El-Sayed Nosseir Explained

El-Sayed Nosseir
Birth Date:31 August 1905
Birth Place:Tanta, Egypt
Death Place:Cairo, Egypt
Sport:Weightlifter
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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.

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  1. News: وفاة السيد نصير البطل العالمى لرفع الاثقال . Al-Ahram. 1. ar. 29 November 1974.