Zhou Peishun

Zhou Peishun ( Chinese  周培顺 , Pinyin Zhōu Péishùn ; born March 8, 1962 in Taizhou , Jiangsu Province , People's Republic of China ) is a former Chinese weightlifter . He won the silver medal in the flyweight duel at the 1984 Olympic Games .

Career

Zhou Peishun began lifting weights at a sports school in his hometown Taizhou . Because of his good performance, he was accepted into the Jiangsu provincial team in 1977 and the Chinese national weightlifting team in 1982.

As early as 1978 he won the Asian junior championships in the weight class up to 48 kg body weight. His next assignment at an international championship was at the Junior World Championship in Lignano / Italy in 1981 . He took 3rd place in flyweight with 222.5 kg (97.5–125) behind Hadjiew, Bulgaria , 242.5 kg a. Surayamah, Indonesia , 227.5 kg, in front of his compatriot. With his individual achievements he won a bronze medal. At the Chinese championships in 1981, of which his duel results and his placement in the overall standings are unfortunately not known, he won the title of Chinese snatch champion.

Zhou Peishun won the Chinese flyweight league title in 1982. In 1983 he was used at the World Championships in Moscow . Chinese weightlifters competed there for the first time in many years, after Chinese athletes did not compete in the Soviet Union or in most of the so-called Eastern Bloc countries for years due to irreconcilable political differences . He came there in the flyweight duel on 235 kg (107.5-127.5), with which he finished 7th. In the tear he just missed a medal with 107.5 kg with 4th place.

At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles , Zhou Peishun was used together with his compatriot Zeng Guoqiang in the flyweight division. Both fought an exciting fight there and achieved 235 kg in a duel. Zhou achieved this result with 107.5 kg in snatch and 127.5 kg in jab, Zeng with 105 kg in snatch and 130 kg in joke. Since Zeng was slightly lighter than Zhou, he won the Olympic gold medal in a duel and Zhou Peishun received the silver medal . The results at these Olympic Games were last seen as a world championship. For this reason, Zhou became world champion in this discipline with his result in snatch .

After these Olympic Games, Zhou Peishun was not at any other international championships. There is a sign of life from him from 2008 when he was torchbearer at the Olympic torch relay in his hometown Taizhou.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class
1978	1.	Asian Junior Championship	up to 48 kg body weight
1981	3.	Junior World Championships in Lignano / Italy	To fly	with 222.5 kg (97.5–125), behind Hadjiew, Bulgaria , 242.5 kg (110–132.5) and Surayamah, Indonesia , 227.5 kg (102.5–125)
1983	7th	World Cup in Moscow	To fly	at 235 kg (107.5-127.5); Winner: Neno Terziiski , Bulgaria, 260 kg (115–145) ahead of Jacek Gutowski , Poland , 250 kg (112.5–137.5)
1984	silver	OS in Los Angeles	To fly	with 236 kg (107.5–127.5), behind Zeng Guoqiang , China , 235 kg (105–130), in front of Kazushito Manabe , Japan , 232.5 kg (102.5–130)

World Cup individual medals

• World Cup gold medals: 1984 / Tear
• WM bronze medals: 1984 / pushing

Explanations

• all competitions in single combat, consisting of snatching and pushing,
• OS = Olympic Games,
• WM = World Championship,
• Fly weight, back then up to 52 kg body weight

swell

• Trade journal athletics ,
• Database of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig

Web links

• Portrait of Zhou Peishun.
• Zhou Peishun in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Zhou is the family name here, Peishun is the first name.