Madina Andreyevna Taymazova (; born 30 June 1999) is a Russian judoka of Ossetian ethnicity. In 2021, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 70 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Career In 2018, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 70 kg event at the 2018 European U23 Judo Championships held in Győr, Hungary. She won a medal at the 2019 World Judo Championships.
In 2021, she won the silver medal in her event at the Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.
Personal life Taymazova is a warrant officer of the Russian Armed Forces and a member of the army sports club CSKA Moscow.
In 2022, Taymazova made photos in front of a poster depicting Putin and pro-war slogans.Taymazova's photos in front of a propaganda poster, Tribuna.com on Twitter, 3 November 2023 (in Ukrainian).Російські дзюдоїсти збираються на Чемпіонат Європи в «нейтральному» статусі. Частина з них — чинні військові, які підтримують війну й особисто путіна. Розслідування «Бабеля», Babel, 12 October 2023 (in Ukrainian). In October 2022, she participated in the Russian Club Judo Championships held on the occasion of Putin's 70th birthday and shared photos from the championships on her Instagram account.Явара-сила!!! 🥇☝🏻 #грозный2022#КлубныйЧемпионатРоссии#YawaraNeva, Taymazova's Instagram profile, 11 October 2022. She also organized trainings for children deported from Russian-occupied territories.Міжнародна федерація дзюдо привітала Таймазову з перемогою на «Grand slam». Росіянка тренувала депортованих українських дітей, Tribuna.com, 26 October 2023 (in Ukrainian).
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