Height 1.67 m (5 ft 5 ⁄2 in) Name Nijat Rahimov Event(s) 77 kg | Sport Weightlifting | |
Born 13 August 1993 (age 31) ( 1993-08-13 ) Baku, Azerbaijan | ||
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Nijat Rahimov (Azerbaijani: Nicat Rəhimov; born 13 August 1993 in Baku, Azerbaijan) is an Azerbaijani-born naturalized Kazakhstani weightlifter. 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.
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Nijat rahimov 80 15 2016 kazakh nationals 211kg c j 4k
Career
Rahimov won a gold medal for Azerbaijan at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics and a silver at the 2013 Junior World Weightlifting Championships.
At the 2013 Summer Universiade he served as a flag bearer for Azerbaijan. 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.
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).
