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El-Sayed Nosseir

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El-Sayed Nosseir
El-Sayed Nosseir in 1928
Personal information
Born(1905-08-31)31 August 1905
Tanta, Egypt
Died28 November 1974(1974-11-28) (aged 69)
Cairo, Egypt
Sport
SportWeightlifter
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing  Egypt
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1928 Amsterdam -82.5 kg

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.

He was born in Tanta.

References

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