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Artur Taymazov

Artur Taymazov
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Personal information
Native name Артур Борисович Таймазов
Full name Artur Borisovich Taymazov
Ethnicity Ossetian
Born (1979-07-22) 22 July 1979 (age 37)
Nogir, North Ossetia
Residence Moscow, Russia
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 120 kg (260 lb)
Sport
Country Uzbekistan
Sport Wrestling
Event(s) Freestyle
Club Dynamo Tashkent
Coached by Salim Abduvaliev
Akhrol Ruziev
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012

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").


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