El-Sayed Nosseir

Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing  Egypt
Olympic Games
1928 Amsterdam -82.5 kg

El-Sayed Mohamed Nosseir (Arabic: السيد نصير, August 31, 1905 October 11, 1977) was an Egyptian weightlifter.

He was born in Tanta.

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.

References

  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Sayed Nosseir". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
  • Egypt's first Olympic champions


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