Zhang Shan

Zhang Shan (simplified Chinese: 张山; traditional Chinese: 張山; pinyin: Zhāng Shān; born March 23, 1968) is a Chinese sports shooter and Olympic champion.[1]

Not to be confused with Zhang Shan Qi.
Zhang Shan
Personal information
BornMarch 23, 1968 (1968-03-23) (age 55)
Nanchong, Sichuan, China
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing  China
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona Skeet
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Nicosia Women's Skeet Team
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1990 BeijingSkeet
Gold medal – first place 1990 BeijingSkeet Team
Gold medal – first place 2010 GuangzhouSkeet Team
Asian Shooting Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Doha Women's Skeet
In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhang.

Career

Zhang Shan was born in the city of Nanchong in Sichuan province in Southwest China. She began shooting skeet at age 16. In 1989, she joined the Chinese national skeet team.[2] She won the gold medal in the Olympic Skeet Shooting event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.[1] This event had been mixed, open to both men and women, since it was introduced to the olympics in 1968. Zhang Shan's 1992 gold was the first medal won by a woman in this mixed event. The International Shooting Union consequently barred women from the 1996 Atlanta games. For the 2000 Sydney games, the International Olympic committee allowed women again, but only in segregated competition. Zhang participated in the 2000 Olympic women's skeet placing 8th.[2][1] She had won the title at seventh National Game in 1993. Zhang won the title at Lonato World Shooting Championship in 2005.[2]

She won a gold medal with the Chinese team in the women's skeet (team event) at the 2007 World Shotgun Championships in Nicosia.[3] She took part in the 2010 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Munich, where she placed 15th in individual skeet.[4] Her later achievements includes a silver medal in 2017 at the 13th Chinese National Games, at the age of 49, 25 years after her Olympic gold medal.[3]

Olympic results
Event 1992 1996 2000
Skeet (mixed) 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold
150+50+23		 Not held
Skeet (women) Not held 8th
69

Records
Current world records held in Skeet
Women Teams 214  China (Wei, Yu, Zhang) September 5, 2007 Nicosia (CYP)

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Zhang Shan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  2. "Zhang Shan: The Woman Who Outshot the men". www.womenofchina.cn. All China Women's Federation. June 2, 2006. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
  3. "Olympic Champ Zhang Shan: 'Shooting until Young Athletes Eliminate Me'". www.womenofchina.cn. All China Women's Federation. July 27, 2017. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  4. "50th ISSF World Championship Munich 2010. FINAL Results Skeet Women". issf-sports.org. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
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