| Intro | Weightlifter |
| Is |
Athlete Weightlifter |
| From |
Azerbaijan Kazakhstan |
| Type | Sports |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 13 August 1993, Baku |
| Age: | 27 years |
Nijat Rahimov (Azerbaijani: Nicat Rəhimov; born 13 August 1993) is an Azerbaijani-born Kazakhstani weightlifter. He won the world title in 2015 and an Olympic gold medal in 2016 in the 77 kg division.
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 (214 kg).