Nijat Rahimov
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
Country Kazakhstan
SportOlympic 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 the  Kazakhstan
Olympic Games
Disqualified2016 Rio de Janeiro–77 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2015 Houston–77 kg
Representing the  Azerbaijan
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2010 Singapore–69 kg
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place2013 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.[10] The Egyptian weightlifter, who finished third in the 2016 Olympics, has made statements against him.[11][12][13][14]

See also

References

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  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.


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