Kanah Andrews-Nahu
New Zealand weightlifter (born 2001)
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Kanah Shenelle Andrews-Nahu (born 18 January 2001)[1] is a New Zealand weightlifter. She won the bronze medal in the girls' +63 kg event at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[1] At the time, she finished in 4th place but Supatchanin Khamhaeng of Thailand was stripped of her gold medal after testing positive for a banned substance.[2][3]
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| Full name | Kanah Shenelle Andrews-Nahu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 January 2001 Auckland, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 159 cm (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
At the 2019 Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Suva, Fiji, she won the gold medal in the women's 76 kg Snatch event[4] and the bronze medal in the women's 76 kg event.[5] As a result, she became the first weightlifter from New Zealand to win a gold medal at this event.[6] A month later, at the 2019 Pacific Games held in Apia, Samoa, she won the gold medal in the women's 76 kg event.[7]
She represented New Zealand at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[8][9] She finished in 13th place in the women's 87 kg event.[10][11]
Achievements
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
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| 2021 |  Tokyo, Japan | 87 kg | 94 | N/a | 105 | 112 | N/a | 206 | 13 | |||
