Zhang Xiaoping

Zhang Xiaoping,张小平, Zhang Xiǎopíng ( born April 1, 1982 in Xilin Hot, Inner Mongolia ) is a Chinese boxer and Olympic champion in Beijing 2008 in the light heavyweight division.

Career

Zhang Xiaoping comes from the inner Mongolian Autonomous Region. He is 1.88 m tall and weighs about 81 kg. He has turned in his youth boxing.

The first known of him is the result of 2nd place in the Chinese Championship 2005. He lost this year in the final of this championship heavyweight against Lei Yuping. During the year 2006 succeeded Zhang Xiaoping, replace the hitherto leading Chinese light heavyweight boxer Lei Yuping and become the No. 1 in China in this weight class.

In May 2006, he raced in the Chinese national team, who stayed two countries fighting against Cuba in Havana. Zhang Xiaoping lost it in the first light heavyweight fight against Yusiel Napoles by points ( 3:13 ), but won the second fight against Yanier Lescuy ( 18:15). In the same year he also launched at the Asian Games in Doha. He was defeated there in the second round against Dschachan Kurbanov of Tajikistan on points and finished second in the final bill the 9th Place.

In 2007, continued in view of the Olympic Games in Beijing a strong promotion of Chinese Boxer a. Also benefited from Zhang Xiaoping. This was already evident at the Asian Championships in Ulaanbaatar. Zhang won there against Mehdi Ghorbani from Iran to points ( 15:12 ), then defeated Dschachan Kurbanov by points ( 24:11 ) and also won over Ri Jong Bom from North Korea by points ( 22:7 ). Only in the final he lost to Abbo Atoyev from Uzbekistan on points ( 3:6 ) and came with it to 2nd place.

At the World Championships of 2007 in Chicago, he triumphed over Jasveer Singh from India ( 17:3 ) and Gottlieb Weiss from Germany (17-13 ) on points. In the second round, but he was defeated by Yerkabulan Schinalijew from Kazakhstan on points and ended up with it on the 9th Place.

The start authorization for the Olympic Games in Beijing, Zhang Xiaoping battled at the Olympic qualifying tournament in January 2008 in Bangkok. He won there again Mehdi Ghorbani and Dinesh Kumar defeated then from India to points ( 25:7 ). He fought for his right to start. In the final final battle he was in the 3rd round easily injured against Dschachan Kurbanov.

At the Olympics itself Zahng Xiaoping was by no means as favorite. He defeated there in the first fight Mourad Sahroroui from Tunisia on points ( 3-1 ) and won in the second fight against Vice World Champion Artur Beterbijew from Russia convincingly on points (8:2). At the latest after this victory, he was one of the favorites for the gold medal. With victories over Abdelhafid Benchabla from Algeria ( 12:7 ), Yerkabulan Schinalijew ( 4:4 ) and Kenneth Egan of Ireland he managed to actually win the Olympics, with his victory over Yerkabulan Schinalijew was extremely scarce.

International success

( 0S = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, Hs = light heavyweight, to 81 kg body weight)

  • 2006, 9th place, Asian Games in Doha, Hs; Winner: Dschachan Kurbanov, Tajikistan ago Song Hak Sung, Korea;
  • 2007, 2nd place, Asian Championships in Ulaanbaatar, Hs, behind Abbo Atoyev, Uzbekistan and before Ri Jong Bom, North Korea and Song Hak Sung;
  • 2007, 9th place, World Cup in Chicago, Hs; Winner: Abbo Atoyev before Artur Beterbijew, Russia;
  • 2008, 2nd Place, Qualifying Tournament fd Beijing Olympic Games in Bangkok, Hs, behind Dschachon Kurbanov;
  • 2008, Gold Medal, OS in Beijing, Hs, before Kenneth Egan, Ireland, Yerkabulan Schinalijew, Kazakhstan & Tony Jeffries, Great Britain

Countries fighting

  • 2006 in Havana, Cuba against China, Hs, point defeat against Yusiel Napoles,
  • 2006 in Havana, Cuba against China, Hs, points victory over Yanier Lescuy
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