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El-Sayed Nosseir

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Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing  Egypt
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1928 Amsterdam -82.5 kg

El-Sayed Mohammed Nosseir (Arabic: السيد محمد نصير, born on August 31, 1905 in Tanta – October 11, 1977) was an Egyptian weightlifter. 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; 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