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Zhang Shuang (ice hockey)

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Zhang Shuang
Born (1987-03-07) 7 March 1987 (age 37)
Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
Height 160 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight 57 kg (126 lb; 9 st 0 lb)
Position Defense
Shoots Left
Played for
National team  China
Playing career 2004–present
Medal record
Asian Winter Games
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Astana-Almaty Ice hockey
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Changchun Ice hockey
Winter Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2009 Harbin Ice hockey
Zhang Shuang
Traditional Chinese張爽
Simplified Chinese张爽
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhāng Shuǎng

Zhang Shuang (Chinese: 张爽; born 7 March 1987), also known by the Western name Nikki Zhang, is a Chinese ice hockey player and former member of the Chinese national team. She most recently played with the KRS Vanke Rays during the 2020–21 season of the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL).

International play

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Zhang participated in six IIHF Women's World Championships with the Chinese national team, including the Top Division tournaments in 2005, 2007, 2008, and 2009. She represented China in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver[1] and won bronze medals in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2007 Asian Winter Games in Changchun and in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2011 Asian Winter Games in Astana and Almaty.

Zhang won a silver medal with the Chinese under-25 team in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2009 Winter Universiade in her home city of Harbin.

References

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  1. ^ "2010 Winter Olympics - Athletes: China > Hockey". nbcolympics.com. NBC Universal. Archived from the original on 1 February 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
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