Kanah Andrews-Nahu

Kanah Shenelle Andrews-Nahu (born 18 January 2001)[1] is a New Zealand weightlifter. In 2018, 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]

Kanah Andrews-Nahu
Personal information
Full nameKanah Shenelle Andrews-Nahu
Born (2001-01-18) 18 January 2001
Auckland, New Zealand
Height161 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
SportWeightlifting
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  New Zealand
Summer Youth Olympics
2018 Buenos Aires +63 kg
Junior World Weightlifting Championships
2019 Suva 76 kg
Pacific Games
2019 Apia 76 kg

In 2019, 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]

References
  1. "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.


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