His personal best jump is 2.30 m (7 ft 6+1⁄2 in), achieved in August 2006 in Shijiazhuang.

[3][4] At the 2007 Summer Universiade and 2010 World Indoor Championships he failed to record a valid jump.

[1][5] He was coached by former Asian Games champion Zhou Zhongge.

The two focused on improving Zhang's explosive jump capacity and lowering his centre of gravity at take-off.

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