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| Native name | 郑妮娜力 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth name | Nina Li Schultz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Chinese | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1998-11-12)November 12, 1998 (age 26) New Westminster,British Columbia,Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Heptathlon Pentathlon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Kansas State University University of Georgia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personalbest(s) | Heptathlon: 6358,Arona, Spain, 2021[2] Pentathlon: 4502,Lubbock, US, 2018[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nina Schultz (Chinese:郑妮娜力;pinyin:Zhèng Nīnàlì; born November 12, 1998) is a Canadian-born Chinese track athlete who competes in theheptathlon andpentathlon. She was a Canadian citizen at birth and previously competed for Canada.
Schultz began training in athletics from a young age, and set a junior record in the indoor pentathlon in 2017 prior to being accepted toKansas State University on a track scholarship.[3] In her debut season in university athletics, Schultz won the bronze medal in the2017 NCAA Indoor Championships' pentathlon event. At the2018 NCAA Indoor Championships, she won the silver medal. At the2018 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships she placed 7th in the heptathlon scoring 5,778 points.
Schultz competed as part of the Canadian team at the2018 Commonwealth Games in theGold Coast, Australia. She was the youngest member of the Canadian track and field team. In theheptathlon event, she set a new personal best of 6,133 points and won the silver medal, finishing 122 points behind gold medalistKatarina Johnson-Thompson of England.[4]
Schultz returned to the competitive scene in 2021 under the Chinese flag to increase her personal best by over 200 points at the Spanish leg of theWorld Athletics Challenge – Combined Events. The athlete, now competing as Ninali Zheng, won the meeting with a score of 6,358 which moved her intoqualification for the2020 Summer Olympics.[5]
Schultz became one of a handful ofnaturalized athletes of China; the athlete served a three year waiting period in compliance of the IAAF competition rules.World Athletics confirmed her eligibility to be a competing member of China's national team on April 12, 2021.[2]
The Chinese press quoted her maternal grandmotherZheng Fengrong, who in 1957 set the women's world record inhigh jump 1.77m and is a celebrated athlete in China.[6] Her brotherTy Schultz is a hockey player in Canada.[7]
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