Sandow Nasution

Sandow Weldemar Nasution (born March 25, 1981) is an Indonesian weightlifter.

He won gold in the 85 kg category at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games. [cite web|title=Yeo makes it 5 golds in SEA Games pool|publisher=The China Post|url=http://www.chinapost.com.tw/Sports/detail.asp?ID=73012&GRP=F|date=2005-12-03|accessdate=2008-08-20] At the 2007 Southeast Asian Games he won gold in the 77 kg category. [cite web|title=Men's 77 kg|publisher=24th SEA Games|url=http://www.2007seagames.com/info/ENG/ZZ/ZZM192A_WL0077XXXXXXXXENG.htm|accessdate=2008-08-20]

He won overall silver in the 77 kg category at the 2007 Asian Championships, with a total of 328 kg. [cite web|title=Chinese lifter Li claims men's 77kg gold at Asian championships|date=2007-04-24|publisher=Xinhua|url=http://english.people.com.cn/200704/24/eng20070424_369375.html|accessdate=2008-08-20]

At the 2007 World Championships he ranked 17th in the 77 kg category, with a total of 331 kg. [cite web|title=NASUTION Sandow W.|publisher=International Weightlifting Federation|url=http://www.iwf.net/results/results_athlete_e.php?compid=1721]

He competed in Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 77 kg division finishing eleventh with 347 kg. [cite web|title=NASUTION Sandow W.|publisher=International Weightlifting Federation|url=http://www.iwf.net/results/results_athlete_e.php?compid=2605] This beat his previous personal best by 6 kg.

He is 5 ft 6 inches tall and weighs 170 lb.

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External links

* [http://www.nbcolympics.com/search/results.htmx?q=Sandow+Nasution NBC profile]
* [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/3/8001613.shtml Athlete Biography] at beijing2008