Nijat Rahimov
- Snatch: 165 kg (2016)
- Clean and jerk: 214 kg (2016, WR)
- Total: 379 kg (2016)
Representing ![]() | ||
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Olympic Games | ||
Disqualified | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | –77 kg |
World Championships | ||
![]() | 2015 Houston | –77 kg |
Representing ![]() | ||
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 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 over doping.[10] The Egyptian weightlifter, who finished third in the 2016 Olympics, has made statements against him.[11][12][13][14]
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in weightlifting
- List of Youth Olympic Games gold medalists who won Olympic gold medals
References
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- ^ Olimpiya çempionumuz Qazaxıstan vətəndaşlığını qəbul etdi Archived 21 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine. apasport.az
- ^ "Kazakhstan's Nijat Rahimov stripped of Rio 2016 Olympic gold medal and banned". BBC. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- ^ 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
- ^ "Kazakh weightlifter Nijat Rahimov stripped of Rio gold over doping". Japan Times. 23 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- ^ "Kazakhstan weightlifter's Rio 2016 gold under threat as ITA presses charges". www.insidethegames.biz. 19 January 2021.
- ^ "Why weightlifting will spurn golden chance to turn scandal to advantage in Tokyo". www.insidethegames.biz. 25 June 2021.
- ^ Janeiro, Associated Press in Rio de (11 August 2016). "Kazakhstan's weightlifting triumph clouded by doping controversy". the Guardian.
- ^ "Weightlifting champion charged in doping case". ESPN.com. 19 January 2021.
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