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| Native name | Nicat Rəhimov / Нижат Раxимов | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Kazakhstani | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 August 1993 Baku, Azerbaijan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Kazakhstan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Olympic Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | -77 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nijat Rahimov (Template:Lang-az; 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.
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]
References
- ^ Olimpiya çempionumuz Qazaxıstan vətəndaşlığını qəbul etdi. apasport.az
- ^ Azerbaijan wins fourth gold at Youth Olympic Games. En.trend.az (17 August 2010). Retrieved on 2017-01-20.
- ^ 39th Junior World Championships 2013-05-03 Lima. iwrp.net
- ^ Sports World University Games start in Kazan. Azertag.com (8 July 2013). Retrieved on 20 January 2017.
- ^ "Sanctioned Athletes / Athlete Support Personnel". iwf.net. International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ^ "Weightlifting recap: Nijat Rahimov sets world record, steals gold from Lyu Xiaojun". Nbcolympics.com.
- ^ Nijat Rahimov. chidlovski.net
- ^ Rahimov Nijat (KAZ). iat.uni-leipzig.de
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