Zhang Lifang

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Zhang Lifang
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Women's softball
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Asian Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Guangzhou Softball
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 Doha Softball

Zhang Lifang (born January 3, 1982) is a female Chinese softball player who was born in Henan, China. She was part of Team China at the 2006 World Championship and placed fourth in the competition. [1]

She also competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing and was placed sixth. [2]

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References

  1. "USA wins 2006 Women's Softball World Championship".
  2. https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/beijing-2008/results/softball/softball-women