On February 24, according to Zhejiang Daily, recently, China's weightlifting Olympic champion Zhan Xugang successfully served as the president of Zhejiang Sports Vocational and Technical College, and the official reached the deputy department level.
It is reported that this college is a full-time college with complete venues, perfect equipment and very strong teaching staff, which has cultivated a large number of sports talents since 2006, and has won a total of 8 Olympic gold medals, 73 world championship gold medals, 72 Asian Games gold medals, and 67 national games gold medals in major sports events at home and abroad.
And there are many athletes and Zhan Xugang after retiring to work in this college, to know us the breaststroke queen Luo Xuejuan, the women's volleyball golden generation member Zhou Suhong, and the former swimming brother Sun Yang, he was officially appointed as the deputy director of the school's training department in 2019, becoming the first athlete who has not yet retired to hold an important position, he has great respect for Zhan Xugang in life, the two have attended the event together, Sun Yang saw that Zhan Xu just wanted to drink water, quickly went forward to pick up a bottle of water to help him unscrew and hand it in his hand, Now these talents have become subordinates of Dean Zhan Xugang.
Zhan Xugang is a very important athlete in the field of weightlifting in China, he won the championship in the 1996 Olympic Games, and successfully broke the three world records at that time, becoming a sports star that attracted worldwide attention, and in the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, the 26-year-old was still at his peak, with excellent performance, he won the Olympic championship again, becoming China's first weightlifter to win the Olympic championship, when he had unlimited scenery and was praised by the outside world.
However, Zhan Xugang was not satisfied with his results, but once again insisted on training for 4 years, once again participated in the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, but the weightlifting project is very physically draining, the 30-year-old has declined in his state, and finally tried his best to defend the title, after the game he said: "It is not okay to not accept the old age", and then announced his retirement with a little regret shortly after.
After retiring, Zhan Xugang successfully entered the zhejiang provincial sports institution with great achievements, and then was transferred to the Zhejiang Sports Vocational and Technical College as a director and coach, it is worth mentioning that he also served as the deputy county magistrate of Sanmen County for two years, and then was transferred back to the college again, constantly promoted to vice president, because of his performance has been diligent and sincere, excellent completion of various work, and now successfully become the dean of the college.
In the career, Zhan Xugang can be said to develop very smoothly, the future is bright, and in marriage, he is also a winner, it is reported that his wife is named Yao Jian, was once an elegant flight attendant (the right picture below), the two have fallen in love during the athlete period of Zhan Xugang, and finally in 2005 to cultivate positive results, the second year gave birth to a son, for many years the husband and wife are "male and female protagonists inside", Zhan Xugang is usually very busy at work, and many things like to do it themselves, very responsible, This makes him have very little time to take care of the family, but his wife Yao Jian no longer works as a flight attendant after remarrying, and his main energy is focused on taking care of the family, so that Zhan Xugang is very down-to-earth, and his wife's efforts are the key to the success of his career.
Zhan Xugang, who became the dean, has more responsibilities than before, and his work is definitely busier, hoping that he can cultivate more sports talents for the country, and also arrange working hours reasonably, leaving some time for himself to enjoy the happiness of the family.