Enzo Kuworge
Dutch weightlifter (born 2001)
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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]
Enzo Kuworge at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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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][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]
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
| 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 | N/a | 225 | 234 | N/a | 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 | ||
| 2022 |  Bogotá, Colombia | +109 kg | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023 |  Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | +109 kg | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| European Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2021 |  Moscow, Russia | +109 kg | 172 | 176 | 10 | 222 | 9 | 398 | 11 | |||
| 2022 |  Tirana, Albania | +109 kg | 178 | 183 | 6 | — | — | — | ||||
| 2023 |  Yerevan, Armenia | +109 kg | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2024 |  Sofia, Bulgaria | +109 kg | 160 | 165 | 168 | 9 | 202 | — | — | 10 | 370 | 9 |
Notes
- Pieter van der Kruk competed in the men's +90 kg event at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico.
