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Sayed Nosseir

Egyptian weightlifter

  • Fame46.1
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Lived 1905–1974, aged 69Egypt
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    1905–1974
    Aged 69
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Updated 2026-07-21

El-Sayed Mohammed Nosseir 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. Nosseir is considered a historic figure in sports, famously becoming the first Egyptian, and African to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games.

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