Zhang Ning
Chinese female badminton player · China · On the map · Athletes · Born 1975 · age 51
Zhang Ning is a Chinese badminton player. She won the Olympic gold medal twice for women's singles in both 2004 and 2008.
Zhang Ning is read about 69 times a day, in 29 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 22 September 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
Also in Deutsch
Media & music
Photos 1
Awards
About this person
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.
