TAIMAZOVA Madina

World Championships

Year	Location	Team X
2019	Tokyo, JPN	3

European Championships

Year	Location	-70 kg
2021	Lisbon, POR	3
2020	Prague, CZE	3

World Masters

Year	Location	-70 kg
2021	Doha, QAT	2

Grand Slam - Tally of rank achieved per season and event since 2017

Year	Event	1st	2nd	3rd	5th	7th	9th	16th	17th	30th-33rd
2021	-70 kg	1x	1x	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	-70 kg	-	-	-	-	-	2x	-	1x	-
2019	-70 kg	-	-	-	-	-	1x	-	-	-

Grand Prix - Tally of rank achieved per season and event since 2017

Year	Event	1st	2nd	3rd	5th	7th	8th	9th	10th	15th-33rd
2020	-70 kg	-	-	-	-	-	-	1x	-	-
2019	-70 kg	-	-	-	1x	-	-	-	-	1x
2018	-70 kg	-	-	-	-	-	-	1x	-	-

Grand Slam, Grand Prix & World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
1	2021	-70 kg	Grand Slam	Kazan, RUS
2	2021	-70 kg	Grand Slam	Tbilisi, GEO
5	2019	-70 kg	Grand Prix	Zagreb, CRO
9	2020	-70 kg	Grand Slam	Budapest, HUN
9	2020	-70 kg	Grand Slam	Paris, FRA
9	2020	-70 kg	Grand Prix	Tel Aviv, ISR
9	2019	-70 kg	Grand Slam	Osaka, JPN
9	2018	-70 kg	Grand Prix	Tbilisi, GEO
17	2020	-70 kg	Grand Slam	Dusseldorf, GER
17	2019	-70 kg	Grand Prix	Tel Aviv, ISR

World Junior Championships

Year	Location	-70 kg	Team X
2019	Marrakech, MAR	2	2
2018	Nassau, BAH	9	-
2017	Zagreb, CRO	9	-

Armed Forces Athlete

Law - North Ossetian State University, Vladikavkaz, RUS

Russian

Central Sports Army Club [RUS] / Turbostroitel Judo Club [RUS]

Geras Dzhioev [personal]; Mikhail Rakhlin, RUS

Her great uncle Artur Taimazov has represented Uzbekistan in freestyle wrestling. He won gold at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens and silver at the 2000 Games in Sydney. (SportsDeskOnline, 30 Jun 2021; judo.ru, 01 Apr 2021)

She began the sport at age 11. She also took part in dance and freestyle wrestling as a child. (gztslovo.ru, 07 Mar 2020; judo.ru, 01 Apr 2021)

"I grew up in a sports family. My father is a freestyle wrestling coach, and my great uncle, Artur Taimazov, was a freestyle wrestler. In order to curb my energy, my parents sent me to freestyle wrestling workouts. I really liked it there, but dad did not see my future in the sport, considering it purely male. When it became clear I would not give up sport, he redirected me to his friend, judo coach Geras Dzhioev. I can't say I immediately fell in love with it, but when the first successes came I realised I would keep going for a long time." (judo.ru, 01 Apr 2021)

To win a gold medal at the Olympic Games. (judo.ru, 01 Apr 2021)

"Everything for the sport." (gztslovo.ru, 07 Mar 2020)

In recognition of the bronze medal she won at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, she received the title of Honoured Master of Sport in the Russian Federation. (minsport.gov.ru, 30 Jul 2021)

In 2021 she received the Army Female Athlete of the Year award from the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation. (rsport.ria.ru, 29 Apr 2021)

In 2020 she received the Order for Merits to the Fatherland [second class] from the president of the Russian Federation. (region15.ru, 15 Oct 2020)