Zhang Zhilei
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Zhang Zhilei is a Chinese
Chinese people
The term Chinese people may refer to any of the following:*People with Han Chinese ethnicity ....

 amateur
Amateur
An amateur is generally considered a person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science, without pay and often without formal training....

 boxer
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 best known for winning a bronze medal at the world amateur championships 2007 at super heavyweight
Super heavyweight
In amateur boxing, the super heavyweight division is a weight class division for fighters weighing in excess of 91 kilograms . Introduced for the 1984 Summer Olympics, the division, despite its grandiose name, is merely the amateur equivalent of the professional heavyweight division...

 and a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics (the 100th and last medal for China).

Career

2003 the huge southpaw lost in the first round of the World Championship to Polish fellow southpaw Grzegorz Kiełsa 22:8.

At the 2004 World University Boxing Championship
2004 World University Boxing Championship
The 2004 World University Boxing Championship took place in Antalya, Turkey between November 22 and 29 2004. 129 boxers from 27 countries participated at the inaugural tournament.-Participating nations:-Results:...

s he lost the final to Rustam Saidov
Rustam Saidov
Rustam Saidov is a boxer from Uzbekistan, who competed in the Super Heavyweight at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal.-Career:...

.

2005 at the World Championships in his home country he beat Vugar Alekperov 20:11 before losing to eventual winner Odlanier Solis
Odlanier Solis
Odlanier Solís Fonte is a Cuban professional boxer. He won the Olympic Gold medal in Athens 2004 and was a three time winner at the World Amateur Boxing Championships.-Amateur career:...

 (17:7)

Zhang lost at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships
2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships
The 2007 AIBA World Boxing Championships were held in Chicago, United States from October 23, 2007 to November 3, 2007. It was held at the UIC Pavilion. It was the biggest World Championships in AIBA history. The championships were originally awarded to Moscow...

 to Ukrainian Vyacheslav Glazkov
Vyacheslav Glazkov
Vyacheslav Glazkov is a Ukrainian professional boxer best known for winning the silver medal at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships‎ and Olympic bronze in the super heavyweight division as an amateur.-Amateur:...

 in the semifinals but qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

. There he settled for silver, losing the final by KO to Italy's Roberto Cammarelle
Roberto Cammarelle
Roberto Cammarelle is an Italian boxer, best known for winning the World Amateur Boxing Championships in 2007 and 2009 as a super heavyweight and a gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.-Biography:...

.

At the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships
2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships
The 2009 AIBA World Boxing Championships were held in Milan, Italy from September 1, 2009 to September 12, 2009 in the Mediolanum Forum. It was the biggest World Championships in AIBA history...

 he again lost the semi to a Ukraininan in Roman Kapitanenko 2:5.

Olympic Games results

  • Defeated Mohamed Amanissi
    Mohamed Amanissi
    Mohamed Amanissi is a Moroccan boxer who qualified for the 2008 Olympics at Super Heavyweight.At the 2005 World Championships he lost against Mike Wilson 20:27, in 2007 he lost to Czech Vladimir Prusa 16:22. At the first qualifier 2008 he lost to local Newfel Ouatah 8:21...

     (Morocco) 15-0
  • Defeated Ruslan Myrsatayev
    Ruslan Myrsatayev
    Ruslan Myrsatayev is a Kazakh boxer best known for qualifying in the Super Heavyweight division at the 2008 Summer Olympics....

     (Kazakhstan) 12-2
  • Defeated Vyacheslav Glazkov
    Vyacheslav Glazkov
    Vyacheslav Glazkov is a Ukrainian professional boxer best known for winning the silver medal at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships‎ and Olympic bronze in the super heavyweight division as an amateur.-Amateur:...

     (Ukraine) walk-over

World Championships results

2003 (as a Super heavyweight)
  • Lost to Grzegorz Kiełsa (Poland) 8-22


2005 (as a Super heavyweight)
  • Defeated Vugar Alekperov (Azerbaijan) 20-11
  • Lost to Odlanier Solis
    Odlanier Solis
    Odlanier Solís Fonte is a Cuban professional boxer. He won the Olympic Gold medal in Athens 2004 and was a three time winner at the World Amateur Boxing Championships.-Amateur career:...

     (Cuba) 7-17


2007 (as a Super heavyweight)
  • Defeated Nurpais Torobekov (Kyrgyzstan) RSCO 3
  • Defeated Rustam Rygebayev (Kazakhstan) 20-10
  • Defeated Daniel Beahan
    Daniel Beahan
    Daniel Beahan is an Australian amateur boxer best known to qualify for the Olympics 2008 at super heavyweight.-Career:...

     (Australia) KO 2
  • Lost to Vyacheslav Glazkov
    Vyacheslav Glazkov
    Vyacheslav Glazkov is a Ukrainian professional boxer best known for winning the silver medal at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships‎ and Olympic bronze in the super heavyweight division as an amateur.-Amateur:...

    (Ukraine) 11-21 (placed 3rd)
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