El-Sayed Mohammed Nosseir (, August 31, 1905 – November 28, 1974) was an Egyptian

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. Nosseir won the gold medal in the light heavyweight class at the

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. 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

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's first Olympic gold medal. He was born in

Tanta Tanta ( ' ) is a city in Egypt. Tanta had a population of 658,798 in 2018, making it the fifth most populous city in Egypt. Tanta is located between Cairo and Alexandria: north of Cairo and southeast of Alexandria. The capital of Gharbia Gove ...

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* * 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 Sportspeople from Tanta Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics 20th-century Egyptian sportsmen {{Egypt-weightlifting-bio-stub