Timour Taimazov

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Timour Taimazov (Russian/{{langx|uk|Тимур Таймазов}},{{langx|os|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. Taimazov 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2004 Olympic Champion, in the sport- freestyle wrestling 120 kg weight category, but had gold medals for 2008 and 2012 withdrawn for doping offences. Timour is a member of the Central Sports Club of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Career

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He won a silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=23&sp=WEI "1992 Summer Olympics - Barcelona, Spain - Weightlifting"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070827095217/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=23&sp=WEI |date=2007-08-27 }} - databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 18, 2008).

He participated in the 1996 Summer Olympics after taking a year-long break in 1995.{{cite web|url=http://www.ukrweekly.com/old/archive/1996/319620.shtml|title=Taimazov sets world and Olympic record in weightlifting|work=Ukrainian Weekly|accessdate=19 March 2019}} After the snatch portion of the competition, he was in the 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, 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,{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2000-09-16-0009160245-story.html|title=OLYMPIC RECORDS|work=Chicago Tribune|date=16 September 2000 |accessdate=19 March 2019}} bringing his total to 430.0 kg.[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=24&sp=WEI "1996 Summer Olympics - Atlanta, United States - Weightlifting"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070905224256/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=24&sp=WEI |date=2007-09-05 }} - databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 18, 2008).

Major results

width=65 \| 1 ! width=65 \| 2 ! width=65 \| 3 ! width=45 \| Rank ! width=65 \| 1 ! width=65 \| 2 ! width=65 \| 3 ! width=45 \| Rank
class = "wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan=2 width=40 \| Year ! rowspan=2 width=250 \| Venue ! rowspan=2 width=60 \| Weight ! colspan=4 \| Snatch (kg) ! colspan=4 \| Clean & Jerk (kg) ! rowspan=2 width=65 \| Total ! rowspan=2 width=40 \| Rank
colspan=13\|Olympic Games
1992	align=left\| {{flag icon\|ESP}} Barcelona, Spain	100 kg	180.0	185.0	~~190.0~~	3	217.5	~~227.5~~	~~227.5~~	3	402.5	{{silver2}}
1996	align=left\| {{flag icon\|USA}} Atlanta, United States	108 kg	190.0	195.0	~~197.5~~	3	227.5	235.0	~~240.0~~	1	430.0	{{gold1}}