Zhilei Zhang
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| Full name | 张 志磊 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | May 2, 1983 Henan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 111 kg (245 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | Super Heavyweight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Zhang Zhilei (Chinese: 张志磊; pinyin: Zhāng Zhìlěi; born May 2, 1983 in Henan) is a Chinese amateur boxer best known for winning a bronze medal at the world amateur championships 2007 at super heavyweight and a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics (the 100th and last medal for China).
Career
2003 the huge southpaw lost in the first round of the World Championship to Polish fellow southpaw Grzegorz Kiełsa 22:8.
At the 2004 World University Boxing Championships he lost the final to Rustam Saidov.
2005 at the World Championships in his home country he beat Vugar Alekperov 20:11 before losing to eventual winner Odlanier Solis (17:7)
Zhang lost at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships to Ukrainian Vyacheslav Glazkov in the semifinals but qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics. There he settled for silver, losing the final by KO to Italy's Roberto Cammarelle.
At the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships he again lost the semi to a Ukraininan in Roman Kapitanenko 2:5.
Olympic Games results
- Defeated Mohamed Amanissi (Morocco) 15-0
- Defeated Ruslan Myrsatayev (Kazakhstan) 12-2
- Defeated Vyacheslav Glazkov (Ukraine) walk-over
World Championships results
2003 (as a Super heavyweight)
- Lost to Grzegorz Kiełsa (Poland) 8-22
2005 (as a Super heavyweight)
- Defeated Vugar Alekperov (Azerbaijan) 20-11
- Lost to Odlanier Solis (Cuba) 7-17
2007 (as a Super heavyweight)
- Defeated Nurpais Torobekov (Kyrgyzstan) RSCO 3
- Defeated Rustam Rygebayev (Kazakhstan) 20-10
- Defeated Daniel Beahan (Australia) KO 2
- Lost to Vyacheslav Glazkov (Ukraine) 11-21 (placed 3rd)
References
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- 1983 births
- Living people
- Chinese boxers
- Super-heavyweight boxers
- Olympic boxers of China
- Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for China
- People from Henan
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- Asian Games medalists in boxing
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