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Yize ZANG

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    • Date of birth08 Sep 1999
    • Height172 CM
    • ProfessionAthlete
    • HometownBeijing
    • Place of birthHarbin
    • Start skatingShe took up the sport at age 10 in Harbin, People's Republic of China.
    • Club Heilongjiang Province : China
    • HobbiesLearning languages. (Athlete, 10 Feb 2023)
    • LanguagesMandarin
    • Other nameZhuangzhuang, Easy (Athlete, 10 Feb 2023)
    • CoachN/A
    • Former CoachN/A
    • General Interest
    • Sport Specific Information
    In 2017 she was named an Elite Athlete of International Class by the General Administration of Sport of China. (wemedia.ifeng.com, 30 Jun 2017)
    "The harder you work, the luckier you get." (Athlete, 10 Feb 2023)
    Russian short track skater Victor An. (Athlete, 10 Feb 2023)
    Her father. (Athlete, 10 Feb 2023)
    She fractured thoracic vertebrae in 2018 and was out of action for six months. (Athlete, 10 Feb 2023)

    She fractured her sternum after crashing at the 2017 World Cup event in Shanghai, People's Republic of China, and was out of action for six months. (Athlete, 06 Dec 2019, 07 Nov 2018; sports.qq.com, 05 Dec 2017; sohu.com, 12 Nov 2017)

    In 2014 she missed a month of competition because of swelling in her knees. (Athlete, 10 Dec 2015)
    To compete at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan-Cortina. (sport.gov.cn, 04 Apr 2023)
    Winning gold in the 500m at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway. (Athlete, 10 Feb 2023)

    Zang has been on the World Tour circuit since 2015. Her best result is a 4th place finish in the 1000m in Nagoya in 2015/16 and a 4th in the 1000m in Salt Lake City in 2016/17 (isu-skating.com/short-track, 20 November 2025).
    FURTHER EDUCATION
    She has pursued postgraduate studies at Beijing Sport University in the People's Republic of China. (Athlete, 06 Dec 2019)
    She listens to music before she competes. (Athlete, 10 Feb 2023)