Tymur Taymazov (

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

/ ua, Тимур Таймазов, os, Таймазты Барисы фырт Тимур, born 8 September 1970) is a former Ossetian-

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

weightlifter Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with each athlete trying to successfully lif ...

, Olympic champion and two time World Champion. He was born in Nogir, North Ossetia. Taymazov has a younger brother,

Artur Artur is a cognate to the common male given name Arthur, meaning "bear-like," which is believed to possibly be descended from the Roman surname Artorius or the Celtic bear-goddess Artio or more probably from the Celtic word ''artos'' ("bear"). O ...

, who was also 2004 Olympic Champion in freestyle wrestling 120 kg weight category, but had gold medals for 2008 and 2012 withdrawn for doping offences. Timur is a member of the

Central Sports Club of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Central Sports Club of the Armed Forces of Ukraine ( uk, Центральний Спортивний Клуб Збройних Сил України, transliteration: ''Tsentralnyi Sportyvnyi Klub Zbroinykh Syl Ukrayiny'') or CSK ZSU ( uk, ЦСК ...

Career

Olympics

He received a silver medal at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

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."1992 Summer Olympics - Barcelona, Spain - Weightlifting"
- ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 18, 2008). He participated in the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

after taking a break year long break in 1995. After the snatch portion of the competition, he was in third place behind

Nicu Vlad Nicolae "Nicu" Vlad (born 1 November 1963) is a retired heavyweight weightlifter from Romania. He competed for Romania at the 1984, 1988, 1992 and 1996 Olympics and won a gold, a silver and a bronze medal. He won the world title in 1984, 1986 an ...

(by 2.5 kg) and Sergey Srystov (by bodyweight). In the clean & jerk portion of the competition Taymasov was the last lifter to attempt a lift, with his first lift of 227.5 kg being successful he moved into the lead. Srystov and Vlad were unable to make their next lifts and Taymasov had won. After clinching the gold medal, he attempted and successfully made a new Olympic Record clean & jerk of 235.0 kg, bringing his total to 430.0 kg."1996 Summer Olympics - Atlanta, United States - Weightlifting"
- ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 18, 2008).

Major results

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Taymazov, Timur 1970 births Living people People from Prigorodny District, North Ossetia–Alania Russian emigrants to Ukraine Ukrainian people of Ossetian descent Armed Forces sports society (Ukraine) athletes Soviet male weightlifters Ukrainian male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters of the Unified Team Olympic weightlifters of Ukraine Weightlifters at the 1992 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Ukraine Olympic silver medalists for the Unified Team Olympic medalists in weightlifting Ossetian people Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Naturalised citizens of Russia Sportspeople from North Ossetia–Alania European Weightlifting Championships medalists World Weightlifting Championships medalists