Zhang Hong (; ; born 12 April 1988), alternatively spelled as Chang Hung is a Chinese

long track speed skater 　 Long-track speed skating, usually simply referred to as speed skating, is the Olympic sport, Olympic discipline of speed skating where competitors are timed while crossing a set distance. It is also a sport for leisure. Sports such as ice skat ...

, known best from her gold medal in the 1000 meters in the

2014 Winter Olympics , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes = 2,873 , opening = 7 February 2014 , closing = 23 February 2014 , opened_by = President Vladimir Putin , cauldron = , stadium = Fisht Olympic ...

in Sochi. Previously Zhang won a bronze medal in the 2012 World Sprint Championships. She set two personal records and received bronze medal in the 500 meters (28 January 2012). Her total points record for the championships (all four races) was the third best of all times. She started her skating career in 2008 and had victories in the Chinese National Winter Games 2012 where she represented the

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delegation. Zhang is the current holder of the Chinese records on 500 and 1000 metres. In 2018, she became a member of the

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(IOC). She is an executive board member of the

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Merits

* Chinese National Winter Games 2012: short-track (1000 m: 1.17,27 / 1.16,66 = 154.145), 500 m (38,45) * 2012 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships: Sprint *

2014 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships The 2014 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships, officially the ''Essent ISU World Sprint Speed Skating Championships 2014'', were held in Nagano, Japan, from 18 to 19 January 2014. The defending champions were Michel Mulder of the Netherlands ...

: Sprint *

– 1000 meters: *

2016 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships The 2016 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships was held between 11 and 14 February 2016 in Kolomna, Russia. Schedule ''All times are local (UTC+3 UTC+03:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +03:00. In areas usi ...

– 500 meters:

Personal bests

* Total points sprint: 37,63 + 37,87 + 1.14,44 + 1.13,97 = 149.705 (bronze medal and the third best ever total points record)

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