# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nijat-rahimov
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:27:28.545Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nijat-rahimov"
name: "Nijat Rahimov"
slug: "nijat-rahimov"
description: "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. In 2022, the medal was stripped and he was banned when it was revealed he substituted urine samples."
tagline: "Weightlifter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nijat_Rahimov_2016_stamp_of_Kazakhstan.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1993-08-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.31
  momentum:             8.90625
  historical:           16.411772
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D1%96%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B0%D1%82_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B3%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B2"
    title: "Ніджат Рагімов"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%81"
    title: "نجات رحيموف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%81"
    title: "نجات رحيموف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicat_R%C9%99himov_(a%C4%9F%C4%B1r_atlet)"
    title: "Nicat Rəhimov (ağır atlet)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4_%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%AD"
    title: "নিজাত রহিমভ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nid%C5%BEat_Rahimov"
    title: "Nidžat Rahimov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nischat_Rachimow"
    title: "Nischat Rachimow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nijat_Rahimov"
    title: "Nijat Rahimov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicat_R%C9%99himov"
    title: "Nicat Rəhimov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%B1%D8%AD%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%88%D9%81"
    title: "نجات رحیموف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nijat_Rahimov"
    title: "Nijat Rahimov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nijat_Rahimov"
    title: "Nijat Rahimov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nijat_Rahimov"
    title: "Nijat Rahimov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B0%D1%82_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B2"
    title: "Ниджат Рахимов"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nijat_Rahimov"
    title: "Nijat Rahimov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicat_R%C9%99himov"
    title: "Nicat Rəhimov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nijat_Rahimov"
    title: "Nijat Rahimov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nijat_Rahimov"
    title: "Nijat Rahimov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B2%2C_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B0%D1%82_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B8_%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BB%D1%8B"
    title: "Рагимов, Ниджат Али оглы"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necat_Rahimov"
    title: "Necat Rahimov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4387015"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump