Zhang_Qi_(boccia)

Zhang Qi (boccia)

Zhang Qi (boccia)

Chinese boccia player

In this article, the surname is Zhang.

Zhang Qi (Chinese: 张琦; pinyin: Zhāng Qí; born 24 November 1990) is a Chinese boccia player competing in the BC1 classification.

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Career

Zhang finished 23rd at the 2007 World Cup Championships in Belfast. She finished ninth individually at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing.[1] There, she also participated in the team competition, where she was the team's youngest participant.[2] China finished in 4th place in the team competition, after losing 4–5 to Spain in the bronze medal match.[3]

Zhang finished in 12th place in the 2010 Asian Para Games, where she was eliminated in the group stage with one win and two losses. In the 2011 World Cup in Belfast, she came in 2nd place individually, having lost 2–3 to Kwang Min Ji in the final. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, she won a silver medal in the team event, China won silver after losing 10–5 against Thailand in the final. Individually, she came in 6th place. She lost 2–3 to João Paulo Fernandes in the fifth place match.[4] She also participated in both individual and team competitions at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. She lost the individual match with 1 win and 2 losses in the pool stage. She advanced to the final tournament in team competitions, but lost to Japan in a tiebreaker in the quarterfinals.

At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, Zhang won another silver in the team event.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "CPISRA - World ranking list of BC1 - Wednesday, Nov 19 2008" (PDF). www.cpisra.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 September 2012.
  2. [2]
    "IPC - Qi Zhang". ipc.infostradasports.com. Archived from the original on 25 October 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  3. [3]
    "IPC - Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games - Boccia - Mixed Team BC1-BC2". www.paralympic.org. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  4. [4]
    London2012.com - Mixed Individual - BC1, besøkt 2. november 2012.
  5. [5]
    "Slovakia retain pairs BC4 boccia title at Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". Inside the Games. Retrieved 6 September 2021.


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