Enzo Kuworge

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Enzo Kuworge
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Enzo Kuworge at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Personal information
Full nameEnzo Kofi Kuworge
Born (2001-08-31) 31 August 2001 (age 22)
Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Years active2009 – present
Height1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight150 kg (331 lb)
Sport
Country Netherlands
Sport Weightlifting
Weight class+109 kg (Super heavyweight)
Coached byPierre Verkroost
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Junior World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Tashkent +109 kg
Summer Youth Olympics
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Buenos Aires +85 kg
European Youth Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Pristina +94 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 San Donato Milanese +94 kg

Enzo Kofi Kuworge (born 31 August 2001) [1] is a Dutch weightlifter. He became junior super heavyweight world champion at the 2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. [2] He represented the Netherlands at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. [3]

Contents

In 2018, he won the bronze medal in the boys' +85 kg event at the Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. [4] [5] [6]

Career

At the 2017 European Youth Weightlifting Championships held in Pristina, Kosovo, he won the bronze medal in the clean & jerk and the silver medal in total in the men's +94 kg. He repeated this in 2018 at the European Youth Weightlifting Championships held in San Donato Milanese, Italy but added a gold medal in the clean & jerk and a silver medal in the snatch. A few months later, he competed at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina where he broke all national senior records and won the bronze medal. [4] [5] [6]

In 2019, at the British International Open held in Coventry, Great Britain, he won the bronze medal in the men's +109 kg event. [7] A few months later, he competed in the men's +109 kg event at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships held in Pattaya, Thailand without winning a medal. [8] At the 2019 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships held in Bucharest, Romania, he won the silver medal in the men's junior +109 kg event. [1]

In 2020, he finished in 6th place in the men's +109 kg event at the Roma 2020 World Cup in Rome, Italy. [9]

In April 2021, Kuworge finished in 11th place in the men's +109 kg event at the European Weightlifting Championships held in Moscow, Russia. [10] [11] In May 2021, he won the gold medal in his event at the Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. [2] [12]

Kuworge competed in the men's +109 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. It was the first time a weightlifter from the Netherlands competed at the Summer Olympics in over fifty years. [13] [14] [lower-alpha 1] He finished in 6th place with a lift of 175 kg in the Snatch, 234 kg in the Clean & Jerk and 409 kg in total. [15] [16] A few months later, he won the gold medal in the men's junior +109 kg event at the 2021 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships held in Rovaniemi, Finland. [17] [18] In December 2021, he competed in the men's +109 kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. [19] He finished in 10th place. [19] [20] In that same month, he won the Young Talent Award 2020/2021 at the NOC*NSF Sports Gala. [21] [22]

Kuworge competed in the men's +109 kg event at the 2022 European Weightlifting Championships held in Tirana, Albania. [23]

Personal life

He has a Ghanaian father and a Dutch mother. [24]

Achievements

YearVenueWeightSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)TotalRank
123Rank123Rank
Summer Olympics
2021 Flag of Japan.svg Tokyo, Japan +109 kg 175180180—225233234—4096
World Championships
2019 Flag of Thailand.svg Pattaya, Thailand +109 kg 161166170242132132151938120
2021 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Tashkent, Uzbekistan +109 kg 17017517613222227238940310
2022 Flag of Colombia.svg Bogotá, Colombia +109 kg ——————————
2023 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Riyadh, Saudi Arabia +109 kg ——————————
European Championships
2021 Flag of Russia.svg Moscow, Russia +109 kg17217618010222222222939811
2022 Flag of Albania.svg Tirana, Albania +109 kg1781811836230230230———
2023 Flag of Armenia.svg Yerevan, Armenia +109 kg——————————
2024 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Sofia, Bulgaria +109 kg1601651689202——103709

Notes

  1. ↑ Pieter van der Kruk competed in the men's +90 kg event at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico.

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  2. 1 2 Rowbottom, Mike (31 May 2021). "Kuworge and Sansyzbayeva win super-heavyweight golds at IWF Junior World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
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  9. ↑ "2020 Roma World Cup" (PDF). Federazione Italiana Pesistica. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 May 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
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