Name Artur Taymazov Sport Wrestling Weight 120 kg | Height 1.90 m Residence Tashkent, Uzbekistan Role Olympian Siblings Timur Taymazov | |
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Native name artur Borisovich Taimazov Full name Artur Borisovich Taymazov Born July 22, 1979 (age 45) ( 1979-07-22 ) North Ossetia Children Arsen Taymazov, Kamila Taymazova Similar People David Musulbes, Bilyal Makhov, Timur Taymazov, Davit Modzmanashvili, Komeil Ghasemi | ||
Uzbekistan heavyweight artur taymazov wins 3rd straight olympic gold medal
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.
Contents
- Uzbekistan heavyweight artur taymazov wins 3rd straight olympic gold medal
- Ossetians wrestlers artur taymazov vs david musulbes semi final pekin olympic games 2008
- Early life
- 2000 Sydney Olympics
- 2004 Athens Olympics
- 2008 Beijing Olympics
- 2012 London Olympics
- References
On 5 April 2017 it was announced that as a result of retesting samples he had been disqualified from the 2008 Olympics for a drug violation, and his gold medal withdrawn.
Ossetians wrestlers artur taymazov vs david musulbes semi final pekin olympic games 2008
Early life
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.
2000 Sydney Olympics
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.
2004 Athens Olympics
In the 2004 Games in Athens he became Uzbekistan's first multiple-medalist after winning gold in the 120 kg weight class.
2008 Beijing Olympics
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").
His urine sample was retested in 2016, and he was found to be taking a banned substance. He is now stripped of his medal with his 2012 results as pending. http://news.theopenmat.com/international-wrestling/artur-taymazov-besik-kudukhov-stripped-olympic-medals/59127
2012 London Olympics
In the 2012 Games in London he won his third consecutive Gold Medal by beating Davit Modzmanashvili of Georgia in the final by 2-0.
The athlete's page which introduced Taymazov, his height was wrongly shown as 1.75 m, but his actual height was 1.90 m.