The Roaring Weightlifter -- Zhan Xugang
怒吼大力士——占旭刚
Zhan Xugang was born in 1970 in Kaihua city of Zhejiang province. He is a famous athlete in weightlifting in China or even in the world. In 1987 he was chosen to go to the Provincial Weightlifting team from the Juvenile Physical Education School of Kaihua city. In 1993 he was chosen as "Excellent Asian young weightlifter". In January 1994 he was selected as a member of the national team and had the first world level skills in 70 kilograms. In th Olympic Games in 1996, he got three medals in the discipline and broke the three world records. His sport life reached its top at this moment. Zhan Xugang was by nature frank and loved weightlifting much. Though he uses "Squat-Jerk in the clean and jerk, his movements are smooth and reasonable and he has great power too. He is an athlete with power and skills. In 1998, after the World Weightlifting Association has adopted new men's code in weight division, Zhan Xugang went up from 70 kg to 77kg. In this division the skillful opponents give him more challenges. However, in the 77kg finals iin the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games Zhan Xugang made the icredible "great reversal" and put the gold medal into his own pocket.
占旭刚于1970年出生于浙江省开化市，是我国举重乃至世界举坛上著名的运动员之一。1987年从浙江省开化市少体校入选浙江省举重队，1993年被评为“亚洲优秀青年举重运动员”。1994年1月入选国家队，在70公斤级项目上具备世界超一流水平。1996年奥运会上，夺得该项目三项冠军，并破三项世界纪录，占旭刚的运动生涯至此达到巅峰。占旭刚生性直率又非常喜爱举重运动，虽然他的挺举采用目前已较少有人使用的“下蹲挺”动作，但他技术动作合理且流畅，力量又好，是力量型和技术性兼而有之的选手。1998年国际举联实行新的男子举重级别后，占旭刚由过去的70公斤“升级”到77公斤级，这一级别的高手众多，对他的考验更大了。但2000悉尼奥运会77公斤级决赛中，占旭刚依然完成不可思议的“大逆转”，将金牌揽入囊中。
Best Performance:
最好成绩：
Champion of 70kg in the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games in weightlifing (the best performance is 370kg)
1996年亚特兰大奥运会举重赛70公斤级冠军（最好总成绩：370公斤）。
Champion of 77kg in the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games
2000年悉尼奥运会77公斤级举重赛冠军。
Sports Career:
运动生涯：
Practice weightlifting in Kaihua Physical Education School in 1987, learned from Zhu Yun'er; chosen to Zhejiang Provincial Weightlifting team from the school in the same year and learned from Chen Jilai; chosen to the National Juvenile team in 1993 and learnde from Chen Jilai; chosen to the National Weightlifting team in January 1994 and the trainer was Chen Guanhu.
1987年在开化体校练举重，教练朱云儿；同年从开化市少浙江省体校进入举重队，教练陈继来；1993年入选国家青年队，教练陈继来；1994年1月入选国家队，教练陈冠湖。
The Key Records He Made:
主要纪录：
In 1993, the Asian Snatch Record of 70kg in the 7th National Games in Peking;
1993年，北京第7届全运会70公斤级抓举亚洲纪录；
In 1994, world clean and jerk record of 70kg in 1994 Jakarta World Junior Weightlifting Championship (183kg);
1994年，雅加达世界青年举重锦标赛70公斤级挺举世界纪录，183；
In 1995, three Asian records of snatch/ clean and jerk/ and two-lift total of 70kg in Pusan Asian Men's Weightlifting Championship (153kg, 188. 5kg and 340kg);
1995年，釜山亚洲男子举重锦标赛70公斤级抓举/挺举/总成绩三项亚洲纪录，153/188.5/340；
In 1996, world clean and jerk record of 70kg in Chiba of Japan Asian Weightlifting Championship;
1996年，日本千叶亚洲举重锦标赛70公斤级抓举世界纪录，160.5；
In 1996, world clean and jerk of 70kg in total in 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games (357.5kg);
1996年，亚特兰大奥运会70公斤级总成绩世界纪录，357.5；
In 1997, world clean and jerk record of 70kg in Tailand World Men's Weightlifting Championship (195.5);
1997年，泰国世界男子举重锦标赛70公斤级挺举世界纪录，195.5；
In 1999, world clean and jerk record of 77kg in the 13th World weightlifting Championship in China (206kg).
1999年，中国第31届亚洲男子举重锦标赛77公斤级挺举世界纪录，206。
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