El-Sayed Nosseir

El-Sayed Mohammed Nosseir (Arabic: السيد محمد نصير, August 31, 1905 November 28, 1974)[1] was an Egyptian weightlifter. Nosseir won the gold medal in the light heavyweight class at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. He lifted 355.0 kg to book a new world record, winning Egypt's first Olympic gold medal. He was born in Tanta.

Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing  Egypt
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1928 Amsterdam -82.5 kg

References

  1. "وفاة السيد نصير البطل العالمى لرفع الاثقال". Al-Ahram (in Arabic). 29 November 1974. p. 1.


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