Zhang Fengliu

Zhang Fengliu medal table
Wrestler
China
Olympic games
bronze	2016 Rio de Janeiro	up to 75 kg
World Championship
gold	2013 Budapest	up to 72 kg
Asian Championship
bronze	2008 Jeju City	up to 67 kg
bronze	2009 Pattaya	up to 63 kg
Junior World Championship
silver	2007 Beijing	up to 67 kg

Zhang Fengliu ( Chinese  张凤 柳 , Pinyin Zhāng Fèngliǔ ; born November 15, 1989 in Chaoyang (Liaoning) ) is a Chinese wrestler . In 2013 she became world champion in the weight class up to 72 kg body weight.

Career

Zhang Fengliu is a member of the Liao Ning Wuhan wrestling club . She started wrestling there as a teenager and is mainly trained by Lu Hai. In the course of her career, the 1.68 meter tall athlete grew into the heaviest weight class in women's wrestling, up to 72 kg. She is a student.

It first appeared on the international wrestling mat in 2007. She was in Krasnoyarsk in the weight class up to 67 kg World Cup winner before Jelena Ivanovna Perepelkina , Russia. In the same year she was runner-up in the weight class up to 67 kg at the Junior World Championships (Juniors) in Beijing. In the final she was defeated by the Russind Natalja Lauschkina.

In 2008 she took 3rd place at the Asian Championships in Jeju Island / South Korea in the weight class up to 67 kg behind Mami Shinkai , Japan and Otschirbatyn Nasanburmaa from Mongolia. A start at the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 was out of the question for her because the weight class up to 67 kg is not Olympic. However, it was used at the World Cup in Tokyo, which was also held after the Olympic Games. There she defeated Choe Jin-suk from South Korea, but lost her second fight against Otschirbatyn Nasanburmaa and was eliminated because she did not reach the final. It came in 7th place.

In 2009 Zhang won a bronze medal again at the Asian Championships in Pattaya, this time in the weight class up to 63 kg, behind Mio Nishimaki from Japan and Wilaiwan Thongkam, Thailand.

After that she did not do any international assignments until 2013. In January she was part of the Chinese team that took part in the "Dave Schultz" memorials in Colorado Springs. There she won in the 72 kg class ahead of Adeline Gray from the United States and her compatriot Hong Yan. In March 2013, she finished 2nd in the World Cup in Ulan Bator behind Hiroe Suzuki from Japan. In September 2013, Zhang Fengliu was then used at the World Championships in Budapest in the weight class up to 72 kg. She defeated Güsel Manjurowa , Kazakhstan, Adeline Gray and Yasemin Adar from Turkey and was in the final against the 2012 Olympic champion Natalja Vorobjewa from Russia. The first two rounds of this fight were won by one of the wrestlers. In the third round everything looked like Natalja Vorobjewa won on points, who was leading with 5: 3 points shortly before the end. Then Zhang managed a counterattack and Natalia Vorobyeva landed on his shoulders. Zhang Fenglin thus became world champion.

In 2014 and 2015, Zhang Fengliu achieved good placings in some international tournaments with strong players, but was not used in any international championships, the competition in China is fierce. In 2016, however, she managed to take the starting place at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in China, which her teammate Zhou Qian had fought for with a 2nd place at the 2015 World Cup in Las Vegas. In Rio she won in the weight class up to 75 kg against Epp Mae, Estonia, then lost to Erica Wiebe from Canada, but was able to continue in the consolation round because Erica Wiebe reached the final fight. In this consolation round, Zhang Fengliu secured a bronze medal by winning over Maria Selmaier, Germany and Wassilisa Marsaliuk from Belarus.

In November 2016 she started at the Golden Grand Prix in Baku, where she finished 2nd behind her compatriot Qiandegenchagan. After that, she ended her career as an Rrin.

International success

year	space	competition	Weight class	Results
2007	1.	World Cup in Krasnoyarsk	up to 67 kg	before Elena Perepelkina, Russia, Irina Schauzowa, Belarus and Yoshiko Imnoue, Japan
2007	2.	Junior World Championships (Juniors) in Beijing	up to 67 kg	behind Natalja Lauschkina, Russia, in front of Otschirbatyn Nasanburmaa , Mongolia and Emma Weberg, Sweden
2007	2.	Chinese City Games	up to 63 kg	behind Luo Ping, China
2008	3.	Asian Championship in Jeju Island / South Korea	up to 67 kg	behind Mami Shinkai, Japan and Otschirbatyn Nasanburmaa
2008	7th	World Cup in Tokyo	up to 67 kg	after defeating Choe Jin-suk, South Korea and losing to Ochirbatyn Nasanburmaa
2009	3.	Asian Championship in Pattaya	up to 63 kg	behind Mio Nishimaki, Japan and Wilaiwan Thongkam, Thailand
2013	1.	"Dave Schultz" Memorial in Colorado Springs	up to 72 kg	before Adeline Gray, USA and Hong Yan, China
2013	2.	World Cup in Ulan Bator	up to 72 kg	behind Hiroe Suzuki, Japan, in front of Badrachyn Odontschimeg , Mongolia and Galina Levtschenko, Belarus
2013	1.	World Cup in Budapest	up to 72 kg	after victories over Gousel Manjurowa, Kazakhstan, Adeline Gray , Yasemin Adar , Turkey and Natalja Witaljewna Vorobjowa , Russia
2014	2.	"Dave Schultz" Memorial in Colorado Springs	up to 75 kg	behind Erica Wiebe , Canada, in front of Victoria Francis, USA
2015	3.	Paris Grand Prix	up to 75 kg	behind Zhou Qian, China and Epp Mae, Estonia, together with Chiandeenchagan, China
2015	2.	Klippan Lady Open	up to 75 kg	behind Erica Wiebe, in front of Qiandegenchagan and Wang Juan , both China
2015	7th	Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid	up to 75 kg	Winner: Erica Wiebe in front of Güsel Manjurowa , Kazakhstan
2016	3.	UWW test tournament in Rio de Janeiro	up to 75 kg	behind Adeline Gray and Erica Wiebe, together with Adeline da Silva Ferreira, Brazil
2016	bronze	OS in Rio de Janeiro	up to 75 kg	after a victory over Epp Mae, a defeat against Erica Wiebe and victories over Maria Selmaier, Germany and Wassilisa Marsaliuk, Belarus
2016	2.	Golden Grand Prix in Baku	up to 75 kg	behind Qiandegenchagan, in front of Irina Kasjulina and Jelena Perepelnik, both Russia

Explanations

• all free style competitions
• OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship

literature

• Trade journal Der Ringer

Web links

• Profile of Zhang Fengliu at the Institute for Applied Training Science
• Zhang Fengliu in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Zhang Fengliu (red) in the fight against Natalja Vorobjewa at the 2013 World Cup

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Zhang is the family name here, Fengliu is the first name.