In 2021, Zhan Xugang, a famous Chinese weightlifter and two-time Olympic champion, was promoted to the dean of Zhejiang Sports Vocational and Technical College, with the rank of deputy department. After the news came out, the attention of the outside world to Zhan Xugang increased rapidly, and some of his past experiences were also spread, and in the eyes of many fans, Zhan Xugang can almost be called a winner in life.
Chinese weightlifting has always been at the top level in the world, Zhan Xugang is a representative of the Chinese weightlifting team, born in Quzhou, Zhejiang, he has outstanding physical fitness since childhood, began to receive sports training at a very young age, and formed an indissoluble bond with weightlifting. At the age of 13, Zhan Xu was just selected for the Zhejiang weightlifting team, conquered audiences at home and abroad with his outstanding performance, and was awarded the "Asian Outstanding Young Weightlifter" in 1993, and his career entered an upward period. In the same year, Zhan Xugang was called up by the Chinese weightlifting team and became a key member of the preparation for the Atlanta Olympics. In 1996, Zhan Xugang won the men's 70kg weightlifting championship and broke three world records, becoming a famous weightlifting superstar at that time.
Later, Zhan Xugang gained weight to 77kg and faced more competition, but he didn't feel intimidated and went all out to adapt to the standards of different weight classes. In the 2000 Olympic Games, Zhan Xugang was still in peak condition, and he won the gold medal again with his outstanding performance, becoming the first Chinese weightlifter to win the Olympic championship in a row. It can be said that Zhan Xugang has reached the peak of his career at this time, and for him, who is already 26 years old, it is better to retreat bravely than to continue to persevere. However, Zhan Xugang did not choose to give up, he decided to challenge his limits. So in the next 4 years, Zhan Xugang trained harder than before.
When it came to the Athens Olympics, the 30-year-old Zhan Xugang was inferior to those young people in terms of physical fitness and competitive condition, and finally failed to achieve the goal of winning gold in three consecutive Olympic Games. After that, Zhan Xugang chose to retire and successfully entered the sports department of Zhejiang Province. After several years of training, Zhan Xu just started to work in Zhejiang Sports Vocational and Technical College, during which he also went to the local area as a deputy county magistrate for 2 years, accumulating rich grassroots work experience. With his outstanding performance at work, Zhan Xu has just become the leader of Zhejiang Sports Vocational and Technical College, and he is only 49 years old this year, and there is still a lot of room for promotion in the future.
Zhejiang Sports Vocational and Technical College is a well-known school, which has trained 8 Olympic champions, both in terms of hardware facilities and teachers, ranking in the forefront of China's physical education field. Zhan Xugang himself has received long-term sports training, coupled with the experience of winning two Olympic championships, I believe that under his leadership, Zhejiang Sports Vocational and Technical College can cultivate more outstanding athletes. It is worth mentioning that in addition to smooth sailing in his career, Zhan Xugang's love life is also perfect. As early as when Zhan Xugang was still an athlete, he met his wife Yao Jian, who was a flight attendant and his first love, and the two became married in 2005 after many years of love, and had a son after marriage. Because Zhan Xugang's work is relatively busy, after the two got married, his wife quit her job as a flight attendant and concentrated on her husband and children at home, and the family of three lived happily.