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'''Enzo Kofi Kuworge''' (born 31 August 2001)<ref name="results_book_european_junior_u23_weightlifting_championships">{{Cite web|title=Results Book|url=https://www.ewfed.com/2019/Bucharest/Results/Bucharest_2019_Results_Book.pdf|website=2019 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526183557/https://www.ewfed.com/2019/Bucharest/Results/Bucharest_2019_Results_Book.pdf|archive-date=26 May 2020|access-date=26 May 2020}}</ref> is a Dutch [[Olympic weightlifting|weightlifter]]. In 2021, he became junior super heavyweight world champion at the [[2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships]] held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.<ref name="kuworge_and_sansyzbayeva_wins_super_heavyweight_titles_2021">{{Cite news|last=Rowbottom|first=Mike|date=31 May 2021|title=Kuworge and Sansyzbayeva win super-heavyweight golds at IWF Junior World Championships|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1108458/iwf-junior-world-championships-tashkent|access-date=31 May 2021}}</ref> He [[Netherlands at the 2020 Summer Olympics|represented the Netherlands]] at the [[2020 Summer Olympics]] in Tokyo, Japan.<ref name="gewichtheffer_kuworge_pakt_ticket_van_der_kruk_2021">{{Cite news|date=28 June 2021|title=Gewichtheffer Kuworge pakt olympisch ticket en treedt in voetsporen Van der Kruk|language=nl|work=NOS|url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2387119-gewichtheffer-kuworge-pakt-olympisch-ticket-en-treedt-in-voetsporen-van-der-kruk|access-date=3 July 2021}}</ref> |
'''Enzo Kofi Kuworge''' (born 31 August 2001)<ref name="results_book_european_junior_u23_weightlifting_championships">{{Cite web|title=Results Book|url=https://www.ewfed.com/2019/Bucharest/Results/Bucharest_2019_Results_Book.pdf|website=2019 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526183557/https://www.ewfed.com/2019/Bucharest/Results/Bucharest_2019_Results_Book.pdf|archive-date=26 May 2020|access-date=26 May 2020}}</ref> is a Dutch [[Olympic weightlifting|weightlifter]]. In 2021, he became junior super heavyweight world champion at the [[2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships|Junior World Weightlifting Championships]] held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.<ref name="kuworge_and_sansyzbayeva_wins_super_heavyweight_titles_2021">{{Cite news|last=Rowbottom|first=Mike|date=31 May 2021|title=Kuworge and Sansyzbayeva win super-heavyweight golds at IWF Junior World Championships|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1108458/iwf-junior-world-championships-tashkent|access-date=31 May 2021}}</ref> He [[Netherlands at the 2020 Summer Olympics|represented the Netherlands]] at the [[2020 Summer Olympics]] in Tokyo, Japan.<ref name="gewichtheffer_kuworge_pakt_ticket_van_der_kruk_2021">{{Cite news|date=28 June 2021|title=Gewichtheffer Kuworge pakt olympisch ticket en treedt in voetsporen Van der Kruk|language=nl|work=NOS|url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2387119-gewichtheffer-kuworge-pakt-olympisch-ticket-en-treedt-in-voetsporen-van-der-kruk|access-date=3 July 2021}}</ref> |
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In 2018, he won the bronze medal in the [[Weightlifting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' +85 kg|boys' +85 kg]] event at the [[2018 Summer Youth Olympics]] held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.<ref name="belarus_overtake_russia_2019">{{Cite news|last=Oliver|first=Brian|date=12 April 2019|title=Belarus overtake Russia and Romania in European Weightlifting Championships medals table|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1077898/belarus-overtake-russia-and-romania-in-european-weightlifting-championships-medals-table|url-status=live|access-date=16 May 2020}}</ref><ref name="de_zevenmijlslaarzen_van_enzo_2020">{{Cite news|date=26 February 2020|title=De zevenmijlslaarzen van Nijmeegse Enzo (18): ‘Gewichtheffen is een pijnsport’|language=nl|work=De Gelderlander|url=https://www.gelderlander.nl/sport-nijmegen-e-o/de-zevenmijlslaarzen-van-nijmeegse-enzo-18-gewichtheffen-is-een-pijnsport~af08ed52/?referrer=https://www.google.com/|url-status=live|access-date=16 May 2020}}</ref><ref name="pesistica_archivo_weightlifting_yog_2018">{{Cite web|title=Weightlifting Results Book|url=http://www.pesistica.org/public/file_manager/ARCHIVIO/fipe/gare/internazionali/2018/10.06.18%20-%20olimpiadi%20giovanili/2018%20-%20Results%20Book%20Giochi%20Olimpici%20Giovanili.pdf|website=2018 Summer Youth Olympics|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200517114751/http://www.pesistica.org/public/file_manager/ARCHIVIO/fipe/gare/internazionali/2018/10.06.18%20-%20olimpiadi%20giovanili/2018%20-%20Results%20Book%20Giochi%20Olimpici%20Giovanili.pdf|archive-date=17 May 2020|access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref> |
In 2018, he won the bronze medal in the [[Weightlifting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' +85 kg|boys' +85 kg]] event at the [[2018 Summer Youth Olympics|Summer Youth Olympics]] held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.<ref name="belarus_overtake_russia_2019">{{Cite news|last=Oliver|first=Brian|date=12 April 2019|title=Belarus overtake Russia and Romania in European Weightlifting Championships medals table|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1077898/belarus-overtake-russia-and-romania-in-european-weightlifting-championships-medals-table|url-status=live|access-date=16 May 2020}}</ref><ref name="de_zevenmijlslaarzen_van_enzo_2020">{{Cite news|date=26 February 2020|title=De zevenmijlslaarzen van Nijmeegse Enzo (18): ‘Gewichtheffen is een pijnsport’|language=nl|work=De Gelderlander|url=https://www.gelderlander.nl/sport-nijmegen-e-o/de-zevenmijlslaarzen-van-nijmeegse-enzo-18-gewichtheffen-is-een-pijnsport~af08ed52/?referrer=https://www.google.com/|url-status=live|access-date=16 May 2020}}</ref><ref name="pesistica_archivo_weightlifting_yog_2018">{{Cite web|title=Weightlifting Results Book|url=http://www.pesistica.org/public/file_manager/ARCHIVIO/fipe/gare/internazionali/2018/10.06.18%20-%20olimpiadi%20giovanili/2018%20-%20Results%20Book%20Giochi%20Olimpici%20Giovanili.pdf|website=2018 Summer Youth Olympics|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200517114751/http://www.pesistica.org/public/file_manager/ARCHIVIO/fipe/gare/internazionali/2018/10.06.18%20-%20olimpiadi%20giovanili/2018%20-%20Results%20Book%20Giochi%20Olimpici%20Giovanili.pdf|archive-date=17 May 2020|access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref> |
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== Career == |
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| Full name | Enzo Kofi Kuworge | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 August 2001 Nijmegen, The Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 2009 – present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 150 kg (331 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | +109 kg (Super heavyweight) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Pierre Verkroost | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Enzo Kofi Kuworge (born 31 August 2001)[1] is a Dutch weightlifter. In 2021, he became junior super heavyweight world champion at the Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[2] He represented the Netherlands at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[3]
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 2019 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, he 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]
He 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][a] 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]
Achievements
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
| Summer Olympics | ||||||||||||
| 2021 |  Tokyo, Japan |
+109 kg | 175 | 225 | 234 | 409 | 6 | |||||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2019 |  Pattaya, Thailand |
+109 kg | 161 | 166 | 24 | 215 | 19 | 381 | 20 | |||
| 2021 |  Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
+109 kg | 170 | 176 | 13 | 222 | 227 | 9 | 403 | 10 | ||
| European Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2021 |  Moscow, Russia |
+109 kg | 172 | 176 | 10 | 222 | 9 | 398 | 11 | |||
Notes
- ^ Pieter van der Kruk competed in the men's +90 kg event at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico.
References
- ^ a b "Results Book" (PDF). 2019 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 May 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ^ a b Rowbottom, Mike (31 May 2021). "Kuworge and Sansyzbayeva win super-heavyweight golds at IWF Junior World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ "Gewichtheffer Kuworge pakt olympisch ticket en treedt in voetsporen Van der Kruk". NOS (in Dutch). 28 June 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
- ^ a b Oliver, Brian (12 April 2019). "Belarus overtake Russia and Romania in European Weightlifting Championships medals table". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "De zevenmijlslaarzen van Nijmeegse Enzo (18): 'Gewichtheffen is een pijnsport'". De Gelderlander (in Dutch). 26 February 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 May 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ "Results Book" (PDF). British International Open 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 February 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ "2019 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "2020 Roma World Cup" (PDF). Federazione Italiana Pesistica. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 May 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ^ "Results Book" (PDF). 2021 European Weightlifting Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
- ^ "Gewichtheffer Kuworge ziet bij EK kans op Tokio kleiner worden". NOS (in Dutch). 11 April 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ "2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ Oliver, Brian (24 July 2021). "Brian Oliver: How Dutch weightlifting hero worked and ate his way to Olympic Games". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ van Suchtelen, Eline (5 July 2021). "Nederland vaardigt na 53 jaar weer een gewichtheffer af naar de Olympische Spelen". De Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 31 July 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Men's +109 kg Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ "Eerste Nederlandse gewichtheffer sinds 1968 Kuworge grijpt naast medaille". NU.nl (in Dutch). 4 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ Oliver, Brian (4 October 2021). "Record-breaking weightlifting finale in Finland by Armenian super-heavyweight Lalayan". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "2021 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). European Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 October 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ "2021 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). IWF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Enzo Kuworge.
- Enzo Kuworge at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Enzo Kuworge at the International Weightlifting Results Project
- Enzo Kuworge at Olympics.com
- Enzo Kuworge at Olympedia
- Enzo Kuworge at TeamNL (archived) (in Dutch)
