Kanah Andrews-Nahu
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Full name | Kanah Shenelle Andrews-Nahu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Auckland, New Zealand | 18 January 2001|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 161 cm (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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[]
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[]
Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
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2021 | ![]() |
87 kg | 94 | 105 | 112 | 206 | 13 |
References[]
- ^ a b "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 May 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ Oliver, Brian (28 November 2019). "Exclusive: Thai weightlifter loses Youth Olympics gold medal for doping". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "2019 Junior World Weightlifting Championships" (PDF). IWF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 May 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
- ^ McFadden, Suzanne (10 June 2019). "Andrews-Nahu clinches NZ's first world lifting gold". Newsroom. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Olympics: Young gun Kanah Andrews-Nahu ready to raise the bar in Tokyo". stuff.co.nz. 27 June 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ "Kanah Andrews-Nahu". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "Tokyo Olympics: Meet the New Zealand team who will be going for gold". stuff.co.nz. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ^ "Women's 87 kg Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
External links[]
- Kanah Andrews-Nahu at IWF
- Kanah Andrews-Nahu at International Weightlifting Results Project
- Kanah Andrews-Nahu at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
- Kanah Andrews-Nahu at Olympedia
- Living people
- 2001 births
- Sportspeople from Auckland
- New Zealand female weightlifters
- Weightlifters at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic weightlifters of New Zealand