Timur Taymazov

Tymur Taymazov
Personal information
Born8 September 1970 (1970-09-08) (age 54)
Medal record
Men's Weightlifting
Representing  Ukraine
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta – 108 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1993 Melbourne – 108 kg
Gold medal – first place 1994 Istanbul – 108 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1993 Sofia – 108 kg
Gold medal – first place 1994 Sokolov – 108 kg
Representing the  Unified Team
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona – 100 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1992 Szekszard – 100 kg

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.

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2004 Olympic Champion, in the sport- freestyle wrestling 120 kg weight category, but had gold medals for 2008 and 2012 withdrawn for doping offences.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