Zhang Shuang (; born 7 March 1987), also known by the Western name Nikki Zhang, is a Chinese

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice h ...

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 The Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL; russian: Женская хоккейная лига, translit=Zhenskaya khokkeynaya liga, translation=Women's Hockey League), officially called the Women's Hockey League (WHL), is a professional ice hockey leagu ...

(ZhHL).

International play

Zhang participated in six IIHF Women's World Championships with the Chinese national team, including the Top Division tournaments in 2005, 2007,

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, and 2009. She represented China in the women's ice hockey tournament at the

2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gret ...

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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 ) , Host city = Astana & Almaty, Kazakhstan , Nations participating = 26Astana Astana, previously known as Akmolinsk, Tselinograd, Akmola, and most recently Nur-Sultan, is the capital city of Kazakhstan. The city lies on the banks of the Ishim River in the north-central part of Kazakhstan, within the Akmola Region, tho ...

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.

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* * * 1987 births Living people Chinese women's ice hockey defencemen Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players for China Sportspeople from Harbin Asian Games medalists in ice hockey Ice hockey players at the 2007 Asian Winter Games Ice hockey players at the 2011 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2007 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2011 Asian Winter Games Asian Games bronze medalists for China {{PRChina-icehockey-bio-stub