Zhang Ning

Zhang Ning 张宁
Personal information
Country	China
Born	(1975-05-19) 19 May 1975 (age 49) Jinzhou, Liaoning, China
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb; 10.1 st)
Handedness	Right
Women's singles
Career record	385 Win, 97 Loss
Highest ranking	1
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  China Olympic Games 2004 Athens Women's singles 2008 Beijing Women's singles World Championships 2003 Birmingham Women's singles 2005 Anaheim Women's singles 2006 Madrid Women's Singles 2001 Seville Women's singles 2007 Kuala Lumpur Women's singles World Cup 2005 Yiyang Women's singles 2006 Yiyang Women's singles Sudirman Cup 2005 Beijing Mixed team 2007 Glasgow Mixed team Uber Cup 2006 Tokyo/Sendai Women's team 2004 Jakarta Women's team 1996 Hong Kong Women's team 1994 Jakarta Women's team Asian Games 1998 Bangkok Women's team 2002 Busan Women's team 2006 Doha Women's team Asian Championships 2001 Manila Women's singles 2002 Bangkok Women's singles 1999 Kuala Lumpur Women's singles Asian Cup 1996 Seoul Women's singles East Asian Games 1993 Shanghai Women's team 1993 Shanghai Women's doubles 1993 Shanghai Women's singles
BWF profile

Zhang Ning (simplified Chinese: 张宁; traditional Chinese: 張寧; pinyin: Zhāng Níng; born 19 May 1975) is a former Chinese badminton player. She won the Olympic gold medal twice for women's singles in both 2004 and 2008. She has played badminton on the world scene since the mid-1990s and has been particularly successful since 2002 while in her late twenties and early thirties, relatively late for singles at the highest level, and especially for top players in the Chinese system who are developed very early. She is known for her consistency of shot, deception and constant pressure, dictating the pace of rallies and working her opponents in all four corners of the court. She is the only female player to win consecutive Olympic singles gold medals. She also became World champion in 2003 and has a total of five medals of all colours in the competition.

Zhang first represented China in the Uber Cup (women's world team championship) competition in 1994 and last represented it in 2006. Though she was not always chosen to play in each of the biennial editions of this tournament, the span of her Uber Cup service is the longest of any Chinese player.