Nijat Rahimov
Nijat Rahimov is an Azerbaijani-born naturalized Kazakhstani weightlifter. 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 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.
