Zhang Guozheng
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| Nationality | Chinese | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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September 17, 1974 Nanping, Fujian, China |
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| Residence | Beijing, China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | -69 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Zhang Guozheng (simplified Chinese: 张国政; traditional Chinese: 張國政; pinyin: Zhāng Guózhèng; born September 14, 1974 in Shunchang, Nanping, Fujian) is a Chinese weightlifter. Zhang is a World champion, Olympic champion and World Record holder. In January, 1999, Zhang Guozheng was named a member of the National Men's weightlifting team. He ranked fourth at the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000 in the 69kg class. On October 3, 2002, at the Busan Asian Games, Zhang Guozheng took gold in the 69 kg class with a total score of 345 kilograms. In 2004, Zhang Guozeng won the Athens Olympic Games in the 69 kg class champion. On December 3, 2006, at the 15th Asian Games, Zhang Guozheng totaled 336 kg for a gold medal with a 152 kg snatch and a 184 kg clean and jerk. Zhang retired after 2008 and now serves as the deputy head coach for the men's weightlifting team.
When Zhang Guozheng was 11, his brother Zhang Guoquan felt that Guozheng lacked decipline and needed something to focus his time on. Thus he recommended weightlifting to Guozheng. He began his current career of weightlifting when he started Nanping Sport School in March 1983. On May 1, 1985, in Jianyang, Zhang Guozheng took second at the Fujian children's weightlifting competition in the 32 kg class. In September 1987, Zhang Guozheng entered Jianyang sports school under the tutelage of coach Xue Bi lin. In July 1988, at the national youth weightlifting competition, Zhang scored first for the snatch, clean and jerk, and the total in the 40 kg class. As a result, he was selected by Professor Peng Keguang from the Beijing Institute of Physical Education (now Beijing Sport University). In September 1988, the 14 year old Zhang Guozheng arrived in Beijing alone to learn weightlifting. The National Weightlifting Competition was held in Changsha at the end of 1998. Here, Zhang Guozheng won his first national championship in his weightlifting career. In January 1999, Zhang Guozheng selected by the National Men's weightlifting team.
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