Zhan Xugang
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Born | May 15, 1974 (1974-05-15) (age 50) Kaihua County, Zhejiang, China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Zhan Xugang (Chinese: 占旭刚; born May 15, 1974, in Kaihua County, Zhejiang) is a former male Chinese weightlifter and later politician. He is the first Chinese weightlifter to win gold at two consecutive Olympic, at the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games.
Biography
Weightlifting career
Zhan Xugang was recruited for the Kaihua County Sports School weightlifting program at ten years of age. Due to his progress Zhan was selected for the Zhejiang provincial team in 1987, and broke a national junior record the same year. In 1993 while on the national junior team he was named "an outstanding Asian Junior weightlifter" and selected to the senior team in January 1994. 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 160 kg 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. At the 2004 Games he missed all three snatch attempts in the men's 77 kg division and did not finish the competition.[1] Afterwards he announced his retirement.
Political career
Going forward Zhan Xugang mainly engaged in sports management in Zhejiang Province as the deputy commander in charge of weightlifting, judo and taekwondo. In 2005 he became director of the sports department of the Career Technical College.
In 2008, Zhan was one of the torch bearers for the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics.
In the beginning of 2012, Zhan was promoted to vice president of Zhejiang sports of the Career Technical College and became the director of seven departments. In July 2015, he served as committee member for his home and was proposed to be the deputy governor of three counties.[2]
Major results
Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
1996 | ![]() | 70 kg | 155 | 160 | 162.5 | 1 | 190 | 195 | 1 | 357.7 | ![]() | |
2000 | ![]() | 77 kg | 160.0 | 6 | 202.5 | 207.5 | - | 1 | 367.5 | ![]() | ||
2004 | ![]() | 77 kg | - | - | - | - | - | - | DNF | |||
World Championships | ||||||||||||
1997 | ![]() | 70 kg | 157.5 | ![]() | 190.0 | 195.5 | ![]() | 352.5 | ![]() | |||
1998 | ![]() | 77 kg | — | 200.0 | 4 | — |
References
External links
- Zhan Xugang at the 26th Olympic Summer Games at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-11-01)
- Zhan Xugang at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- v
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- 1920:
Alfred Neuland (EST)
- 1924:
Edmond Decottignies (FRA)
- 1928:
Hans Haas (AUT) /
Kurt Helbig (GER)
- 1932:
René Duverger (FRA)
- 1936:
Robert Fein (AUT) /
Anwar Mesbah (EGY)
- 1948:
Ibrahim Shams (EGY)
- 1952:
Tommy Kono (USA)
- 1956:
Ihor Rybak (URS)
- 1960:
Viktor Bushuev (URS)
- 1964:
Waldemar Baszanowski (POL)
- 1968:
Waldemar Baszanowski (POL)
- 1972:
Mukharby Kirzhinov (URS)
- 1976:
Petro Korol (URS)
- 1980:
Yanko Rusev (BUL)
- 1984:
Yao Jingyuan (CHN)
- 1988:
Joachim Kunz (GDR)
- 1992:
Israel Militosyan (EUN)
- 1996:
Zhan Xugang (CHN)
- 2000:
Galabin Boevski (BUL)
- 2004:
Zhang Guozheng (CHN)
- 2008:
Liao Hui (CHN)
- 2012:
Lin Qingfeng (CHN)
- 2016:
Shi Zhiyong (CHN)
- 2020:
Shi Zhiyong (CHN)
- 2024:
Rizki Juniansyah (INA)
- 67.5 kg (1920–1992)
- 70 kg (1996)
- 69 kg (2000–2016)
- 73 kg (2020–)
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Preceded by | Men's 77 kg World Record Holder (C&J) 2 September 1999 – 28 April 2000 | Succeeded by |