Zhang Wei (, born 2 December 1977) is a former

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player. Zhang was selected to join the

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in 1997. He played in the men's doubles event partnered with Zhang Jun. He participated in four consecutive

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, winning 3 gold medals in 1999, 2001, 2005, and a silver medal in 2003. He and Zhang Jun was qualified to compete at the 2000 Summer Olympics, but because of the injury on his left abdominal muscles while doing the exercises, he missed the event. He retired from the national team in 2005, and started to playing in

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. He returned to

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in 2007, and star coaching the Shanghai team. He also competed for Shanghai at the 2009 National Games.

Achievements

World Championships

''Men's doubles''

Asian Championships

''Men's doubles''

Asian Cup

''Men's doubles''

World Junior Championships

''Mixed doubles''

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983. ''Men's doubles''

IBF International

''Mixed doubles''

References

External links

张尉 Zhang Wei
at ''www.badmintoncn.com'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Zhang, Wei 1977 births Living people Badminton players from Shanghai Chinese male badminton players Badminton players at the 2002 Asian Games Badminton players at the 1998 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for China Asian Games bronze medalists for China Asian Games medalists in badminton Chinese badminton coaches Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games