Nooh Dastgir Butt

Muhammad Nooh Dastgir Butt (born 3 February 1998) is a gold medalist weightlifter from Gujranwala, Pakistan. He won the gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Nooh Dastgir Butt
Personal information
Native nameمحمّد نوح دستگیر بٹ
Full nameMuhammad Nooh Dastgir Butt
NationalityPakistani
Born (1998-02-03) 3 February 1998
Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan
Sport
CountryPakistan
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)+109 kg
ClubSouth Asian Gym
Turned pro2014
Coached byGhulam Dastgir
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing  Pakistan
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Commonwealth Games 1 – 1
Commonwealth Championships – 2 2
Total 1 2 3
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2022 Birmingham+109 kg
Bronze medal – third place2018 Gold Coast+105 kg
Commonwealth Championships
Silver medal – second place2021 Tashkent+109 kg
Silver medal – second place2017 Gold Coast+105 kg
Bronze medal – third place2016 Penang+105 kg
Bronze medal – third place2015 Pune+105 kg
Updated on 4 August 2022.

Personal life

Muhammad Nooh Dastgir Butt was born on February 3, 1998, in Gujranwala. He belongs to a prominent Kashmiri weightlifting family. His father Ghulam Dastgir Butt, who also participated in international weightlifting events, coaches Nooh, whose brother Hanzala Dastgir Butt is also a weightlifter who participated in the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[1]

Career

On 3 August 2022, Butt bagged Pakistan's first gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games when he won the men's +109 kg weightlifting event. He lifted 173 kg in the snatch category, and 232 kg in clean and jerk, both Commonwealth Games records, for a combined lift of 405 kg.[2]

Butt had missed out on the 2000 Tokyo Olympics because of a thigh injury that kept him away from the international circuit for well over a year. He recovered in time for the 2021 World Championship in Tashkent where he took silver, and also qualified for the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[3]

Before his 2002 Commonwealth Games gold, Butt won the bronze medal in the 105+ kg weightlifting competition in the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[4][5] After lifting 173 kg in snatch, he successfully lifted 222 kg in his first attempt of clean and jerk to confirm his medal. In an effort to go for the gold, Nooh tried lifting 228 kg in his 2nd and 231 kg in the third attempt but failed to do so.[6]

According to Butt, his failure to lift 231kg in 2018 "following a mistake" he made really stuck with him. He called that failure the most motivating factor that pushed him to aim higher.[7]

“My father was really upset with me the last time I won bronze, he didn’t talk to me for a while, so my goal is to do better now,” Butt had said a day prior to his weightlifting event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games where he won gold.[8]

Butt also won a bronze medal each at the Commonwealth Games junior championships at Penang, Malaysia in 2016 and at Pune, India in 2015. He lifted 395 kg in junior championships, which is a junior commonwealth record.[9][10][11]

References
  1. "Pakistan's Nooh plans one better than bronze at CWG". The Express Tribune. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  2. "Pakistani weightlifter Nooh breaks CWG records for gold". The Express Tribune. 2022-08-03. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
  3. "After CWG gold, Nooh sets sights on Paris Olympics". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
  4. Lakhani, Faizan (9 April 2018). "Pakistani weightlifter Nooh Butt wins bronze at Commonwealth Games". Geo News. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
  5. Lakhani, Faizan (8 April 2018). "Weightlifter Nooh Dastagir Butt - one of Pakistan's brightest medal hopes at CWG18". Geo News. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
  6. Safi, Alam Zeb (21 February 2016). "Time to reflect and plan | Sports | thenews.com.pk". The News International. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
  7. "Nooh dedicates CWG gold to father". The Express Tribune. 2022-08-04. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
  8. "Pakistan's Nooh plans one better than bronze at CWG". The Express Tribune. 2022-08-02. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
  9. "Pakistan win second medal in Commonwealth Games 2018". Samaa TV. 2018-04-10. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
  10. Raheel, Natasha (2016-10-09). "Weightlifters ready to flex muscles". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
  11. Ahmed, Zeeshan; Ghaffar, Abdul (2018-04-09). "Nooh Dastagir Butt wins Pakistan's second bronze medal of Commonwealth Games 2018". Dawn. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
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