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===Renunciation of Canadian Citizenship to Become a Chinese Citizen by Naturalization===
===Renunciation of Canadian Citizenship to Become a Chinese Citizen by Naturalization===
Schultz officially became a competing member of China's national team in April 2021, after having renounced her Canadian citizenship and acquired Chinese citizenship by naturlization.<ref name=defection>{{cite news |title=Rising Canadian athlete switches citizenship, hoping to compete for China in Tokyo Olympics |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/rising-canadian-athlete-switches-citizenship-hoping-to-compete-for-china-in-tokyo-olympics |website=[[The National Post]] |date=April 1, 2021}}</ref> She also stated that she hopes to compete for China in the upcoming [[Tokyo Olympics]].
Schultz officially became a competing member of China's national team in April 2021, after having renounced her Canadian citizenship and acquired Chinese citizenship by naturlization.<ref name=defection>{{cite news |title=Rising Canadian athlete switches citizenship, hoping to compete for China in Tokyo Olympics |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/rising-canadian-athlete-switches-citizenship-hoping-to-compete-for-china-in-tokyo-olympics |website=[[The National Post]] |date=April 1, 2021}}</ref> She also stated that she hoped to compete for China in the upcoming [[2020 Summer Olympics|Tokyo Olympics]].


===Response===
===Response===

Revision as of 17:12, 3 April 2021

Zheng Ninali 郑妮娜力
Personal information
Birth nameNina Li Schultz
NationalityChinese
Born (1998-11-12) November 12, 1998 (age 26)
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
SportTrack
Event(s)Heptathlon
Pentathlon
College teamKansas State University
University of Georgia
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Heptathlon: 6133, Gold Coast, 2018
Pentathlon: 4502, Lubbock, 2018[2]
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast Heptathlon

Nina Schultz (Chinese: 郑妮娜力; pinyin: Zheng Ninali; born 12 November 1998), is a Chinese track athlete who competes in the heptathlon and pentathlon. She was a Canadian citizen at birth and previously competed for Canada.

Career

Schultz began training in athletics from a young age, and set a junior record in the indoor pentathlon in 2017 prior to being accepted to Kansas State University on a track scholarship.[3] In her debut season in university athletics, Schultz won the bronze medal in the 2017 NCAA Indoor Championships' pentathlon event. At the 2018 NCAA Indoor Championships, she won the silver medal. At the 2018 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 the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia. She was the youngest member of the Canadian track and field team. In the heptathlon event, she set a new personal best of 6133 points and won the silver medal, finishing 122 points behind gold medalist Katarina Johnson-Thompson of England.[4]

Renunciation of Canadian Citizenship to Become a Chinese Citizen by Naturalization

Schultz officially became a competing member of China's national team in April 2021, after having renounced her Canadian citizenship and acquired Chinese citizenship by naturlization.[5] She also stated that she hoped to compete for China in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics.

Response

Schultz did not provide a comment to Canadian media in regard to the change but did comment to a Chinese newspaper that "I came here not out of a sudden impulse, but because I always wanted to fulfill my grandmother’s dream."[5] At the same time Schultz stopped competing for her NCAA Kansas State University and University of Georgia college teams. She had told Petros Kyprianou, her Georgia team coach that "she just wanted to move on from the NCAA and be a professional athlete. That’s all [he knew].”[5]

The Chinese press quoted her maternal grandmother Zheng Fengrong, who is a celebrated athlete in China. She had tried to persuade Nina Schultz and her brother Ty (Zheng Enlai 郑恩来), a hockey player in Canada, to be naturalized as Chinese citizens to compete in the Olympics representing China.[6] It was Zheng's utmost wish to see both of her grandchildren compete in the Olympics representing China and she was very happy to see her dream come true.[7]

References

  1. ^ "2018 Gold Coast profile". 2018 Commonwealth Games. Archived from the original on 2018-04-12. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  2. ^ "IAAF Profile". IAAF. Archived from the original on 2018-04-12. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  3. ^ Vicki Hall (2017-01-31). "The next Brianne Theisen-Eaton? Canadian teenager Nina Schultz vies for heptathlon greatness". National Post.
  4. ^ "Schultz comes up silver at Gold Coast". Bring On The Cats. 2018-04-13. Archived from the original on 2018-04-15. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
  5. ^ a b c "Rising Canadian athlete switches citizenship, hoping to compete for China in Tokyo Olympics". The National Post. April 1, 2021.
  6. ^ "加拿大體壇兄妹共入中國籍,其姥姥背景深厚,曾獲毛主席親自接見". 番茄資訊. February 18, 2021.
  7. ^ "加拿大出生的姑娘成中国田径首个归化运动员". 加国无忧. March 22, 2021.