Zou Shiming, born on 18 May 1981 in Zunyi in Guizhou Province, is a Chinese former boxer and two-time Olympic champion who is counted as the most successful amateur boxer in the history of China. Fighting at light flyweight, he won Olympic bronze in 2004 and gold in 2008 and 2012, together with world amateur titles in 2005, 2007 and 2011. His 2008 gold was the first China had won in Olympic boxing. He turned professional after the 2012 Games, fought from 2013 to 2017 and held the World Boxing Organization flyweight title from 2016 to 2017.
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Zou Shiming was born on May 18, 1981 in Zunyi City, Guizhou Province, China.
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Competed In: 2004 Summer Olympics, Amateur career
At the 2004 Summer Olympics, he won his first match by beating Rau'shee Warren in the round of 32.
Competed In: 2008 Summer Olympics, Amateur career
At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Zou won China's 50th gold medal of the tournament by winning the final of the light flyweight event
Competed In: 2012 Summer Olympics, Amateur career
Zou won gold again at the 2012 Summer Olympics by beating Kaeo Pongprayoon
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