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Artur Taymazov

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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 a ethnics 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of retesting samples he had been disqualified from the 2008 Olympics for a drug violation, and his gold medal was withdrawn. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Artur Taymazov is the 383rd most popular wrestler (down from 233rd in 2019), the 2,545th most popular biography from Russia (down from 2,371st in 2019) and the 15th most popular Russian Wrestler.

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Artur Taymazov ranks 383 out of 1,027. Before him are Jeff Jarrett, Brian Kendrick, Charalambos Cholidis, Santiago Lange, Dominik Mysterio, and Shota Khabareli. After him are Shinsuke Nakamura, Tadahiro Nomura, Norbert Növényi, Carístico, Johan Olin, and Tye Dillinger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Artur Taymazov ranks 296. Before him are Sophie Monk, Mindy Kaling, Jimmie Åkesson, Ayumi Hara, Daniel Jensen, and Ariana Richards. After him are Bam Margera, Primož Peterka, Aleksandar Radosavljević, Damien Duff, Haha, and Paradorn Srichaphan.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Artur Taymazov ranks 2,545 out of 3,761. Before him are Aleksandr Golovin (1996), Gulnara Samitova-Galkina (1978), Nikolay Baskov (1976), Natalya Lebedeva (1949), Alexander Morozevich (1977), and Nikolai Khmelyov (1901). After him are Liliya Nurutdinova (1963), Mirra Andreeva (2007), Konstantin Zyryanov (1977), Liu Yuan (null), Tom Conway (1904), and Oleg Mityaev (1974).

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Among WRESTLERS In Russia

Among wrestlers born in Russia, Artur Taymazov ranks 15. Before him are Sergei Beloglazov (1956), Boris Gurevich (1931), Soslan Andiyev (1952), Pavel Pinigin (1953), Roman Dmitriyev (1949), and Adam Saitiev (1977). After him are Shamil Khisamutdinov (1950), Anatoly Beloglazov (1956), Guzel Manyurova (1978), Aleksandr Ivanov (1951), Abdulrashid Sadulaev (1996), and Magomed Ibragimov (1974).

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