Nijat Rahimov

Nijat Rahimov

Rahimov on a 2016 stamp of Kazakhstan
Personal information
Born	(1993-08-13) 13 August 1993 (age 23) Baku, Azerbaijan
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
Country	Azerbaijan  Kazakhstan
Sport	Weightlifting
Event(s)	77 kg
Medal record Representing the  Kazakhstan Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro –77 kg World Championships 2015 Houston –77 kg Representing the  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 Kazakhstani weightlifter. He won the world title in 2015 and an Olympic gold medal in 2016 in the 77 kg division.

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

At the 2013 Summer Universiade he served as a flag bearer for Azerbaijan. 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.

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).