What is Ann Zhang?
{{no footnotes|date=March 2023}} '''Ann Zhang''' (born 21 June 1957) is a retired [[People's Republic of China|Chinese]] [[Short track speed skating|short track]] athlete and coach. She was the coach of the Australian short track team from 1996 to 2014. Zhang Yuanyuan was born in [[Beijing]] on 21 June 1957. Zhang, living in [[Brisbane]], [[Australia]], began her coaching career as the junior coach of the [[New South Wales]] selection in 1992. Four years later she was promoted to become the Australia national coach. At that time, the country's short track team had already achieved considerable success, including the first medal for Australia at the [[Winter Olympic Games|Winter Olympics]], a bronze medal in the relay at the Games in [[Lillehammer]] in 1994. After Zhang took over the team, an Australian short tracker was able to finish fourth in the Short Track World Cup in 1996. Zhang achieved her greatest successes as a coach at the Olympic Games. The short track team was successful in the 2002 Games in [[Salt Lake City]]. Very surprisingly, [[Steven Bradbury]] won the first Winter Olympics gold medal for his country. == Other websites == * {{Facebook}} {{sports-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Zhang, Ann}} [[Category:Sportswomen]] [[Category:1957 births]] [[Category:Chinese sportspeople]] [[Category:Australian sportspeople]] [[Category:Speed skaters]]