Timour Taimazov (

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/,, born 8 September, 1970) is a former Ossetian- Ukrainian

weightlifter Weightlifting or weight lifting generally refers to physical exercises and sports in which people lift weights, often in the form of dumbbells, barbells or machines. People engage in weightlifting for a variety of different reasons. These can ...

, Olympic champion and two-time World Champion. He was born in Nogir,

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. Taimazov has a younger brother,

Artur Artur is a cognate to the common male given name Arthur meaning "bear-like", or “of honour”. It is believed to possibly be descended from the Roman surname Artorius or the Celtic bear-goddess Artio or more probably from the Celtic word '' ...

, 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2004 Olympic Champion, in the sport- freestyle wrestling 120 kg weight category, but had gold medals for 2008 and 2012 withdrawn for doping offences. Timour is a member of the Central Sports Club of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Career

Olympics

He won a silver medal at the

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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 year-long break in 1995. After the ''snatch'' portion of the competition, he was in the 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, after which, 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) sportspeople in Ukraine Soviet male weightlifters Ukrainian male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for the Unified Team Olympic weightlifters for 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 sportspeople Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Naturalized citizens of Russia Sportspeople from North Ossetia–Alania European Weightlifting Championships medalists World Weightlifting Championships medalists