Nijat Rahimov Explained

Native Name:Nicat Rəhimov / Нижат Раxимов
Nationality:Azerbaijani
Birth Date:13 August 1993
Birth Place:Baku, Azerbaijan
Sport:Olympic weightlifting
Event:-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

Notes and References

  1. http://apasport.az/news/94284 Olimpiya çempionumuz Qazaxıstan vətəndaşlığını qəbul etdi
  2. News: Kazakhstan's Nijat Rahimov stripped of Rio 2016 Olympic gold medal and banned. BBC. 23 March 2022.
  3. https://archive.today/20140228042308/http://en.trend.az/news/society/1736685.html Azerbaijan wins fourth gold at Youth Olympic Games
  4. http://www.iwrp.net/component/cwyniki/?view=contest&id_zawody=765 39th Junior World Championships 2013-05-03 Lima
  5. http://www.azertag.com/en/node/1114473 Sports World University Games start in Kazan
  6. Web site: Sanctioned Athletes / Athlete Support Personnel . iwf.net . International Weightlifting Federation . 8 August 2016.
  7. Web site: Weightlifting recap: Nijat Rahimov sets world record, steals gold from Lyu Xiaojun . Nbcolympics.com.
  8. http://liftup.chidlovski.net/liftup/l_athleteStatsResult.asp?a_id=2147 Nijat Rahimov
  9. https://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbgwh/daten.php?spid=3A51365E80944E38B886AA3154F6306A Rahimov Nijat (KAZ)
  10. Web site: Kazakh weightlifter Nijat Rahimov stripped of Rio gold over doping. Japan Times. 23 March 2022 . 23 March 2022.
  11. Web site: Kazakhstan weightlifter's Rio 2016 gold under threat as ITA presses charges. 19 January 2021. www.insidethegames.biz.
  12. Web site: Why weightlifting will spurn golden chance to turn scandal to advantage in Tokyo. 25 June 2021. www.insidethegames.biz.
  13. Web site: Kazakhstan's weightlifting triumph clouded by doping controversy. Associated Press in Rio de. Janeiro. 11 August 2016. the Guardian.
  14. Web site: Weightlifting champion charged in doping case. 19 January 2021. ESPN.com.

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