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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]]. 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]]. 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> |
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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|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): |
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 == |
== Career == |
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== Personal life == |
== Personal life == |
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He has a Ghanaian father and a Dutch mother.<ref name="altijd_wel_een_pijntje_2022">{{Cite web |date=1 May 2022 |title= |
He has a Ghanaian father and a Dutch mother.<ref name="altijd_wel_een_pijntje_2022">{{Cite web |date=1 May 2022 |title='Er is altijd wel een pijntje waar ik een oplossing voor moet bedenken. Je moet het managen' |url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/sport/er-is-altijd-wel-een-pijntje-waar-ik-een-oplossing-voor-moet-bedenken-je-moet-het-managen~b2eb4418/ |access-date=6 May 2022 |website=Volkskrant |language=nl}}</ref> |
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== Achievements == |
== Achievements == |
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Full name | Enzo Kofi Kuworge | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Nijmegen, The Netherlands | 31 August 2001|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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. 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]
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, 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] 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]
He 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
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 | |||
2022 | Tirana, Albania | +109 kg | 178 | 183 | 6 | — | — | — |
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.
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: 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.
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: 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.
- ^ a b "2021 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). IWF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ "Wereldrecordpoging voor junioren mislukt voor gewichtheffer Kuworge". NU.nl (in Dutch). 17 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
- ^ "Enzo Kuworge winnaar Young Talent Award 2021". NOC*NSF (in Dutch). 22 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
- ^ "Handbiker en triatleet Plat voor de derde keer Paralympisch Sporter van het Jaar". NOS (in Dutch). 22 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
- ^ "2022 European Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). European Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ "'Er is altijd wel een pijntje waar ik een oplossing voor moet bedenken. Je moet het managen'". Volkskrant (in Dutch). 1 May 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
External links
- 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)