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Nijat Rahimov

Nijat Rahimov (; born 13 August 1993) is an Azerbaijani-born naturalized Kazakhstani weightlifter. He represented <nowiki> Kazakhstan </nowiki> 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.

Career

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&nbsp;kg weight class, setting a world record in clean and jerk (214&nbsp;kg).

In 2022, he was stripped of his gold medal from the 2016 Olympics over doping. The Egyptian weightlifter, who finished third in the 2016 Olympics, has made statements against him.

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