Timur Taymazov

Tymur Taymazov (Russian/Ukrainian: Тимур Таймазов,Ossetian: Таймазты Барисы фырт Тимур, born 8 September 1970) is a former Ossetian-Ukrainian weightlifter, Olympic champion and two time World Champion.

Tymur Taymazov
Personal information
Born8 September 1970 (1970-09-08) (age 53)
Medal record
Men's Weightlifting
Representing  Ukraine
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1996 Atlanta– 108 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1993 Melbourne– 108 kg
Gold medal – first place1994 Istanbul– 108 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place1993 Sofia– 108 kg
Gold medal – first place1994 Sokolov– 108 kg
Representing the  Unified Team
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place1992 Barcelona– 100 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place1992 Szekszard– 100 kg

He was born in Nogir, North Ossetia. Taymazov has a younger brother, Artur, who was also 2004 Olympic Champion in freestyle wrestling 120 kg weight category, but had gold medals for 2008 and 2012 withdrawn for doping offences.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.

Career

Olympics

He received a silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.[1]

He participated in the 1996 Summer Olympics after taking a break year long break in 1995.[2] After the snatch portion of the competition, he was in third place behind Nicu Vlad (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,[3] bringing his total to 430.0 kg.[4]

Major results
Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
1992Spain Barcelona, Spain100 kg180.0185.0190.03217.5227.5227.53402.52nd place, silver medalist(s)
1996United States Atlanta, United States108 kg190.0195.0197.53227.5235.0240.01430.01st place, gold medalist(s)

References
  1. "1992 Summer Olympics - Barcelona, Spain - Weightlifting" Archived 2007-08-27 at the Wayback Machine - databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 18, 2008).
  2. "Taimazov sets world and Olympic record in weightlifting". Ukrainian Weekly. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  3. "OLYMPIC RECORDS". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  4. "1996 Summer Olympics - Atlanta, United States - Weightlifting" Archived 2007-09-05 at the Wayback Machine - databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 18, 2008).
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