Nijat Rahimov

Nijat Rahimov (Azerbaijani: Nicat Rəhimov; born 13 August 1993 in Baku, Azerbaijan) is an Azerbaijani-born naturalized Kazakhstani weightlifter.[1] He represented Kazakhstan at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in the category of 77 kg, he placed first, winning the gold medal and setting a new world record with a clean and jerk lift of 214 kilograms.

Nijat Rahimov

Personal information
Native name	Nicat Rəhimov / Нижат Раxимов
Nationality	Azerbaijani
Born	13 August 1993 Baku, Azerbaijan
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
Country	Kazakhstan
Sport	Olympic Weightlifting
Event(s)	-77 kg
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Snatch: 165 kg (2016) Clean and jerk: 214 kg (2016, WR) Total: 379 kg (2016)
Medal record Representing the  Kazakhstan Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro –77 kg World Championships 2015 Houston –77 kg Representing the  Azerbaijan Youth Olympic Games 2010 Singapore –69 kg Junior World Championships 2013 Lima –77 kg

Career

Rahimov won a gold medal for Azerbaijan at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics[2] and a silver at the 2013 Junior World Weightlifting Championships.[3]

At the 2013 Summer Universiade he served as a flag bearer for Azerbaijan.[4] Rahimov was suspended for 2 years from June 2013 after testing positive for anabolic steroids. An out of competition doping test found prior use of oxandrolone and dehydromethyltestosterone.[5]

Rahimov won a gold medal for Kazakhstan at the 2016 Olympics in the 77 kg weight class, setting a world record in clean and jerk (214 kg).[6][7][8]

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in weightlifting
• List of Youth Olympic Games gold medalists who won Olympic gold medals

References

1. Olimpiya çempionumuz Qazaxıstan vətəndaşlığını qəbul etdi Archived 21 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine. apasport.az
2. Azerbaijan wins fourth gold at Youth Olympic Games. En.trend.az (17 August 2010). Retrieved on 2017-01-20.
3. 39th Junior World Championships 2013-05-03 Lima. iwrp.net
4. Sports World University Games start in Kazan. Azertag.com (8 July 2013). Retrieved on 20 January 2017.
5. "Sanctioned Athletes / Athlete Support Personnel". iwf.net. International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
6. "Weightlifting recap: Nijat Rahimov sets world record, steals gold from Lyu Xiaojun". Nbcolympics.com.
7. Nijat Rahimov. chidlovski.net
8. Rahimov Nijat (KAZ). iat.uni-leipzig.de