Sandow Nasution Explained

Sandow Weldemar Nasution (born March 25, 1981) is an Indonesian weightlifter.

He won gold in the 85 kg category at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games.^[1] At the 2007 Southeast Asian Games he won gold in the 77 kg category.^[2]

He won overall silver in the 77 kg category at the 2007 Asian Championships, with a total of 328 kg.^[3]

At the 2007 World Championships he ranked 17th in the 77 kg category, with a total of 331 kg.^[4]

He competed in Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 77 kg division finishing eleventh with 347 kg.^[5] This beat his previous personal best by 6 kg.

He is 5 ft 6 inches tall and weighs 170 lb.

External links

• NBC profile
• Athlete Biography at beijing2008

Notes and References

1. Web site: Yeo makes it 5 golds in SEA Games pool. The China Post. 2005-12-03. 2008-08-20.
2. Web site: Men's 77 kg. 24th SEA Games. 2008-08-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080221164016/http://www.2007seagames.com/info/ENG/ZZ/ZZM192A_WL0077XXXXXXXXENG.htm . 2008-02-21.
3. Web site: Chinese lifter Li claims men's 77kg gold at Asian championships. 2007-04-24. Xinhua. 2008-08-20.
4. Web site: NASUTION Sandow W.. International Weightlifting Federation. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110527165120/http://www.iwf.net/results/results_athlete_e.php?compid=1721. 2011-05-27.
5. Web site: NASUTION Sandow W.. International Weightlifting Federation. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110527165128/http://www.iwf.net/results/results_athlete_e.php?compid=2605. 2011-05-27.