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{{short description|Chinese sport shooter}}
{{distinguish|Zhang Shan Qi}}
{{family name hatnote|Zhang|lang=Chinese}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name             = Zhang Shan
| image            = 
| caption          = 
| fullname         = 
| birth_date       = {{birth-date and age|March 23, 1968}}
| birth_place      = [[Nanchong]], [[Sichuan]], China
| headercolor      = lightsteelblue
| show-medals      = yes
| medaltemplates   = 
{{MedalSport | Women's [[shooting (sport)|shooting]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{CHN}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Shooting at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]] | [[Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Skeet|Skeet]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[ISSF World Shooting Championships|World Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2007 World Shotgun Championships|2007 Nicosia]] | Skeet Team }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Asian Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[Shooting at the 1990 Asian Games|1990 Beijing]]| Skeet }}
{{MedalGold | [[Shooting at the 1990 Asian Games|1990 Beijing]]| Skeet Team}}
{{MedalGold | [[Shooting at the 2010 Asian Games|2010 Guangzhou]]| Skeet Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Shooting Championships|Asian Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2012 Asian Shooting Championships|2012 Doha]] | Skeet }}
{{MedalGold|2012 Doha|Skeet team}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2007 Asian Shooting Championships|2007 Kuwait City]]|Skeet team}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Asian Shooting Championships|Asian Shotgun Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold|[[2009 Asian Clay Shooting Championships|2009 Almaty]]|Skeet}}
{{MedalGold|2009 Almaty|Skeet team}}
}}

'''Zhang Shan''' ({{zh|s=张山|t=張山|p=Zhāng Shān}}; born March 23, 1968) is a Chinese [[shooting sports|sports shooter]] and [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] champion.<ref name=sref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/zh/zhang-shan-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418030256/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/zh/zhang-shan-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Zhang Shan |access-date=2015-11-13}}</ref>

==Career==
Zhang Shan was born in the city of [[Nanchong]] in [[Sichuan]] province in Southwest China. She began [[Skeet shooting|shooting skeet]] at age 16. In 1989, she joined the Chinese national skeet team.<ref name= womenofchina2006/> She won the gold medal in the [[ISSF Olympic skeet|Olympic Skeet Shooting]] event at the [[Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Skeet|1992 Summer Olympics]] in [[Barcelona]].<ref name=sref/> This event had been mixed, open to both men and women, since it was introduced to the Olympics in 1968. Shan's 1992 gold was the first medal won by a woman in this mixed event.<ref name=zhang-shan-only>{{Cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/zhang-shan-the-only-female-shooter-to-win-gold-in-a-mixed-competition|title=ZHANG Shan: The only female shooter to win gold in a mixed competition|date=July 5, 2020|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=2024-06-17}}</ref> However, 1992 was the last time women competed against men in this category, as they were barred from the 1996 Olympics—a decision made in April 1992, prior to the games where Zhang won her gold medal.<ref name=nyt>{{cite news
| url          = https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/2753773/2021/08/05/in-tokyo-as-was-the-case-in-previous-olympics-mixed-gender-events-remain-a-mixed-bag/
| title        = In Tokyo, as was the case in previous Olympics, mixed gender events remain a mixed bag
| last         = Jackson
| first        = Victoria
| date         = 2021-08-05
| work= The New York Times
| access-date  = 2024-08-10
| url-status   = live
| archive-url  = https://archive.today/20240807071450/https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/2753773/2021/08/05/in-tokyo-as-was-the-case-in-previous-olympics-mixed-gender-events-remain-a-mixed-bag/
| archive-date = 2024-08-07
| quote        = Although mixed-gender shooting was already on the Olympic program, the International Shooting Union, at a meeting in April of 1992, and therefore ahead of the Games, elected to bar women from shooting against men in future events.}}</ref>
For the 2000 Sydney games, the [[International Olympic Committee]] allowed women again, but only in segregated competition. Zhang participated in the 2000 Olympic [[Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's skeet|women's skeet]] placing 8th.<ref name=womenofchina2006/><ref name=sref/> She had won the title at seventh National Game in 1993. Zhang won the title at Lonato World Shooting Championship in 2005.<ref name= womenofchina2006>{{Cite web|url=http://www.womenofchina.cn/womenofchina/html1/people/sportswomen/7/7613-1.htm|title=Zhang Shan: The Woman Who Outshot the men |date=June 2, 2006 |publisher= All China Women's Federation|website=www.womenofchina.cn|access-date=2018-08-21}}</ref>

She won a gold medal with the Chinese team in the women's skeet (team event) at the [[2007 World Shotgun Championships]] in [[Nicosia]].<ref name= womenofchina2017/> She took part in the [[2010 ISSF World Shooting Championships]] in [[Munich]], where she placed 15th in individual skeet.<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/results/detail.ashx?cshipid=909&resultkey=C00000_I_0708100830.1.SK75.0
|title=50th ISSF World Championship Munich 2010. FINAL Results Skeet Women 
|website=issf-sports.org
|access-date=September 25, 2018 }}</ref> Her later achievements includes a silver medal in 2017 at the 13th Chinese National Games, at the age of 49, 25 years after her Olympic gold medal.<ref name= womenofchina2017>{{Cite web|url=http://www.womenofchina.cn/womenofchina/html1/people/sportswomen/1707/6674-1.htm |title=Olympic Champ Zhang Shan: 'Shooting until Young Athletes Eliminate Me' |publisher= All China Women's Federation |date=July 27, 2017 |website=www.womenofchina.cn|access-date=2018-09-25}}</ref>

==Olympic results==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
! Event
! 1992
! 1996
! 2000
|-
| align=left | [[Olympic skeet|Skeet]] (mixed)
| style="background: #ccffcc" | {{Gold1}} [[Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Skeet|Gold]]<br />150+50+23
| colspan=2 style="color: #cccccc"|Not held
|-
| align=left | [[Olympic skeet|Skeet]] (women)
| colspan=2 style="color: #cccccc"|Not held
| [[Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's skeet|8th]]<br />69
|}

==Records==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%"
! colspan=7 | Current world records held in [[Olympic Skeet|Skeet]]
|-
| Women
{{Shooting WR SK75 Women Teams}}
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Sports links}}

{{Olympic Champions Shooting SK125}}
{{Asian Games Champions Shooting Skeet Women}}
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[[Category:Shooters at the 1990 Asian Games]]
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[[Category:Chinese female sport shooters]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists for China]]
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[[Category:Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games]]
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[[Category:21st-century Chinese sportswomen]]
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