Tymur Taimazov

Tymur Taimazov
Personal information
Surname:	Tymur Taimazov
Nationality:	Ukraine
Date of birth:	September 8, 1970
Place of birth:	Nogir
Medal table

Tymur Boryssowytsch Tajmasow ( Ukrainian / Russian Тимур Борисович Таймазов , Russian transcription Timur Borissowitsch Taimasow ; born September 8, 1970 in Nogir , North Ossetian ASSR , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union ) is a former Russian- Ukrainian weightlifter of origin.

Career

Tajmasow entered the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona under the flag of the United Team in the class up to 100 kg and won silver with a duel of 402.5 kg.

With the introduction of the new weight classes in 1993, Tajmasow switched to the class up to 108 kg and won the European championship that year with 427.5 kg in a duel before Ronny Weller with 420 kg. Tajmasow, who meanwhile started for Ukraine , also won silver in snatching and bronze in pushing. At the World Cup in the same year he was able to live up to his role as a favorite and won gold in a duel from Stefan Botew , who started for Australia , and in the snatch, as well as bronze in the jerk. At the European Championships in 1994 in Sokolov, Tajmasow increased his performance to 430 kg, consisting of 195 kg in snatching and 235 kg in pushing, and won gold three times. He was even able to increase this performance by 5 kg at the World Cup in Istanbul and won gold three times again.

At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta , Tajmasow confirmed his performance again and won Olympic gold with 430 kg in a duel in front of the second-placed Russian Sergei Syrzow with 420 kg and Nicu Vlad with 420 kg as well.

Others

• Tajmasow set 6 world records during his career and was world record holder in all three disciplines in the class up to 108 kg until it was abolished .
• Timur Tajmasow is the brother of Artur Taymazov , two-time Olympic champion in freestyle wrestling.

Top performances

• Tear: 200.0 kg in the class up to 108 kg in 1994 in Istanbul.
• Bump: 236.0 kg in the 108 kg class in Atlanta in 1996.
• Duel: 435.0 kg in the class up to 108 kg in 1994 in Istanbul.

Web links

• Tymur Tajmasow in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Portrait on chidlovski.net
• Tymur Tajmasow at the Institute for Applied Training Science

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Timur Taymazov on Ossetians.com
2. ↑ Artur Taymazov in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on September 3, 2018.