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Hong ZHANG

China

Gender: Female
Nationality: China

Birthday: 12 April 1988
Age: 26

Height: 1.74 m (5' 9'')
Weight: 65 kg / 143 lbs

Place of Birth: China, HEILONGJIANG
Place of Residence: -

Speed Skating

Support athlete:

Medals

Athlete competitions and results

11 February, 16:45 Ladies' 500 m Race 1 of 2
Hong ZHANG
Time: 37.58 (+0.16)
Rank: 3

11 February, 18:34 Ladies' 500 m Race 2 of 2
Hong ZHANG
Time: 75.58 (+0.88)
Rank: 4

13 February, 18:00 Ladies' 1000 m
Hong ZHANG
Time: 1:14.02 (0.00)
Rank: 1

Additional Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Single Distances Championships
7	1000 m	2013	Sochi, RUS	1:16.48
7	1000 m	2012	Heerenveen, NED	1:16.50
7	1000 m	2011	Inzell, GER	1:17.09
9	2 x 500 m	2013	Sochi, RUS	76.87
9	2 x 500 m	2011	Inzell, GER	77.09
19	2 x 500 m	2012	Heerenveen, NED	78.01
World Sprint Championships
2	Sprint Combination	2014	Nagano, JPN	151.705
3	Sprint Combination	2012	Calgary, AB, CAN	149.705
6	Sprint Combination	2013	Salt Lake City, UT, USA	149.565
9	Sprint Combination	2011	Heerenveen, NED	155.925

World Cup Rankings overview - displays all rankings from 2010/11, top three for earlier seasons

Season	Overall	500m	1000m	1500m
2013/2014	-	25	21	-
2012/2013	11	11	5	34
2011/2012	22	14	8	-
2010/2011	-	30	20	-

Best performance per season in World Cup events from 2010/2011

Season	500m	1000m
2013/2014	1 x 8th	1 x 6th
2012/2013	3 x 4th	1 x 1st
2011/2012	1 x 6th	1 x 3rd
2010/2011	1 x 8th	1 x 10th

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Ten best World Cup performances in current season
6	1000 m	2013/2014	Salt Lake City, UT, USA	1:13.82
8	500 m	2013/2014	Salt Lake City, UT, USA	37.35
20	500 m	2013/2014	Calgary, AB, CAN	1:12.65
	500 m	2013/2014	Calgary, AB, CAN	DNS
Asian Single Distances Championships
1	1000 m	2014	Tomakomai, JPN	1:19.06
1	1000 m	2013	Changchun, CHN	1:16.93
2	2 x 500 m	2014	Tomakomai, JPN	79.690
2	2 x 500 m	2013	Changchun, CHN	77.33
3	2 x 500 m	2011	Harbin, CHN	78.68
3	1000 m	2011	Harbin, CHN	1:19.36

Legend
MS-Mass Start, DNS-Did not start, DNF-Did not finish, DSQ-Disqualified

Occupation: Athlete
Languages Spoken: Mandarin
Coach: Feng Qingbo (CHN) from 2008 (Athlete, 10 Nov 2013)
Debut: 2010 for China, World Cup (Changchun) (Athlete, 10 Nov 2013)

Education: Law - Harbin University of Science and Technology, China
Club Name: Harbin Speed Skating Team, China
Other Sports: She trained in short track before switching to speed skating. (heilongjiang.dbw.cn, 17 Dec 2012)
Injuries: She has had problems with muscle strains over a period of several years. (Athlete, 10 Nov 2013)

Additional Information

Start of sporting career
She took up skating in 1995 in Harbin, China. (Athlete, 10 Nov 2013)

Ambitions
To win gold at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. (sports.163.com, 17 Dec 2012)

Most memorable sporting achievement
Finishing third in the combination at the 2012 Sprint Championships in Calgary, AB, Canada, . (Athlete, 12 Mar 2012)

Hero
US speed skater Shani Davis. (Athlete, 10 Nov 2013)

Most influential person in career
Her mother, and her current coach Feng Qingbo. (Athlete, 12 Mar 2012; Athlete, 10 Nov 2013)

General
NATIONAL FIRST
Her victory in the 1000m at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi was China's first Olympic gold medal in speed skating. "I'm so glad to win. It was a great achievement for me because China has been waiting for this gold medal for twelve years." (isu.org, 13 Feb 2014)

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