[3] She was a member of the Chinese team that won the silver medal at the 1999 World Cup.

Four years later she finished ninth with the Chinese team in the 2004 Summer Olympics.

[citation needed] She married an American in 2006, and moved to the United States after retirement.

[6] Zhang was diagnosed with lung cancer in March 2018,[7] and died in San Diego on 1 December 2018, at the age of 43.

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