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Nijat Rahimov
Personal information
Native nameNicat Rəhimov / Нижат Раxимов
NationalityAzerbaijani
Born (1993-08-13) 13 August 1993 (age 31)
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
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro –77 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Houston –77 kg
Representing the  Azerbaijan
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Singapore –69 kg
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2013 Lima –77 kg

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 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.

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]

See also

References

  1. ^ Olimpiya çempionumuz Qazaxıstan vətəndaşlığını qəbul etdi Archived 21 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine. apasport.az
  2. ^ Azerbaijan wins fourth gold at Youth Olympic Games. En.trend.az (17 August 2010). Retrieved on 2017-01-20.
  3. ^ 39th Junior World Championships 2013-05-03 Lima. iwrp.net
  4. ^ Sports World University Games start in Kazan. Azertag.com (8 July 2013). Retrieved on 20 January 2017.
  5. ^ "Sanctioned Athletes / Athlete Support Personnel". iwf.net. International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  6. ^ "Weightlifting recap: Nijat Rahimov sets world record, steals gold from Lyu Xiaojun". Nbcolympics.com.
  7. ^ Nijat Rahimov. chidlovski.net
  8. ^ Rahimov Nijat (KAZ). iat.uni-leipzig.de