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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 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>


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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>
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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>

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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{{nbsp}}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|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/|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>


== Career ==
== 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{{nbsp}}kg. He repeated this in 2018 at the [[2018 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.<ref name="belarus_overtake_russia_2019" /><ref name="de_zevenmijlslaarzen_van_enzo_2020" /><ref name="pesistica_archivo_weightlifting_yog_2018" />
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{{nbsp}}kg. He repeated this in 2018 at the [[2018 European Youth Weightlifting Championships|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.<ref name="belarus_overtake_russia_2019" /><ref name="de_zevenmijlslaarzen_van_enzo_2020" /><ref name="pesistica_archivo_weightlifting_yog_2018" />


In 2019, at the [[British International Open 2019]] held in Coventry, Great Britain, he won the bronze medal in the men's +109{{nbsp}}kg event.<ref name="results_book_british_international_open_2019">{{Cite web|title=Results Book|url=https://britishweightlifting.org/resources/british-international-open-and-senior-championships-120619073640.pdf|website=British International Open 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226211239/https://britishweightlifting.org/resources/british-international-open-and-senior-championships-120619073640.pdf|archive-date=26 February 2020|access-date=27 May 2020}}</ref> A few months later, he competed in the [[2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's +109 kg|men's +109 kg]] event at the [[2019 World Weightlifting Championships]] held in Pattaya, Thailand without winning a medal.<ref name="results_book_world_weightlifting_championships_2019">{{Cite web|title=2019 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book|url=https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2019/09/job_934-Pattaya_2019.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725001808/https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2019/09/job_934-Pattaya_2019.pdf|archive-date=25 July 2021|access-date=25 July 2021|website=International Weightlifting Federation}}</ref> At the [[2019 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships]] held in Bucharest, Romania, he won the silver medal in the men's junior +109&nbsp;kg event.<ref name="results_book_european_junior_u23_weightlifting_championships"/>
In 2019, at the [[British International Open 2019|British International Open]] held in Coventry, Great Britain, he won the bronze medal in the men's +109{{nbsp}}kg event.<ref name="results_book_british_international_open_2019">{{Cite web|title=Results Book|url=https://britishweightlifting.org/resources/british-international-open-and-senior-championships-120619073640.pdf|website=British International Open 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226211239/https://britishweightlifting.org/resources/british-international-open-and-senior-championships-120619073640.pdf|archive-date=26 February 2020|access-date=27 May 2020}}</ref> A few months later, he competed in the [[2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's +109 kg|men's +109 kg]] event at the [[2019 World Weightlifting Championships]] held in Pattaya, Thailand without winning a medal.<ref name="results_book_world_weightlifting_championships_2019">{{Cite web|title=2019 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book|url=https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2019/09/job_934-Pattaya_2019.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725001808/https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2019/09/job_934-Pattaya_2019.pdf|archive-date=25 July 2021|access-date=25 July 2021|website=International Weightlifting Federation}}</ref> At the [[2019 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships]] held in Bucharest, Romania, he won the silver medal in the men's junior +109&nbsp;kg event.<ref name="results_book_european_junior_u23_weightlifting_championships"/>


In 2020, he finished in 6th place in the men's +109{{nbsp}}kg event at the [[Roma 2020 World Cup]] in Rome, Italy.<ref name="roma_world_cup_results_book_2020">{{Cite web|title=2020 Roma World Cup|url=http://www.pesistica.org/public/file_manager/ARCHIVIO/fipe/gare/nazionali/2020/01.27.20%20-%20RomaWWC/Results/Roma%202020%20WWC%20-%20Results.pdf|website=Federazione Italiana Pesistica|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526140449/http://www.pesistica.org/public/file_manager/ARCHIVIO/fipe/gare/nazionali/2020/01.27.20%20-%20RomaWWC/Results/Roma%202020%20WWC%20-%20Results.pdf|archive-date=26 May 2020|access-date=26 May 2020}}</ref>
In 2020, he finished in 6th place in the men's +109{{nbsp}}kg event at the [[Roma 2020 World Cup]] in Rome, Italy.<ref name="roma_world_cup_results_book_2020">{{Cite web|title=2020 Roma World Cup|url=http://www.pesistica.org/public/file_manager/ARCHIVIO/fipe/gare/nazionali/2020/01.27.20%20-%20RomaWWC/Results/Roma%202020%20WWC%20-%20Results.pdf|website=Federazione Italiana Pesistica|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526140449/http://www.pesistica.org/public/file_manager/ARCHIVIO/fipe/gare/nazionali/2020/01.27.20%20-%20RomaWWC/Results/Roma%202020%20WWC%20-%20Results.pdf|archive-date=26 May 2020|access-date=26 May 2020}}</ref>


In April 2021, he finished in 11th place in the men's +109{{nbsp}}kg event at the [[2021 European Weightlifting Championships]] held in Moscow, Russia.<ref name="results_book_european_weightlifting_championships_2021">{{Cite web|title=Results Book|url=https://www.ewfed.com/2021/Moscow/ResultsBook.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413173640/https://www.ewfed.com/2021/Moscow/ResultsBook.pdf|archive-date=13 April 2021|access-date=29 May 2021|website=2021 European Weightlifting Championships}}</ref><ref name="gewichtheffer_kuworge_ziet_kans_op_tokio_kleiner_worden_2021">{{Cite news|date=11 April 2021|title=Gewichtheffer Kuworge ziet bij EK kans op Tokio kleiner worden|language=nl|work=NOS|url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2376363-gewichtheffer-kuworge-ziet-bij-ek-kans-op-tokio-kleiner-worden|access-date=31 May 2021}}</ref> In May 2021, he won the gold medal in his event at the [[2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships]] held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.<ref name="kuworge_and_sansyzbayeva_wins_super_heavyweight_titles_2021"/><ref name="junior_world_weightlifting_championships_results_book_2021">{{Cite web|title=2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships Results Book|url=https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2021/05/2021_IWF_JUNIOR_ResultsBook.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731200747/https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2021/05/2021_IWF_JUNIOR_ResultsBook.pdf|archive-date=31 July 2021|access-date=31 July 2021|website=International Weightlifting Federation}}</ref>
In April 2021, Kuworge finished in 11th place in the men's +109{{nbsp}}kg event at the [[2021 European Weightlifting Championships|European Weightlifting Championships]] held in Moscow, Russia.<ref name="results_book_european_weightlifting_championships_2021">{{Cite web|title=Results Book|url=https://www.ewfed.com/2021/Moscow/ResultsBook.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413173640/https://www.ewfed.com/2021/Moscow/ResultsBook.pdf|archive-date=13 April 2021|access-date=29 May 2021|website=2021 European Weightlifting Championships}}</ref><ref name="gewichtheffer_kuworge_ziet_kans_op_tokio_kleiner_worden_2021">{{Cite news|date=11 April 2021|title=Gewichtheffer Kuworge ziet bij EK kans op Tokio kleiner worden|language=nl|work=NOS|url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2376363-gewichtheffer-kuworge-ziet-bij-ek-kans-op-tokio-kleiner-worden|access-date=31 May 2021}}</ref> In May 2021, he won the gold medal in his event 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"/><ref name="junior_world_weightlifting_championships_results_book_2021">{{Cite web|title=2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships Results Book|url=https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2021/05/2021_IWF_JUNIOR_ResultsBook.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731200747/https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2021/05/2021_IWF_JUNIOR_ResultsBook.pdf|archive-date=31 July 2021|access-date=31 July 2021|website=International Weightlifting Federation}}</ref>

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Kuworge competed in the [[Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's +109 kg|men's +109{{nbsp}}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.<ref name="brian_oliver_how_dutch_weightlifting_hero_worked_ate_his_way_to_olympic_games_2021">{{Cite news|last=Oliver|first=Brian|date=24 July 2021|title=Brian Oliver: How Dutch weightlifting hero worked and ate his way to Olympic Games|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1110711/dutch-weightlifter-ate-his-way-to-games|access-date=24 July 2021}}</ref><ref name="nederland_vaardigt_53_jaar_gewichtheffer_olympische_spelen_2021">{{Cite web|last=van Suchtelen|first=Eline|date=5 July 2021|title=Nederland vaardigt na 53 jaar weer een gewichtheffer af naar de Olympische Spelen|url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/sport/nederland-vaardigt-na-53-jaar-weer-een-gewichtheffer-af-naar-de-olympische-spelen~b5ded4f2/|access-date=31 July 2021|website=De Volkskrant|language=nl}}</ref><ref name="previous_dutch_competitor_note" group="lower-alpha">[[Pieter van der Kruk]] competed in the [[Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's +90 kg|men's +90{{nbsp}}kg]] event at the [[1968 Summer Olympics]] in Mexico City, Mexico.</ref> 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.<ref name="men_over_109_kg_results_summer_olympics_2020">{{Cite web|title=Men's +109 kg Results|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WLF/OG2020-_WLF_C73_WLFMO109KG------------FNL---------.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804123740/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WLF/OG2020-_WLF_C73_WLFMO109KG------------FNL---------.pdf|archive-date=4 August 2021|access-date=4 August 2021|website=2020 Summer Olympics}}</ref><ref name="eerste_nederlandse_gewichtheffer_naast_medaille_2021">{{Cite news|date=4 August 2021|title=Eerste Nederlandse gewichtheffer sinds 1968 Kuworge grijpt naast medaille|language=nl|work=NU.nl|url=https://www.nu.nl/olympische-spelen/6149661/eerste-nederlandse-gewichtheffer-sinds-1968-kuworge-grijpt-naast-medaille.html|access-date=4 August 2021}}</ref> A few months later, he won the gold medal in the men's junior +109{{nbsp}}kg event at the [[2021 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships]] held in Rovaniemi, Finland.<ref name="record_breaking_weightlifting_finale_in_finland_by_armenian_super_heavyweight_lalayan_2021">{{Cite news|last=Oliver|first=Brian|date=4 October 2021|title=Record-breaking weightlifting finale in Finland by Armenian super-heavyweight Lalayan|work=[[Inside the Games|InsideTheGames.biz]]|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/index.php/articles/1113794/weightlifting-euro-junior-u23|access-date=4 October 2021}}</ref><ref name="results_book_european_junior_u23_weightlifting_championships_2021">{{Cite web|title=2021 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships Results Book|url=https://www.ewfed.com/2021/Junior/Resultbook.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004142147/https://www.ewfed.com/2021/Junior/Resultbook.pdf|archive-date=4 October 2021|access-date=4 October 2021|website=European Weightlifting Federation}}</ref> In December 2021, he competed in the [[2021 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's +109 kg|men's +109{{nbsp}}kg]] event at the [[2021 World Weightlifting Championships|World Weightlifting Championships]] held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.<ref name="world_weightlifting_championships_results_book_2021">{{Cite web|title=2021 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book|url=https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2021/12/Results_Book_2021_World_Championships_.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217203058/https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2021/12/Results_Book_2021_World_Championships_.pdf|archive-date=17 December 2021|access-date=17 December 2021|website=IWF}}</ref> He finished in 10th place.<ref name="world_weightlifting_championships_results_book_2021"/><ref name="wereldrecordpoging_junioren_mislukt_wk_2021">{{Cite news|date=17 December 2021|title=Wereldrecordpoging voor junioren mislukt voor gewichtheffer Kuworge|language=nl|work=NU.nl|url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2409851-wereldrecordpoging-voor-junioren-mislukt-voor-gewichtheffer-kuworge|access-date=25 December 2021}}</ref> In that same month, he won the Young Talent Award 2020/2021 at the [[NOC*NSF]] Sports Gala.<ref name="kuworge_winnaar_young_talent_award_2021">{{Cite news|date=22 December 2021|title=Enzo Kuworge winnaar Young Talent Award 2021|language=nl|work=NOC*NSF|url=https://nocnsf.nl/nieuws/2021/12/enzo-kuworge-winnaar-young-talent-award-2021|access-date=25 December 2021}}</ref><ref name="plat_derde_keer_sporter_van_het_jaar_2021">{{Cite news|date=22 December 2021|title=Handbiker en triatleet Plat voor de derde keer Paralympisch Sporter van het Jaar|language=nl|work=NOS|url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2410561-handbiker-en-triatleet-plat-voor-de-derde-keer-paralympisch-sporter-van-het-jaar|access-date=25 December 2021}}</ref>

Kuworge competed in the men's +109{{nbsp}}kg event at the [[2022 European Weightlifting Championships]] held in Tirana, Albania.<ref name="results_book_european_weightlifting_championships_2022">{{Cite web |title=2022 European Weightlifting Championships Results Book |url=https://ewf.sport/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Results_Book_2022_European_ALB.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220606070924/https://ewf.sport/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Results_Book_2022_European_ALB.pdf |archive-date=6 June 2022 |access-date=6 June 2022 |website=European Weightlifting Federation}}</ref>

== Personal life ==

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>

== Achievements ==


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He competed in the [[Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's +109 kg|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.<ref name="brian_oliver_how_dutch_weightlifting_hero_worked_ate_his_way_to_olympic_games_2021">{{Cite news|last=Oliver|first=Brian|date=24 July 2021|title=Brian Oliver: How Dutch weightlifting hero worked and ate his way to Olympic Games|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1110711/dutch-weightlifter-ate-his-way-to-games|url-status=live|access-date=24 July 2021}}</ref><ref name="nederland_vaardigt_53_jaar_gewichtheffer_olympische_spelen_2021">{{Cite web|last=van Suchtelen|first=Eline|date=5 July 2021|title=Nederland vaardigt na 53 jaar weer een gewichtheffer af naar de Olympische Spelen|url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/sport/nederland-vaardigt-na-53-jaar-weer-een-gewichtheffer-af-naar-de-olympische-spelen~b5ded4f2/|url-status=live|access-date=31 July 2021|website=De Volkskrant|language=nl}}</ref><ref name="previous_dutch_competitor_note" group="lower-alpha">[[Pieter van der Kruk]] competed in the [[Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's +90 kg|men's +90 kg]] event at the [[1968 Summer Olympics]] in Mexico City, Mexico.</ref> 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.<ref name="men_over_109_kg_results_summer_olympics_2020">{{Cite web|title=Men's +109 kg Results|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WLF/OG2020-_WLF_C73_WLFMO109KG------------FNL---------.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804123740/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WLF/OG2020-_WLF_C73_WLFMO109KG------------FNL---------.pdf|archive-date=4 August 2021|access-date=4 August 2021|website=2020 Summer Olympics}}</ref><ref name="eerste_nederlandse_gewichtheffer_naast_medaille_2021">{{Cite news|date=4 August 2021|title=Eerste Nederlandse gewichtheffer sinds 1968 Kuworge grijpt naast medaille|language=nl|work=NU.nl|url=https://www.nu.nl/olympische-spelen/6149661/eerste-nederlandse-gewichtheffer-sinds-1968-kuworge-grijpt-naast-medaille.html|access-date=4 August 2021}}</ref>
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! rowspan=2 width=250 | Venue
! rowspan=2 width=60 | Weight
! colspan=4 | Snatch (kg)
! colspan=4 | Clean & Jerk (kg)
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! width=65 | 2
! width=65 | 3
! width=45 | Rank
! width=65 | 1
! width=65 | 2
! width=65 | 3
! width=45 | Rank
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! colspan=13 | [[Summer Olympic Games|Summer Olympics]]
|-
| [[Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics|2021]] || align=left | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]] || [[Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's +109 kg|+109 kg]] || '''175''' || {{s|180}} || {{s|180}} || {{n/a}} || 225 || {{s|233}} || '''234''' || {{n/a}} || '''409''' || 6
|-
! colspan=13 | [[World Weightlifting Championships|World Championships]]
|-
| [[2019 World Weightlifting Championships|2019]] || align=left | {{flagicon|THA}} [[Pattaya]], [[Thailand]] || [[2019 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's +109 kg|+109 kg]] || 161 || '''166''' || {{s|170}} || 24 || {{s|213}} || {{s|213}} || '''215''' || 19 || '''381''' || 20
|-
| [[2021 World Weightlifting Championships|2021]] || align=left | {{flagicon|UZB}} [[Tashkent]], [[Uzbekistan]] || [[2021 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's +109 kg|+109 kg]] || 170 || <s>175</s> || '''176''' || 13 || 222 || '''227''' || <s>238</s> || 9 || '''403''' || 10
|-
| [[2022 World Weightlifting Championships|2022]] || align=left | {{flagicon|COL}} [[Bogotá]], [[Colombia]] || [[2022 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's +109 kg|+109 kg]] || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[2023 World Weightlifting Championships|2023]] || align=left | {{flagicon|KSA}} [[Riyadh]], [[Saudi Arabia]] || [[2023 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's +109 kg|+109 kg]] || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! colspan=13 | [[European Weightlifting Championships|European Championships]]
|-
| [[2021 European Weightlifting Championships|2021]] || align=left | {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Moscow]], [[Russia]] || +109 kg || 172 || '''176''' || {{s|180}} || 10 || {{s|222}} || {{s|222}} || '''222''' || 9 || '''398''' || 11
|-
| [[2022 European Weightlifting Championships|2022]] || align=left | {{flagicon|ALB}} [[Tirana]], [[Albania]] || +109 kg || 178 || <s>181</s> || '''183''' || 6 || <s>230</s> || <s>230</s> || <s>230</s> || — || — || —
|-
| [[2023 European Weightlifting Championships|2023]] || align=left | {{flagicon|ARM}} [[Yerevan]], [[Armenia]] || +109 kg || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[2024 European Weightlifting Championships|2024]] || align=left | {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Sofia]], [[Bulgaria]] || +109 kg || 160 || 165 || '''168''' || 9 || '''202''' || — || — || 10 || '''370''' || 9
|}


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Latest revision as of 11:07, 17 November 2024

Enzo Kuworge
Enzo Kuworge at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Personal information
Full nameEnzo Kofi Kuworge
Born (2001-08-31) 31 August 2001 (age 23)
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

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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

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He has a Ghanaian father and a Dutch mother.[24]

Achievements

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Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Summer Olympics
2021 Japan Tokyo, Japan +109 kg 175 180 180 — 225 233 234 — 409 6
World Championships
2019 Thailand Pattaya, Thailand +109 kg 161 166 170 24 213 213 215 19 381 20
2021 Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan +109 kg 170 175 176 13 222 227 238 9 403 10
2022 Colombia Bogotá, Colombia +109 kg — — — — — — — — — —
2023 Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia +109 kg — — — — — — — — — —
European Championships
2021 Russia Moscow, Russia +109 kg 172 176 180 10 222 222 222 9 398 11
2022 Albania Tirana, Albania +109 kg 178 181 183 6 230 230 230 — — —
2023 Armenia Yerevan, Armenia +109 kg — — — — — — — — — —
2024 Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria +109 kg 160 165 168 9 202 — — 10 370 9

Notes

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

References

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  1. ^ a b "Results Book" (PDF). 2019 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 May 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Gewichtheffer Kuworge pakt olympisch ticket en treedt in voetsporen Van der Kruk". NOS (in Dutch). 28 June 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  4. ^ a b Oliver, Brian (12 April 2019). "Belarus overtake Russia and Romania in European Weightlifting Championships medals table". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  5. ^ a b "De zevenmijlslaarzen van Nijmeegse Enzo (18): 'Gewichtheffen is een pijnsport'". De Gelderlander (in Dutch). 26 February 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  6. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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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