Sandow Nasution

Sandow Weldemar Nasution (born March 25, 1981) is an Indonesian weightlifter.

Sandow Nasution
Medal record
Men's Weightlifting
Representing  Indonesia
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2007 Tai'an 77 kg
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2005 Manila 85 kg
Gold medal – first place 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima 77 kg

He won gold in the 85 kg category at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games.[1] At the 2007 Southeast Asian Games he won gold in the 77 kg category.[2]

He won overall silver in the 77 kg category at the 2007 Asian Championships, with a total of 328 kg.[3]

At the 2007 World Championships he ranked 17th in the 77 kg category, with a total of 331 kg.[4]

He competed in Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 77 kg division finishing eleventh with 347 kg.[5] This beat his previous personal best by 6 kg.

He is 5 ft 6 inches tall and weighs 170 lb.

Notes and references
  1. "Yeo makes it 5 golds in SEA Games pool". The China Post. 2005-12-03. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
  2. "Men's 77 kg". 24th SEA Games. Archived from the original on 2008-02-21. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
  3. "Chinese lifter Li claims men's 77kg gold at Asian championships". Xinhua. 2007-04-24. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
  4. "NASUTION Sandow W." International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-05-27.
  5. "NASUTION Sandow W." International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-05-27.


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