Zhan Xugang
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | May 15, 1974 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=icon}
.svg.png){kind=icon}
.svg.png){kind=icon}
Zhan Xugang (simplified Chinese: 占旭刚; traditional Chinese: 占旭剛; pinyin: Zhān Xùgāng; born May 15, 1974 in Kaihua, Quzhou, Zhejiang) is a male Chinese weightlifter and later politician who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics, in the 2000 Summer Olympics, and in the 2004 Summer Olympics. In 1996 he won the gold medal in the 70 kg class. Four years later he won the gold medal in the 77 kg class. He is the first Chinese weightlifter to win two consecutive Olympic Games the only twice winning athlete.At the 2004 Games he missed all three snatch attempts in the men's 77 kg division and did not finish the competition.[1]
Biography
Early Life
Zhan was born onMay 15, 1974, in Kaihua County of Zhejiang city in Quzhou province. Due to his outstanding physical quality, Zhan was selected into the Zhejiang province weightlifting team in 1987. In 1993, Zhan Xugang was named "an outstanding Asian Youth weightlifting athlete" in all competitions, and was selected to the national team in January. Zhan Xugang in the competed in the 70kg class in men's weightlifting. In 1996, at the Atlanta Olympic Games, Zhan Xugang won the gold medal and broke 3 World Records. In 1998, the International Weightlifting Federation implemented new weightlifting levels. Zhan Xugang entered the 77 kg class. Zhan was challenged as the levels of his competitors rose. At the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000, Zhan snatched 160kg and ranked fourth in the competition. Despite the adverse circumstance, he was able to clean and jerk 207.5 kg, a personal record. This allowed him to total 367.5 kg and win gold. In 2004, Zhan Xugang announced his retirement after the Athens Olympics.
Political Career
After retiring from weightlifting, Zhan Xugang mainly engaged in sports management in Zhejiang Province as the deputy commander in charge of weightlifting, judo and Taekwondo. In 2005, Zhan Xugang, as director of the sports department of Career Technical College, continued to be responsible for the management of sport of weightlifting. In 2008, Zhan Xugang was a torch bearer for the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. In the beginning of 2012, Zhan Xugang was promoted to vice president of Zhejiang sports of Career Technical College and became the director of seven Departments of sports. In July 2015, he served as committee member for his home and was proposed to be the deputy governor of the people's Government of three counties.[2]
References
- ↑ "占旭刚系挂职副县长挂职2年 分管领域尚不清楚". Retrieved July 10, 2016.
- ↑ "占旭刚成功卫冕". July 10, 2016.