According to the WeChat public account of the Beijing Extreme Sports Association, Comrade Zhang Lei, vice president of the Beijing Extreme Sports Association, chairman of the Parkour Committee of the Beijing Extreme Sports Association, founder of Extreme Dream Parkour, and an important promoter of parkour in China, At 11 a.m. on June 12, 2024, he died in Beijing due to ineffective treatment of heart disease at the age of 39.
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According to the association, in the 18 years from when parkour entered China in 2007 to June 12, 2024, Comrade Zhang Lei has been committed to parkour. Training and promotion and exploration of new models: multiple important domestic parkour events have been launched, parkour has been blooming on the big screen through excellent film and television works such as "October Siege" and "Jing Wu Chen Zhen", and a team will be organized to complete domestic parkour in 2023. Development of the first group standards for parkour events. Comrade Zhang Lei used his short and condensed life to draw a rich and colorful mark in the history of Chinese parkour.
It is understood that Zhang Lei is one of the first veterans to engage in parkour, an extreme sport, in China. He has more than ten years of experience in parkour practice and film and television action shooting. Since the founding of the Extreme Dream Parkour Club in 2008, it has taught more than 2,000 students and trained outstanding students in various fields across the country.
public information shows that Zhang Lei practiced parkour in 2006 and won the "Blue Fashion Cup" national parkour competition championship in 2010. In the same year, he served as a special parkour coach at Sammo Hung International Film and Television Training Base; in 2012, he founded the Beijing Extreme Dream Parkour Club. Developed parkour fitness, children's physical parkour, parkour somersaults, parkour stunts and other special parkour courses, and began to teach the public; in 2016, based on the four dimensions of accidents, public health incidents, social security, and natural disasters, a running-based program was launched The "Children's Safety and Self-Rescue" public welfare activity with the core of Cool Movement was promoted to social groups and units.
Zhang Lei’s personal social media homepage shows that he is Donnie Yen’s official parkour stand-in. It is reported that he has collaborated with Donnie Yen on many film and television works, including "October Siege", "Fist of Fury: Chen Zhen", "Martial Arts", etc. In addition, he also collaborated with "Charterer" Yuan Hua in many film and television works such as the TV series "Legend of Shaolin Temple 3".
Jimu News reporter’s search found that in an early TV interview program, the process of selecting parkour action actors for the "October Siege" crew was discussed. At that time, someone commented that Zhang Lei had "good skills and can endure hardships." The
program mentioned that Zhang Lei acted as Donnie Yen's stand-in for the first time he filmed a movie. Although he didn't have any frontal close-ups in a running scene that lasted less than a minute, he tried his best.
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"My strengths are my explosive power and relatively quick speed. Maybe it is because of this that (the crew) took a fancy to me." Zhang Lei recalled. After
, Zhang Lei also collaborated with Donnie Yen in many film and television works, including "Fist of Fury·Chen Zhen" and so on. In another interview program, Zhang Lei once talked about his experience while filming "Jingwu Fengyun·Chen Zhen", "There was a scene where I was chasing a killer. The requirement at the time was 'one pass', and then there were some falling from high altitudes." It’s easy to lose your balance and get injured. At that time, the front bone of the foot (calf bone) popped out, and then it came back. Until now (as of the interview), the foot makes a rattling sound when I move.”
020. During the Spring Festival Gala, the topic of Zhang Yixing learning to do a backflip in three days became a hot topic, and his coach was Zhang Lei.According to Beijing Youth Network, in 2022, the parkour action movie "Leap Over the Siege" starring Zhang Lei has been nominated for nominations at many international film festivals such as the French Côte d'Azur Sports Film Festival and the Nanshan International Mountain Film Festival.
In this film, Zhang Lei uses the tall buildings and buildings in the city as a natural training ground. No matter day or night, with his love for parkour, he poses greater challenges to his future. He hopes to lead his team Go international and let the world know about Chinese parkour.
(Source: Jimu News)
