- Zhang Xiaoping
Zhang Xiaoping (zh-tsp|t=張小平|s=张小平|p=Zhāng Xiǎopíng; born April 1, 1982) is a Chinese
amateur boxer who won a gold medal in his native country atlight heavyweight in2008 Olympics .Career
He won two matches at the world championships 2007 including an upset over Germany's world military champion
Gottlieb Weiss but lost to veteran Yerkabulan Shinaliev and fell one win short of direct qualification.At the qualifier he beat
Mehdi Ghorbani andDinesh Kumar , a loss toJahon Qurbonov was meaningless.In the final of the
2008 Beijing Olympics he beatKenneth Egan of Ireland to win the gold medal.Olympic games results
2008 (as a Light heavyweight)
*DefeatedMourad Sahraoui (Tunisia) 3-1
*DefeatedArtur Beterbiyev (Russia) 8-2
*DefeatedAbdelhafid Benchabla (Algeria) 12-7
*DefeatedYerkebuian Shynaliyev (Kazakhstan) 4-4World amateur championships results
2007 (as a Light heavyweight)
*DefeatedJasveer Singh (India) 17-3
*DefeatedGottlieb Weiss (Germany) 17-13
*Lost toYerkabulan Shinaliev (Kazakhstan) 5-14External links
* [http://www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/WorldChamps2007.html World 2007]
* [http://www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/AsianOlyQual2008_1.html Qualifier]
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