Enzo Kofi Kuworge (born 31 August 2001) is a Dutch weightlifter. He became junior super heavyweight world champion at the

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held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He represented the Netherlands at the

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in Tokyo, Japan. In 2018, he won the bronze medal in the boys' +85kg event at the

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held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Career

At the

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held in Pristina, Kosovo, he won the bronze medal in the clean & jerk and the silver medal in total in the men's +94kg. He repeated this in 2018 at the

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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

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held in Buenos Aires, Argentina where he broke all national senior records and won the bronze medal. In 2019, at the

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held in Coventry, Great Britain, he won the bronze medal in the men's +109kg event. A few months later, he competed in the men's +109 kg event at the

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held in Pattaya, Thailand without winning a medal. At the

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held in Bucharest, Romania, he won the silver medal in the men's junior +109 kg event. In 2020, he finished in 6th place in the men's +109kg event at the

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in Rome, Italy. In April 2021, Kuworge finished in 11th place in the men's +109kg event at the

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held in Moscow, Russia. In May 2021, he won the gold medal in his event at the

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held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Kuworge competed in the men's +109kg event at the

in Tokyo, Japan. It was the first time a weightlifter from the Netherlands competed at the Summer Olympics in over fifty years.

Pieter van der Kruk Pieter "Piet" van der Kruk (13 August 1941 – 4 June 2020) was a Dutch heavyweight weightlifter and shot putter. He won five national weightlifting titles (1964, 1965, 1967–1969) and four shot put titles (1964, 1965, 1967 and 1969), and held ...

competed in the men's +90kg event at the

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in Mexico City, Mexico. 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. A few months later, he won the gold medal in the men's junior +109kg event at the

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held in Rovaniemi, Finland. In December 2021, he competed in the men's +109kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He finished in 10th place. In that same month, he won the Young Talent Award 2020/2021 at the NOC*NSF Sports Gala. Kuworge competed in the men's +109kg event at the

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held in Tirana, Albania.

Personal life

He has a Ghanaian father and a Dutch mother.

Achievements

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kuworge, Enzo Living people 2001 births Sportspeople from Nijmegen Dutch male weightlifters Weightlifters at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Weightlifters at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters for the Netherlands 21st-century Dutch people