Artur Taymazov

Artur Borisovich Taymazov
Таймазты Артур
Member of the State Duma for North Ossetia-Alania
Assumed office
5 October 2016
Preceded byconstituency re-established
ConstituencyNorth Ossetia (No. 25)
Personal details
Born (1979-07-22) 22 July 1979
Sports career
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight120 kg (265 lb)
CountryUzbekistan and Russia
SportWrestling
Event
Freestyle
ClubDynamo Tashkent
Coached bySalim Abduvaliev
Akhrol Ruziev
Sports achievements and titles
Olympic finals2000, 2004, 2008, 2012
Medal record
Men's Freestyle Wrestling
Representing  Russia
1998 World Youth Games
Representing  Uzbekistan
Olympic Games
2000 Sydney 130 kg
2004 Athens 120 kg
Disqualified 2008 Beijing 120 kg
Disqualified 2012 London 120 kg
World Championships
2001 Sofia 130 kg
2003 New York City 120 kg
2006 Guangzhou 120 kg
2007 Baku 120 kg
2010 Moscow 120 kg
Asian Games
2002 Busan 120 kg
2006 Doha 120 kg
2010 Guangzhou 120 kg
Asian Championships
2000 Guilin 130 kg
2011 Tashkent 120 kg
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Artur Borisovich Taymazov (Ossetian: Таймазты Барисы фырт Артур; Russian: Артур Борисович Таймазов; born 20 July 1979) is an Uzbek-Russian wrestler and politician and an ethnic Ossetian. He was Uzbekistan's most decorated Olympian before being stripped of two gold medals for doping. In 2016, he was elected to the 7th State Duma of the Russian Federation representing United Russia.

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of retesting samples he had been disqualified from the 2008 Olympics for a drug violation, and his gold medal was withdrawn. On 23 July 2019, it was announced that as a result of retesting samples he had been disqualified from the 2012 Olympics for a drug violation, and his gold medal from that event was also withdrawn. As both of his gold medals were re-allocated to Russian wrestlers, Taymazov said he was nonetheless happy to "bring" two golds to Russia.