Zhang Changning
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| Zhang Changning | |||||
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.jpg) Zhang in 2017 | |||||
| Personal information | |||||
| Nickname | Baby Face (宝宝) | ||||
| Nationality | Chinese | ||||
| Born | 6 November 1995 Changzhou, Jiangsu | ||||
| Hometown | Nanjing, Jiangsu | ||||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||||
| Spike | 325 cm (128 in) | ||||
| Block | 315 cm (124 in) | ||||
| Volleyball information | |||||
| Position | Outside Spiker Opposite Spiker | ||||
| Current club | Jiangsu Zenith Steel | ||||
| Number | 9 | ||||
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Zhang Changning (simplified Chinese: 张常宁; traditional Chinese: 張常寧; pinyin: Zhāng Chángníng; born 6 November 1995) is a Chinese indoor volleyball and beach volleyball player.[1] She is a member of China women's national volleyball team. At the club level, she plays for Jiangsu Zenith Steel.
She was born in Changzhou and raised in Nanjing. She is the daughter of Zhang Yousheng, a former player of China men's national volleyball team, and Jiang Hanqiu, a college physical education teacher. Her elder brother Zhang Chen is a current player of China men's national volleyball team. Along with her Jiangsu teammates Hui Ruoqi and Gong Xiangyu, she attended Nanjing Normal University. She married basketball player, Wu Guanxi, on 30 July 2022.[2]
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 Ji Linjun in 2009, and with Ma Yuanyuan in 2010 and 2011 winning the silver medal at the 2011 Asian Beach Volleyball Championship. Later in 2011 she competed with Ding Jingjing at the Visa FIVB Beach Volleyball International.
