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Nijat Rahimov

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 Olympic Games, 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
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Personal information
Native nameNicat Rəhimov / Нижат Раxимов
NationalityAzerbaijani
Born(1993-08-13)13 August 1993
Baku, Azerbaijan
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
CountryKazakhstan
SportOlympic Weightlifting
Event(s)-77 kg
Achievements and titles
Personalbest(s)
  • Snatch: 165 kg (2016)
  • Clean and jerk: 214 kg (2016, WR)
  • Total: 379 kg (2016)
Medal record
RepresentingtheKazakhstan
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2016 Rio de Janeiro–77 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2015 Houston–77 kg
RepresentingtheAzerbaijan
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2010 Singapore–69 kg
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place2013 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

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