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Nijat Rahimov

Nijat Rahimov
Nijat Rahimov 2016 stamp of Kazakhstan.jpg
Rahimov on a 2016 stamp of Kazakhstan
Personal information
Born (1993-08-13) 13 August 1993 (age 23)
Baku, Azerbaijan
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 12 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
Country  Azerbaijan
 Kazakhstan
Sport Weightlifting
Event(s) 77 kg

Nijat Rahimov (Azerbaijani: Nicat Rəhimov; born 13 August 1993) is an Azerbaijani-born Kazakhstani weightlifter. He won the world title in 2015 and an Olympic gold medal in 2016 in the 77 kg division.

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).



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