Born: 23 March 1968, China
Died: NA
Country most active: China
Also known as: 张山, 張山, Zhāng Shān
The following is excerpted from Infinite Women creator Allison Tyra’s book Uncredited: Women’s Overlooked, Misattributed, and Stolen Work.
For twenty years, men and women competed together in skeet shooting at the Olympics. But after Zhang Shan won the gold in 1992, the International Shooting Union suddenly felt it necessary to prevent women from shooting against the men, with a separate women’s event established for the 2000 Olympics.