Zhang Changning
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Zhang Changning (
Personal life
She was born in
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
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.
Indoor volleyball
In 2014, she was promoted by Coach Lang Ping to the national team. She represented China at the 2014 Asian Games.[5] 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 participated at the 2019 Montreux Volley Masters,[6]
She was voted
References
- ^ "Team Roster – China". FIVB.org. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
- ^ "Yao Ming: "Keep Your Children in Basketball, not Volleyball"". TheNanjinger.com. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ "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".
- ^ "Team Roster - China - Montreux Volley Masters 2019". 2019-05-16. Archived from the original on 2019-05-16.
- ^ "张常宁当选女排联赛最受欢迎运动员".
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