Timur Taymazov

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Timur Taymazov

Personal information

Born

September 8, 1970

Medal record

Men's Weightlifting
Competitor for Ukraine
Olympic Games
Gold	1996 Atlanta	– 108 kg
World Championships
Gold	1993 Melbourne	– 108 kg
Gold	1994 Istanbul	– 108 kg
European Championships
Gold	1993 Sofia	– 108 kg
Gold	1994 Sokolov	– 108 kg
Competitor for the Unified Team
Olympic Games
Silver	1992 Barcelona	– 100 kg
European Championships
Gold	1992 Szekszard	– 100 kg

Timur Taymazov (Russian/Ukrainian: Тимур Таймазов,Ossetian: Таймазты Барисы фырт Тимур, born September 8, 1970) is a Ukrainian weightlifter of Ossetian origin, and Olympic champion.

He was born in Nogir, North Ossetia. Taymazov has a younger brother, Artur, who is also 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympic Champion in freestyle wrestling 120kg weight category. Timur is a member of the Central Sports Club of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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

↑ "1996 Summer Olympics - Atlanta, United States - Weightlifting" - databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 18, 2008).
↑ "1992 Summer Olympics - Barcelona, Spain - Weightlifting" - databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 18, 2008).

v t e 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, 2000–2008: 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 2012: Oleksiy Torokhtiy

Persondata
Name	Taymazov, Timur
Alternative names
Short description	Weightlifter
Date of birth	September 8, 1970
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Date of death
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