Chang Yi-ning

Chang Yi-ning (Chinese: 張 憶寧; pinyin: Zhāng Yìníng; born November 13, 1957 in Taipei) is a Taiwanese sport shooter.[1] He has been selected to compete for Chinese Taipei in pistol shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and has attained a top seven finish in free pistol at the 2002 ISSF World Championships.[2]

Chang Yi-ning
Personal information
Full nameChang Yi-ning
Nationality Chinese Taipei
Born (1957-11-13) 13 November 1957
Taipei, Taiwan
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
SportShooting
Event(s)10 m air pistol (AP60)
50 m pistol (FP)
In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhang.

Chang qualified for the Chinese Taipei squad, as a lone male athlete, in pistol shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He managed to get a minimum qualifying score of 581 to gain an Olympic quota place for Chinese Taipei in the free pistol, following his outstanding eighth-place finish at the Worlds two years earlier.[2][3][4] Chang got off to a disastrous start by shooting a hapless 569 out of a possible 600 in the 10 m air pistol, slipping further off to fortieth from a field of forty-seven shooters.[5][6] Three days later, in the 50 m pistol, Chang continued his Olympic flop from a bitter air pistol defeat to launch a dismal 548 in the qualifying round, forcing him in a thirtieth-place tie with 52-year-old Argentine shooter Maximo Modesti.[7][8]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Chang Yi-ning". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  2. "ISSF Profile – Chang Yi-ning". ISSF. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  3. "Taiwan's Olympic Shooting Team Training Status Quo". Sports Administration. 9 October 2002. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  4. "Shooting 2004 Olympic Qualification" (PDF). Majority Sports. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  5. "Shooting: Men's 10m Air Pistol Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  6. "張憶寧射擊 拚首面獎牌" [Chang Yi-ning lost his first medal fight] (in Chinese). Taiwan: Apple Daily. 17 August 2004. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  7. "Shooting: Men's 50m Pistol Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  8. "林怡君 今天出擊" [Lin Yi-chun competes today] (in Chinese). LTN. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 23 August 2015.


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