El-Sayed Mohammed Nosseir ( ar, السيد محمد نصير, August 31, 1905 – November 28, 1974) was an Egyptian weightlifter. Nosseir won the gold medal in the light heavyweight class at the

1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van de IXe Olympiade) and commonly known as Amsterdam 1928, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from ...

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.

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Egypt's first Olympic champions
1905 births 1974 deaths Egyptian male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for Egypt Weightlifters at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Egypt World record setters in weightlifting Olympic medalists in weightlifting People from Tanta Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics 20th-century Egyptian people {{Egypt-weightlifting-bio-stub