Enzo Kuworge

Enzo Kofi Kuworge (born 31 August 2001) is a Dutch weightlifter. He became junior super heavyweight world champion at the 2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He represented the Netherlands at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

In 2018, he won the bronze medal in the boys' +85kg event at the Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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 +94kg. 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. 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. 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.

In April 2021, Kuworge finished in 11th place in the men's +109kg event at the European Weightlifting Championships held in Moscow, Russia. In May 2021, he won the gold medal in his event at the Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Kuworge competed in the men's +109kg 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. 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 2021 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships 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 2022 European Weightlifting Championships held in Tirana, Albania.

Personal life

He has a Ghanaian father and a Dutch mother.

Achievements

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank 1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank Summer Olympics 2021 Tokyo, Japan +109 kg 175 225 234 409 6 World Championships 2019 Pattaya, Thailand +109 kg 161 166 24 215 19 381 20 2021 Tashkent, Uzbekistan +109 kg 170 175 176 13 222 227 238 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 178 181 183 6 230 230 230 — — — 2023 Yerevan, Armenia +109 kg — — — — — — — — — — 2024 Sofia, Bulgaria +109 kg 160 165 168 9 202 — — 10 370 9