Career
He is now a coach with the Chinese national team following his retirement from international play. However, the majority of his titles, and the most prestigious ones, came in mixed doubles with the formidable Gao Ling. These included consecutive gold medals at the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games, earned by surviving a number of tight matches, particularly in 2000 when they were on the verge of elimination in the semifinals.
Zhang's other titles with Gao included three victories (2001, 2003, and 2006) at the prestigious All-England Championships. The Badminton Asia Championships in 2002. The China Masters in 2005.
And the China (2002, 2003), Japan (2003), Indonesia (2004), Malaysia (2004, 2006), Thailand (2005), Singapore (2005), and German (2006) Opens. Zhang had the honor of being an Olympic torch carrier at the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Games.
