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).
| Zhang Shuang | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
7 March 1987 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 | ||
| Zhang Shuang | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traditional Chinese | 張爽 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 张爽 | ||||||
| |||||||
International play edit
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 edit
- ^ "2010 Winter Olympics - Athletes: China > Hockey". nbcolympics.com. NBC Universal. Archived from the original on 1 February 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
External links edit
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
- Zhang Shuang at Olympedia
- Zhang Shuang at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
 | This Chinese biographical article relating to ice hockey is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |