller • 1996: Timur Taymazov • 2000: Hossein Tavakkoli • 2004: Dmitry Berestov • 2008: Andrei Aramnau