Zhang Ning

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This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zhang.

Olympic medal record
Women's badminton
Gold	2004 Athens	Singles

Zhang Ning (Simplified Chinese: 张宁, pinyin: Zhāng Níng) (born 19 May 1975 in Shenyang, Liaoning province) is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.

Zhang played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics for China. In women's singles, she defeated Marina Andrievskaya of Sweden and Kelly Morgan of Great Britain in the first two rounds. In the quarterfinals, Zhang beat Wang Chen of Hong Kong 9-11, 11-6, 11-7 to advance to the semifinals. There, she defeated countrywoman Zhou Mi 11-6, 11-4. Zhang defeated Mia Audina 8-11, 11-6, 11-7 in the final to win the gold medal.

She is also the winner of World Badminton Championships 2003 (Women's Single) at Birmingham. She beat the titleholder and Chinese compatriot Gong Ruina with 11-6, 11-3 in the final. At the 2006 IBF World Championships she reached the final again, this time losing against Xie Xingfang.

Badminton at the Summer Olympics | Olympic champions in Women's Singles badminton

1896-1988 not held | Susi Susanti | Soo-Hyun Bang | Gong Zhichao | Zhang Ning

[edit] Achievement

Year	Date	Tournament	Round
2006
	22 Oct 2006	CHINA OPEN	Winner
	15 Oct 2006	YONEX JAPAN OPEN	Winner
	24 Sep 2006	WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS	Runner-Up
	02 Sep 2006	YONEX SUNRISE HONG KONG	Runner-Up
	23 Jul 2006	Macau Open Championship	Quarter-Finalist
	25 Jun 2006	CHINESE TAIPEI OPEN	Winner
	18 Jun 2006	PROTON MALAYSIA OPEN	Winner
	06 May 2006	UBER CUP	Winner
	12 Mar 2006	CHINA MASTERS 2006	Quarter-Finalist
	22 Jan 2006	YONEX ALL ENGLAND OPEN 2006	Finalist
	15 Jan 2006	YONEX GERMAN OPEN 2006	Winner
2005
	13 Nov 2005	PICC CHINA OPEN 2005	Winner
	06 Nov 2005	Yonex Sunrise Hong Kong Badminon Championship 2005	Winner
	04 Sep 2005	CHINA MASTERS 2005	Winner
	21 Aug 2005	XIV WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2005	Finalist
	10 Jul 2005	PROTON MALAYSIA OPEN 2005	Winner
	03 Jul 2005	SINGAPORE OPEN 2005	Winner
	15 May 2005	SUDIRMAN CUP FINAL 2005	Team Event
	10 Apr 2005	YONEX OPEN JAPAN 2005	Winner
	13 Mar 2005	YONEX ALL ENGLAND OPEN 2005	Finalist
	05 Mar 2005	YONEX GERMAN OPEN 2005	Finalist
2004
	21 Nov 2004	AVIVA OPEN SINGAPORE 2004	Winner
	14 Nov 2004	CHINA OPEN 2004	1/4
	21 Aug 2004	OLYMPIC GAMES 2004	Winner
	04 Jul 2004	Proton-Eon MALAYSIA OPEN 2004	Winner
	16 May 2004	UBER CUP FINALS 2004	Team Event
	11 Apr 2004	YONEX OPEN JAPAN 2004	Semi-Finalist
	04 Apr 2004	NOONNOPPI KOREA OPEN 2004	Winner
	14 Mar 2004	YONEX ALL ENGLAND OPEN 2004	Semi-Finalist
	07 Mar 2004	SWISS OPEN 2004	Semi-Finalist
2003
	16 Nov 2003	CHINA OPEN 2003	1/4
	02 Nov 2003	HONG KONG OPEN 2003	Winner
	05 Oct 2003	YONEX GERMAN OPEN 2003	Winner
	28 Sep 2003	DENMARK OPEN 2003	Semi-Finalist
	07 Sep 2003	PROTON EON MALAYSIA OPEN 2003	1/4
	31 Aug 2003	SANYO INDONESIA OPEN 2003	1/4
	24 Aug 2003	YONEX-SUNRISE SINGAPORE OPEN 2003	Winner
	03 Aug 2003	World Championships 2003	Winner
	06 Apr 2003	Yonex Open Japan 2003	1/4
	23 Mar 2003	Sudirman Cup 2003	Team Event
	23 Feb 2003	Swiss Open 2003	Winner
	16 Feb 2003	Yonex All England Open 2003	Semi-Finalist
2002
	22 Dec 2002	China Open 2002	Finalist
	17 Nov 2002	JVC Asian Champs 2002	Finalist
	01 Sep 2002	Sanyo Indonesia Open 2002	Finalist
	25 Aug 2002	Yonex-Sunrise Singapore Open 2002	Finalist
	19 May 2002	Uber Cup Finals (CHN) 2002 TF	Team Event

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