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Native name | Артур Борисович Таймазов | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Artur Borisovich Taymazov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ethnicity | Ossetian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Nogir, North Ossetia |
22 July 1979 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Moscow, Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 120 kg (260 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Uzbekistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Dynamo Tashkent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by |
Salim Abduvaliev Akhrol Ruziev |
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Olympic finals | 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Artur Taymazov (Ossetian: Таймазты Барисы фырт Артур; Russian: Артур Борисович Таймазов; born 20 July 1979) is an Ossetian-Uzbek-Russian wrestler and politician. He is Uzbekistan's most decorated Olympian. In 2016, he was elected to the 7th State Duma of the Russian Federation representing United Russia.
In childhood, he was doing weightlifting but when he turned 11, a freestyle wrestling club opened in his village and he decided to wrestle. His older brother Tymur Taymazov was a 1996 Olympic Games champion in weightlifting, competing for Ukraine.
Making his Olympic debut in Sydney in 2000, he won Uzbekistan's first Olympic wrestling medal in the 130 kg weight class, losing to Russian David Musul'bes in the final.
In the 2004 Games in Athens he became Uzbekistan's first multiple-medalist after winning gold in the 120 kg weight class.
He successfully defended his 120 kg title in Beijing four years later, this time defeating Musul'bes in the semifinals, winning 3–0, 1–0 in the final against Russian Bakhtiyar Akhmedov. After his second olympic title in Beijing, he was honored in his country by the Buyuk Hizmatlari Uchun Order ("For Outstanding Services").