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Kanah Andrews-Nahu

Kanah Andrews-Nahu
Personal information
Full nameKanah Shenelle Andrews-Nahu
Born (2001-01-18) 18 January 2001 (age 23)
Auckland, New Zealand
Height159 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
SportWeightlifting
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  New Zealand
Pacific Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Apia 76 kg
Commonwealth Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Apia 76 kg
Oceania Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Le Mont-Dore 75 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Apia 76 kg
Summer Youth Olympics
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Buenos Aires +63 kg
Junior World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Suva 76 kg

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]

Career

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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

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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 87 kg 94 98 100 — 105 112 120 — 206 13

References

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  1. ^ a b "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 May 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  2. ^ Oliver, Brian (28 November 2019). "Exclusive: Thai weightlifter loses Youth Olympics gold medal for doping". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  3. ^ "New Zealand weightlifter Kanah Andrews-Nahu has Youth Olympic Games fourth placing upgraded to third following disqualification". New Zealand Olympic Team. 29 November 2019. Archived from the original on 29 May 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  4. ^ "ANDREWS won the first ever Junior World Championships gold medal for NZ". IWF. 5 June 2019. Archived from the original on 29 May 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  5. ^ "2019 Junior World Weightlifting Championships" (PDF). IWF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 May 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  6. ^ McFadden, Suzanne (10 June 2019). "Andrews-Nahu clinches NZ's first world lifting gold". Newsroom. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Pacific Games Apia – Sam 09.07.2019 – 15.07.2019 Contents (Senior)" (PDF). www.oceaniaweightlifting.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Olympics: Young gun Kanah Andrews-Nahu ready to raise the bar in Tokyo". stuff.co.nz. 27 June 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Kanah Andrews-Nahu". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Tokyo Olympics: Meet the New Zealand team who will be going for gold". stuff.co.nz. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  11. ^ "Women's 87 kg Results" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
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