Nooh Dastgir Butt
Muhammad Nooh Dastgir Butt is a Pakistani weightlifter from Gujranwala, Pakistan. He won the Bronze medal in 105+ kg weightlifting competition in 2018 Commonwealth Games. [1]. After lifting 173kg in snatch, he successfully lifted 222kg in his first attempt of clean and jerk to confirm his medal. In an attempt to turn it into a gold, Nooh attempted 228kg in 2nd and 231kg in third attempt but couldn’t do it successfully[2][3].
He also won a bronze medal in Commonwealth Games junior championships at Penang, Malaysia in 2016 and Pune, India in 2015. He lifted 395kg in junior championships, which is a junior commonwealth record[4][5][6].
References
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