Medal record | ||
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Men's weightlifting | ||
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 lifted 355.0 kg to book a new world record, winning Egypt's first Olympic gold medal. He was born in Tanta.