El-Sayed Nosseir
Egyptian weightlifter
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Representing  Egypt | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
 | 1928 Amsterdam | -82.5 kg |
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 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
- ^ "وفاة السيد نصير البطل العالمى لرفع الاثقال". Al-Ahram (in Arabic). 29 November 1974. p. 1.
- 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
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- 1920:
Ernest Cadine (FRA) - 1924: Charles Rigoulot (FRA)
- 1928:
El-Sayed Nosseir (EGY) - 1932: Louis Hostin (FRA)
- 1936: Louis Hostin (FRA)
- 1948:
Stanley Stanczyk (USA) - 1952:
Trofim Lomakin (URS) - 1956: Tommy Kono (USA)
- 1960:
Ireneusz Paliński (POL) - 1964:
Rudolf Plyukfelder (URS) - 1968: Boris Selitsky (URS)
- 1972:
Leif Jenssen (NOR) - 1976: Valery Shary (URS)
- 1980: Yurik Vardanyan (URS)
- 1984:
Petre Becheru (ROU) - 1988: Israil Arsamakov (URS)
- 1992:
Pyrros Dimas (GRE) - 1996: Pyrros Dimas (GRE)
- 2000: Pyrros Dimas (GRE)
- 2004:
Giorgi Asanidze (GEO) - 2008:
Lu Yong (CHN) - 2012:
Adrian Zieliński (POL) - 2016:
Kianoush Rostami (IRI)
- 82.5 kg (1920–1992)
- 83 kg (1996)
- 85 kg (2000–2016)
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