Zhang Ning is described in the public record as Chinese female badminton player. Born in Jinzhou, People's Republic of China, in 1975.
Zhang Ning (simplified Chinese: 张宁; traditional Chinese: 張寧; pinyin: Zhāng Níng; born 19 May 1975) is a 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 Ning is recorded among the figures by whom badminton is remembered, and the surviving account of that career is the basis on which the reputation rests.
Badminton produces the fastest projectile speeds in sport, and its rallies demand repeated maximal changes of direction.
