El-Sayed Mohammed Nosseir (Egyptian 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 set a new world record in both snatch with 112.5 kilograms and in the total of the three lifts with 355 kilograms, winning Egypt's first Olympic gold medal.
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Born | Tanta, Egypt | 31 August 1905||||||||||||||
Died | 28 November 1974 Cairo, Egypt | (aged 69)||||||||||||||
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Sport | Weightlifter | ||||||||||||||
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He was born in Tanta.
References
edit- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sayed Nosseir". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- Egypt's first Olympic champions