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Shunchang County
Shunchang County is a county under the administration of Nanping city in Fujian Province of the People's Republic of China. The county's name was established in 933, during the Tang Dynasty. It has a total area of 1985 square kilometers, and a population of approximately 241,200 people as of the...
, Nanping
Nanping
Nanping is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Fujian province, People's Republic of China. It borders Ningde City to the east, Sanming City to the south, and the provinces of Zhejiang and Jiangxi to the north and west respectively...
, Fujian
Fujian
' , formerly romanised as Fukien or Huguing or Foukien, is a province on the southeast coast of mainland China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, and Guangdong to the south. Taiwan lies to the east, across the Taiwan Strait...
) is a Chinese weightlifter. Zhang is a World champion, Olympic champion and World Record holder.
He began his current career of weightlifting when he started Nanping Sport School in March 1983. He then studied at the Beijing Sports University from 1988 to 1998. During college, Guozheng was in the Yunnan
Yunnan
Yunnan is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwest of the country spanning approximately and with a population of 45.7 million . The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders Burma, Laos, and Vietnam.Yunnan is situated in a mountainous area, with...
Provincial Team. By 1999, he was on the national team for China.
His impressive feats include a 197.5 kg clean and jerk
Clean and jerk
The clean and jerk is one of the two Olympic weightlifting events .The clean portion of the lift refers to the lifter explosively pulling the weight from the floor to a racked position across deltoids and clavicles...
at 69 kg body weight. He uses the power-jerk style, where one carries the weight into the overhead squat position prior to recovery.