Zhang Ouying

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexFemale
Full nameZhang•Ouying
Used nameZhang•Ouying
Name orderOriental
Original name張•鷗影
Born2 November 1975 in Zhangjiakou, Hebei (CHN)
Died1 December 2018 in San Diego, California (USA)
Measurements166 cm / 55 kg
Affiliations?, Hebei, (CHN)
NOC People's Republic of China

Biography

Zhang Ouying was a striker who played at the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games. She also played for China at the 1999, 2003, and 2007 FIFA World Cup, winning a silver medal in 1999. Zhang won a gold medal at the 1998 Asian Games. After retiring from playing, she married an American and moved to the United States. From 2010-12 she coached several teams at the San Diego Futbol Academy in Carmel Valley California, where she was known as “Coach O”. She died quite young from lung cancer.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
2000 Summer Olympics Football (Football) CHN Zhang Ouying
Football, Women (Olympic) People's Republic of China 5
2004 Summer Olympics Football (Football) CHN Zhang Ouying
Football, Women (Olympic) People's Republic of China 9

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