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| Native name | Nicat Rəhimov / Нижат Раxимов | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Azerbaijani | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 August 1993 Baku, Azerbaijan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Kazakhstan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Olympic weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | -77 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
- ^ 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.