Zhang Jing (ice hockey)

In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhang.

Zhang Jing (born 18 March 1977) is a Chinese ice hockey coach and retired forward. She has served as assistant coach of the Chinese national team since 2025 and head coach of the Beijing Youth Women's Ice Hockey Team since 2016.

Zhang Jing
Born	(1977-03-18) 18 March 1977 Harbin, China
Height	166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	56 kg (123 lb; 8 st 11 lb)
Position	Forward
Shot	Left
Played for	Harbin IHC
Current WCIHL coach	Beijing Swift
National team	China
Playing career	1992–2007
Coaching career	c. 2007–present
Medal record Asian Winter Games 1996 Harbin Ice hockey 1999 Gangwon Ice hockey 2003 Aomori Ice hockey 2007 Changchun Ice hockey

Zhang Jing
Traditional Chinese	張晶
Simplified Chinese	张晶
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhāng Jīng

Zhang's playing career with the Chinese national team included two Winter Olympic Games, four Asian Winter Games, and seven IIHF Women's World Championship tournaments.

Playing career

Zhang began playing ice hockey in 1989 and joined the Chinese national program in 1992.

She made her debut with the Chinese women's national ice hockey team in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 1996 Asian Winter Games in her home city of Harbin. It was the first time women's ice hockey had been included in the Asian Games, and China claimed gold in the historic tournament.

She next participated in the 1997 IIHF Women's World Championship, at which she notched two assists across five games. The following year, she participated in the inaugural Olympic women's ice hockey tournament at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. The tournament saw the best finish for the Chinese program on the Olympic stage, as the team finished in fourth place.

Coaching career

Following the conclusion of her playing career, Zhang chose to dedicate herself to coaching at the youth level, rather than accept the offer of a coaching position with the national team. She was motivated by the belief that to make Chinese women's ice hockey strong at the international level, training must begin with children.

She has served as head coach of the Beijing Youth Women's Ice Hockey Team (北京市青少年女子冰球队), also called the Beijing Swift, since 2016. Under Zhang's guidance, the team has participated in two National Winter Games of China, winning the silver medal in 2016 and gold in 2024.

Career statistics

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; 

					Regular season
Year	Team	Event	Result		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1997	China	WC	4th		5	0	2	2	4
1998	China	OG	4th		6	0	0	0	2
1999	China	WC	5th		5	1	2	3	4
2000	China	WC	6th		5	0	1	1	0
2001	China	WC	6th		5	1	0	1	6
2002	China	OG	7th		5	0	0	0	0
2004	China	WC	7th		4	3	0	3	0
2005	China	WC	6th		5	0	0	0	2
2006	China	OGQ	DNQ		3	1	3	4	0
2007	China	WC	6th		4	0	1	1	2

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
• Zhang Jing at Olympedia
• Zhang Jing at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)