Career
Having a unique background being born in China, then moving to Singapore at the age of 13 and playing with the Singapore National Team until 2012, when she moved to the United States of America to compete while training in Las Vegas. She was dropped by the Singapore Badminton Association (Small Business Administration) after the 2011 Singapore Open tournament after reportedly falling out with then-singles head coach Luan Ching, but the association had asked her to come back to the fold. In 2009 she was part of the Singapore national badminton team winning a bronze medal at the Women"s team event of the 2009 Southeast Asian Games.
After a one-year break, where she did not play any tournaments at all, from 2013 she came back on her way to reach top level again.
In 2014 she continued her winning streak for her new country the United States of America, with victories in Peru, United States of America, Brazil and the Netherlands. Zhang Beiwen competes in the German bundesliga team championship for British Columbia Düren.
