Profile Name: Ning ZHANG Gender: Female Date of Birth: 19 MAY 1975 Height: 1.75 m / 5'8" Profession: Hobbies: Other sports activities: Olympic event: Badminton Olympic qualification: NOC code: CHN Place of birth: Shenyang, China Weight: 68 kg / 150 lbs Marital status: Started competing: National coach: Personal best: Season best: Olympic Solidarity: General Interests Hobbies: Drawing, travelling, reading (NOC 13/08/2004) LangSpoken: Mandarin Club: Liaoning (NOC 13/08/2004) Handedness: R AddInformation: Other Information YOUNG STARTER She left home at the age of 12 in order to train full-time, and now that she is the 'elder stateswoman' of the Chinese team, she takes on the responsibility of being a role model. She says her role is "to be an older sister to the younger players and teach them things in life." Despite being such a highly ranked player in international badminton, Athens will be her first Olympic competition. (NBC Olympics 06/07/04) Highlights The Competition Highlights section contains the following results: Last Olympic Cycle; Top 8 results at Olympic Games and World Championships. Top 3 results at World Grand Prix competitions. Historical; Medals at Olympic Games and World Championships. Rnk Event Year Venue World Championships Winner Singles 2003 Birmingham, GBR Semi Final Singles 2001 Seville, ESP World Grand Prix Winner Singles 2004 Noonnoppi Korea Open Winner Singles 2004 Proton Eon Malaysia Open Winner Singles 2003 Yonex German Open Winner Singles 2003 Hong Kong Open Winner Singles 2002 Noonnoppi Korea Open Winner Singles 2001 Singapore Open Winner Singles 1998 Malaysia Open Winner Singles 1996 Malaysia Open Winner Singles 1996 China Open Winner Singles 1994 French Open Runner-up Singles 2002 Singapore Open Runner-up Singles 2002 Indonesia Open Runner-up Singles 2002 China Open Semi Final Singles 2004 Yonex All England Open Semi Final Singles 2004 Swiss Open Semi Final Singles 2004 Yonex Japan Open Semi Final Singles 2003 Yonex All England Open Semi Final Singles 2003 Realkredit Denmark Open Semi Final Singles 2002 Japan Open Semi Final Singles 2001 China Open Semi Final Singles 2000 Dutch Open Semi Final Singles 2000 Denmark Open World Grand Prix Finals Winner Singles 1998 Bandar Seri Begawan, BRU
wow, who would have thought that little girl would grow up to be a badminton champion. it's always nice to see pics of the stars when they were children.
She is my fav singles player in da world... In fact, she is da best ws player!!! I luv her so much... Hehe...
Yeah she is my favourite player how i wish she will my coach she isd nice & friendly in person got intro to her by my fren during s'pore open how good if she is my coach
yupe shes friendly , i think she got the best skills in the WS so far but sad to say , age is now a big problem for her ....