Zhang Changning
| Zhang Changning | |||||
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.jpg) Zhang in 2017 | |||||
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| Nickname | Baobao (宝宝) | ||||
| Nationality | Chinese | ||||
| Born |
6 November 1995 Changzhou, Jiangsu | ||||
| Hometown | Nanjing, Jiangsu | ||||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||||
| Spike | 320 cm (126 in) | ||||
| Block | 307 cm (121 in) | ||||
| Volleyball information | |||||
| Position | Opposite Spiker | ||||
| Current club | Jiangsu Zenith Steel | ||||
| Number | 9 | ||||
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Zhang Changning (simplified Chinese: 张常宁; traditional Chinese: 張常寧; pinyin: zhāng cháng níng; born 6 November 1995) is a female Chinese indoor volleyball and beach volleyball player.[1] She is a member of China women's national volleyball team. On club level, she plays for Jiangsu Zenith Steel, and is the current captain of the team.
Personal life
She was born in Changzhou and raised in Nanjing. She is the daughter of Zhang Yousheng, a former player of China women's national volleyball team, and Jiang Hanqiu, a college P.E. teacher. Her elder brother Zhang Chen is a current player of China men's national volleyball team. Along with her Jiangsu teammates Hui Ruoqi and Gong Xiangyu she attends Nanjing Normal University.
Beach volleyball
Although she started as an indoor player, she was offered to join the national beach volleyball team in 2009. As a beach volleyball player she teamed with Ji Linjun in 2009, and with Ma Yuanyuan in 2010 and 2011 winning the silver medal at the 2011 Asian Beach Volleyball Championship. Later in 2011 she competed with Ding Jingjing at the Visa FIVB Beach Volleyball International.
2013 ban
In early 2013 she decided to switch from beach volleyball to indoor volleyball. She was pressured by national and provincial volleyball bureaus to reconsider her decision. Refusing to return to beach volleyball, she was banned from competition and faced a possible early retirement from her athletic career.[2] Due to massive backlash from provincial media, and because of the Jiangsu team's historically low performance in the 2013-2014 season, the ban was lifted on December 29, 2013 and she has since been playing for Jiangsu in the CVL.[3]
Indoor volleyball
In 2014, she was promoted by Coach Lang Ping to the national team. She represented China at the 2014 Asian Games.[4] She was part of the Team China that won gold at the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup. She represented China at the 2016 Summer Olympics playing as an outside hitter and an opposite hitter and won the gold medal. She was voted CVL's MVP and Most Popular Player in the 2015-2016 season.[5]
References
- ↑ "Team Roster – China". FIVB.org. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
- ↑ "遭"封杀"张常宁首开口 "一定要打室内排球"".
- ↑ "张常宁排球生涯三道关口 曾疑因选择遭封杀".
- ↑ "女排输球仍有一收获 亚运帮郎平锻炼了张常宁".
- ↑ "张常宁当选女排联赛最受欢迎运动员".
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