Nijat Rahimov

Nijat Rahimov

Personal information
Native name	Nicat Rəhimov / Нижат Раxимов
Nationality	Azerbaijani
Born	(1993-08-13) 13 August 1993 (age 31) Baku, Azerbaijan
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
Country	Kazakhstan
Sport	Olympic weightlifting
Event	-77 kg
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	Snatch: 165 kg (2016) Clean and jerk: 214 kg (2016, WR) Total: 379 kg (2016)
Medal record Representing  Kazakhstan Olympic Games Disqualified 2016 Rio de Janeiro –77 kg World Championships 2015 Houston –77 kg Representing  Azerbaijan Youth Olympic Games 2010 Singapore –69 kg Junior World Championships 2013 Lima –77 kg

Nijat Rahimov (Azerbaijani: Nicat Rəhimov; born 13 August 1993) 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. In 2022, the medal was stripped and he was banned when it was revealed he substituted urine samples.^[2]

Career

Rahimov won a gold medal for Azerbaijan at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics^[3] and a silver at the 2013 Junior World Weightlifting Championships.^[4]

At the 2013 Summer Universiade he served as a flag bearer for Azerbaijan.^[5] 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.^[6]

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).^[7][8][9]

In 2022, he was stripped of his gold medal from the 2016 Olympics over doping.^[10] The Egyptian weightlifter, who finished third in the 2016 Olympics, has made statements against him.^{[11][12][13][14]}

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. "Kazakhstan's Nijat Rahimov stripped of Rio 2016 Olympic gold medal and banned". BBC. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
3. Azerbaijan wins fourth gold at Youth Olympic Games. En.trend.az (17 August 2010). Retrieved on 2017-01-20.
4. 39th Junior World Championships 2013-05-03 Lima. iwrp.net
5. Sports World University Games start in Kazan. Azertag.com (8 July 2013). Retrieved on 20 January 2017.
6. "Sanctioned Athletes / Athlete Support Personnel". iwf.net. International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
7. "Weightlifting recap: Nijat Rahimov sets world record, steals gold from Lyu Xiaojun". Nbcolympics.com.
8. Nijat Rahimov. chidlovski.net
9. Rahimov Nijat (KAZ). iat.uni-leipzig.de
10. "Kazakh weightlifter Nijat Rahimov stripped of Rio gold over doping". Japan Times. 23 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
11. "Kazakhstan weightlifter's Rio 2016 gold under threat as ITA presses charges". www.insidethegames.biz. 19 January 2021.
12. "Why weightlifting will spurn golden chance to turn scandal to advantage in Tokyo". www.insidethegames.biz. 25 June 2021.
13. Janeiro, Associated Press in Rio de (11 August 2016). "Kazakhstan's weightlifting triumph clouded by doping controversy". the Guardian.
14. "Weightlifting champion charged in doping case". ESPN.com. 19 January 2021.