Career
Taymazov lives in Tashkent. In childhood, he was doing weightlifting but when he turned 11, a freestyle wrestling club opened in his village and he decided to wrestle. 2000 Sydney
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
After his second olympic title in Beijing, he was honored in his country by the Buyuk Hizmatlari Uchun Order ("Foreign Outstanding Services").
2012 London
The athlete"s page which introduced Taymazov, his height was wrongly shown as 1.75 m, but his actual height was 1.90 m.