Nijat Rahimov
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13 August 1993 Baku, Azerbaijan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Azerbaijan Kazakhstan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 77 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nijat Rahimov (Azerbaijani: Nicat Rəhimov; born 13 August, 1993 in Baku, Azerbaijan) is a Naturalized Kazakhstani weightlifter who formerly represented his birthplace Azerbaijan.[1]
Career
He won gold for Azerbaijan at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics[2] and silver at the 2013 Junior World Weightlifting Championships.[3]
At the 2013 Summer Universiade Rahimov was a flag bearer of 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 gold for Kazakhstan at the 2016 Olympics in the 77kg weight class, simultaneously setting a world record in clean and jerk (214 kg).[6]
References
- ↑ Olimpiya çempionumuz Qazaxıstan vətəndaşlığını qəbul etdi apasport.az
- ↑ Azerbaijan wins fourth gold at Youth Olympic Games
- ↑ 39 th Junior World Championships
- ↑ Sports World University Games start in Kazan
- ↑ "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.
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