Zhang Xiangxiang (, born July 16, 1983, in

Longyan Longyan (; Hakka: ''Liùng-ngàm''; Longyan dialect: ''Lengngia'') is a prefecture-level city in south-western Fujian Province, China, bordering Guangdong to the south and Jiangxi to the west. History In 736 AD, (the Tang dynasty), the prefec ...

, Fujian) is a retired male Chinese

weightlifter Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with each athlete trying to successfully lif ...

. He won the bronze medal in the 56 kg class at the

2000 Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ...

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mounta ...

. Zhang later won the gold medal in the 62 kg class at the

2008 Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nati ...

in Beijing.

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Olympic bronze medalists for China Olympic gold medalists for China Olympic weightlifters for China People from Longyan Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics 1983 births Living people Olympic medalists in weightlifting Weightlifters from Fujian Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Chinese male weightlifters Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics 21st-century Chinese people {{PRChina-weightlifting-bio-stub

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