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.

[2] Rahimov won a gold medal for Azerbaijan at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics[3] and a silver at the 2013 Junior World Weightlifting Championships.

[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.