Enzo Kuworge
Enzo Kuworge at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Personal information
Full nameEnzo Kofi Kuworge
Born (2001-08-31) 31 August 2001
Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Years active2009 – present
Height1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight150 kg (331 lb)
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportWeightlifting
Weight class+109 kg (Super heavyweight)
Coached byPierre Verkroost
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing  Netherlands
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Tashkent +109 kg
Summer Youth Olympics
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Buenos Aires +85 kg
European Youth Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Pristina +94 kg
Silver medal – second place 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]

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

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Summer Olympics
2021Japan Tokyo, Japan+109 kg175180180—225233234—4096
World Championships
2019Thailand Pattaya, Thailand+109 kg161166170242132132151938120
2021Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan+109 kg17017517613222227238940310
2022Colombia Bogotá, Colombia+109 kg——————————
European Championships
2021Russia Moscow, Russia+109 kg17217618010222222222939811
2022Albania Tirana, Albania+109 kg1781811836230230230———

Notes

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

References

  1. 1 2 "Results Book" (PDF). 2019 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 May 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  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.
  3. ↑ "Gewichtheffer Kuworge pakt olympisch ticket en treedt in voetsporen Van der Kruk". NOS (in Dutch). 28 June 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  4. 1 2 Oliver, Brian (12 April 2019). "Belarus overtake Russia and Romania in European Weightlifting Championships medals table". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  5. 1 2 "De zevenmijlslaarzen van Nijmeegse Enzo (18): 'Gewichtheffen is een pijnsport'". De Gelderlander (in Dutch). 26 February 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  6. 1 2 "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 May 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  7. ↑ "Results Book" (PDF). British International Open 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 February 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  8. ↑ "2019 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  9. ↑ "2020 Roma World Cup" (PDF). Federazione Italiana Pesistica. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 May 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  10. ↑ "Results Book" (PDF). 2021 European Weightlifting Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  11. ↑ "Gewichtheffer Kuworge ziet bij EK kans op Tokio kleiner worden". NOS (in Dutch). 11 April 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  12. ↑ "2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  13. ↑ 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.
  14. ↑ 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.
  15. ↑ "Men's +109 kg Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  16. ↑ "Eerste Nederlandse gewichtheffer sinds 1968 Kuworge grijpt naast medaille". NU.nl (in Dutch). 4 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  17. ↑ Oliver, Brian (4 October 2021). "Record-breaking weightlifting finale in Finland by Armenian super-heavyweight Lalayan". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  18. ↑ "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.
  19. 1 2 "2021 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). IWF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  20. ↑ "Wereldrecordpoging voor junioren mislukt voor gewichtheffer Kuworge". NU.nl (in Dutch). 17 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  21. ↑ "Enzo Kuworge winnaar Young Talent Award 2021". NOC*NSF (in Dutch). 22 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  22. ↑ "Handbiker en triatleet Plat voor de derde keer Paralympisch Sporter van het Jaar". NOS (in Dutch). 22 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  23. ↑ "2022 European Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). European Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  24. ↑ "'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.
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