Timour Taimazov (Russian/Ukrainian: Тимур Таймазов,Ossetian: Таймазты Барисы фырт Тимур, born 8 September, 1970) is a former Ossetian-Ukrainian weightlifter, Olympic champion and two-time World Champion.

Taimazov has a younger brother, Artur, who was also a 2004 Olympic Champion, in the sport- freestyle wrestling 120 kg weight category, but had gold medals for 2008 and 2012 withdrawn for doping offences.

Timour is a member of the Central Sports Club of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

[2] After the snatch portion of the competition, he was in the third place, behind Nicu Vlad (by 2.5 kg) and Sergey Srystov (by bodyweight).

Srystov and Vlad were unable to make their next lifts and Taymasov had won.