Great Minds Mature Slowly -- Zhang Guozheng
大器晚成——张国政
From the fourth in the list of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games to the winner of gold medal in the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, Zhang Guozheng made a bet on his waist, and got a precious gold medal for Chinese delegation. After he got the medal he sobbed greatly when he was interviewed. In fact too many efforts and desperations were hidden behind it.
从2000年悉尼奥运会69公斤级举重的第四名到2004年雅典奥运会的金牌得主，张国政用自己的腰做赌注，硬是为中国代表团拼得了一枚宝贵的金牌。在取得这块金牌之后，张国政接受采访时泣不成声，的确在这一金牌的背后掩盖了太多的血泪和挫折。
Zhang Guozheng was born in Xianyou city, Fujian province in September 1974. When he was 7 years old, he was dragged to the weightlifting school by his brother and began his weightlifting career. Dull weightlifting practice was not attractive enough to him and he became a "deserter". Later under the pressure from the family he accepted the training unwillingly. When he graduated from the primary school he had attained the cehampion of the provincial juvenile weightlifting competition and he was admitted by the middle school as the second in the name list of all the attendants of the county. His outstanding success won the special fancy from Professor Peng Keguang of Peking Physical Education University and was admitted to be his student. And he accepted systematical, scientific and strict training there. Later Peking Physical Educatioin University admitted him. After graduation he was unable to remain at the university as a faculty member and he went to Yunnan province feeling he had been wronged and acted as a trainer there. When he found there were no young successors to cultivate he chose a higher goal of entering the National Weightlifting team. In the end of 1998 the National Weightlifting Competition was held in Changsha. And it is because of his excellent performance in this competition that he was chosen to be a member of the National Weightlifting team in 1999 and then he was 25 years old. In the eyes of the others it was a time for people to retire. But Zhang Guozheng continued to practice and trained persistently and he earned the present glory in the end.
张国政于1974年9月出生于福建省仙游市，7岁那年，张国政被自己哥哥张国权硬拽到举重学校，也就从此开始了张国政的举重生涯。枯燥的举重训练对一个7岁的孩子确实没有太大的吸引力，张国政竟然当起了“逃兵”，后来迫于家庭的压力才硬着头皮接受了训练。到小学毕业时，张国政已经取得了全省少年举重比赛的冠军，并且以全县第二名的成绩考上了中学。张国政在福建省少年举重比赛的出色表现，赢得了北京体育大学彭可光教授的青睐，并被其招入门下，接受了比较系统、科学、严格的训练。后来张国政还考取了北京体育大学，大学毕业后，张国政未能留校，一赌气去了云南省当了一名教练，在那里没有发现合适的苗子可以培养，他便选择了更高的目标——进入中国国家举重队。1998年底，全国举重比赛在长沙进行，正是由于这次比赛成绩的优异，张国政于1999年进入了国家队，那一年他25岁。在别人看来是快要退役的年龄了，但是张国政还是认真刻苦、坚持不懈的训练，终于换来了今天的辉煌。
Best performance: gold medal of 69 kg in the Athens 2004 Olympic Games.
最好成绩：2004年雅典奥运会69公斤级金牌
Sportsman career: in March 1983 in Nanping amateur physical education school in Nanping, Fujian province to practice weightliftinig, the trainer was Lai Zhecheng, and Xue Xingbi; had been and trained in Peking Physical Education University from 1988 to 1998 and the trainer was Peng Keguang; entered Yunnan Provincial Weightlifting team and the trainer was Huang Xinhua and entered the National Weightlifting team in January, 1999 and learned from Cai Shuyan.
运动经历：1983年3月进福建南平业余体校练举重，教练赖枝成、薛行弼；1988年至1998年在北京体育大学上学、训练，教练彭可光；1995年进入云南省举重队，教练黄华新；1999年1月入选国家队，教练蔡炎书。
His Main Achievements:
主要成绩：
In 2000, the fourth place of 69 kg division in the Sydney Olympic Games;
2000年，悉尼奥运会69公斤级总成绩第四；
In 2001, gold medals of snatch/clean and jerk/two-lift total of 69kg division in the Ninth National Games;
2001年，第9届全运会69公斤级抓举/挺举/总成绩冠军；
In 2002, snatch/clean and jerk/two-lift total champions of 69kg division in the Pusan Asian Games;
2002年，釜山亚运会69公斤级抓举/挺举/总成绩冠军；
In 2002, snatch/clean and jerk/ two-lift total champions of 69kg division in the World Weightlifting Championship;
2002年，世界举重锦标赛69公斤级抓举/挺举/总成绩冠军；
In 2003, snatch/clean and jerk/two-lift total champions of 69kg division in the Asian Weightlifting Championship;
2003年，亚洲举重锦标赛69公斤级抓举/挺举/总成绩冠军；
In 2003, snatch/clean and jerk/two-lift total champions of 69kg division in the World Weightlifting Championship;
2003年，世界举重锦标赛69公斤级抓举/挺举/总成绩冠军；
In 2004, gold medal of 69kg division in the Athens Olympic Games;
2004年，雅典奥运会69公斤级金牌；
In 2006, gold medal of 69kg in the Doha Asian Games.
2006年，多哈亚运会69公斤级金牌。
Main record: world clean and jerk record of 69kg division in Asian Weightlifting Championship in Qinhuangdao in 2003 (197.5kg).
主要纪录：2003年，秦皇岛亚洲举重锦标赛69公斤级挺举世界纪录，197.5公斤。
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