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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.<ref name=2017NP>{{cite web|author=Vicki Hall|title=The next Brianne Theisen-Eaton? Canadian teenager Nina Schultz vies for heptathlon greatness|url=https://nationalpost.com/sports/olympics/the-next-brianne-theisen-eaton-canadian-teenager-nina-schultz-vies-for-heptathlon-greatness|publisher=[[National Post]]|date=2017-01-31}}</ref> In her debut season in university athletics, Schultz won the bronze medal in the [[2017 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships|2017 NCAA Indoor Championships]]' [[2017 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships#Pentathlon|pentathlon event]]. At the [[2018 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships#Pentathlon|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 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.<ref name=2017NP>{{cite web|author=Vicki Hall|title=The next Brianne Theisen-Eaton? Canadian teenager Nina Schultz vies for heptathlon greatness|url=https://nationalpost.com/sports/olympics/the-next-brianne-theisen-eaton-canadian-teenager-nina-schultz-vies-for-heptathlon-greatness|publisher=[[National Post]]|date=2017-01-31}}</ref> In her debut season in university athletics, Schultz won the bronze medal in the [[2017 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships|2017 NCAA Indoor Championships]]' [[2017 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships#Pentathlon|pentathlon event]]. At the [[2018 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships#Pentathlon|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, Queensland|Gold Coast]], [[Australia]]. She was the youngest member of the Canadian track and field team. In the [[Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's heptathlon|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 [[Scotland at the 2018 Commonwealth Games|England]].<ref name=20180413BOTC>{{cite web|title=Schultz comes up silver at Gold Coast|url=https://www.bringonthecats.com/2018/4/13/17233452/kansas-state-track-commonwealth-games-heptathlon-nina-schultz-silver-medal-news|publisher=Bring On The Cats|date=2018-04-13|access-date=2018-04-15|archive-date=2018-04-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180415190320/https://www.bringonthecats.com/2018/4/13/17233452/kansas-state-track-commonwealth-games-heptathlon-nina-schultz-silver-medal-news|url-status=live}}</ref>
Schultz competed as part of the Canadian team at the [[2018 Commonwealth Games]] in the [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]], [[Australia]]. She was the youngest member of the Canadian track and field team. In the [[Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's heptathlon|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 [[Scotland at the 2018 Commonwealth Games|England]].<ref name=20180413BOTC>{{cite web|title=Schultz comes up silver at Gold Coast|url=https://www.bringonthecats.com/2018/4/13/17233452/kansas-state-track-commonwealth-games-heptathlon-nina-schultz-silver-medal-news|publisher=Bring On The Cats|date=2018-04-13|access-date=2018-04-15|archive-date=2018-04-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180415190320/https://www.bringonthecats.com/2018/4/13/17233452/kansas-state-track-commonwealth-games-heptathlon-nina-schultz-silver-medal-news|url-status=live}}</ref>

After switching allegiance to represent China, Schultz returned to the competitive scene after a three year sit out period to improve her personal best to 6358. This win at the Spanish leg of the World Athletics Challenge – Combined Events moved Schultz into qualification for the Tokyo Olympic Games. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Zheng and Sykora take the spoils in Arona {{!}} REPORTS {{!}} World Athletics|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-challenge-combined-events/news/arona-zheng-ninali-jiri-sykora|access-date=2021-07-15|website=www.worldathletics.org}}</ref>


===Change of Citizenship from Canada to China===
===Change of Citizenship from Canada to China===
Schultz became one of a handful of [[Naturalized athletes of China]]; World Athletics confirmed her eligibility to be a competing member of China's national team on 12 April, 2021, after having renounced her Canadian citizenship and acquired Chinese citizenship by naturalization.<ref name=move>{{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> The move came at a time of deteriorating China-Canada international relations and was met with some shock in Canada.<ref name=move/> 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."<ref name=move/> 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].”<ref name=move/>
The athlete’s final appearance for Canada was at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. This performance was followed by a three year waiting period given that a neutralized athlete cannot represent their country within three years of receiving their nationality as per World Athletics regulations. Schultz became one of a handful of [[Naturalized athletes of China]]; World Athletics confirmed her eligibility to be a competing member of China's national team on 12 April, 2021, after having renounced her Canadian citizenship and acquired Chinese citizenship by naturalization. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Naturalized athlete Nina Schultz able to compete for China in April|url=https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-04-04/Naturalized-athlete-Nina-Schultz-able-to-compete-for-China-in-April-ZbZjpgJzjy/index.html|access-date=2021-07-15|website=news.cgtn.com|language=en}}</ref>


The Chinese press quoted her maternal grandmother [[Zheng Fengrong]], who in 1957 set the Women's World Record in [[High Jump]] 1.77m and is a celebrated athlete in China.<ref name="White">{{cite web |url=https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3128341/tokyo-2020-chinas-nina-schultz-aiming-fulfil-grandmas-olympic-dream |title=Tokyo 2020: China’s Nina Schultz aiming to fulfil grandma’s Olympic dream|last=White |first=Johnathan |date=5 April 2021|work=[[SCMP]] |accessdate=8 April 2021}}</ref> Her brother Ty Zheng Enlai is a hockey player in Canada.<ref name=background>{{cite news |title=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 |url=https://www.mffsoc.com/sport/619380658.html |website=[[番茄資訊]] |date=February 18, 2021}}</ref>
The Chinese press quoted her maternal grandmother [[Zheng Fengrong]], who in 1957 set the Women's World Record in [[High Jump]] 1.77m and is a celebrated athlete in China. Her brother Ty Zheng Enlai is a hockey player in Canada.<ref name="White">{{cite web |url=https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3128341/tokyo-2020-chinas-nina-schultz-aiming-fulfil-grandmas-olympic-dream |title=Tokyo 2020: China’s Nina Schultz aiming to fulfil grandma’s Olympic dream|last=White |first=Johnathan |date=5 April 2021|work=[[SCMP]] |accessdate=8 April 2021}}</ref>


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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: Zhèng Nīnàlì; 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]

After switching allegiance to represent China, Schultz returned to the competitive scene after a three year sit out period to improve her personal best to 6358. This win at the Spanish leg of the World Athletics Challenge – Combined Events moved Schultz into qualification for the Tokyo Olympic Games. [5]

Change of Citizenship from Canada to China

The athlete’s final appearance for Canada was at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. This performance was followed by a three year waiting period given that a neutralized athlete cannot represent their country within three years of receiving their nationality as per World Athletics regulations. Schultz became one of a handful of Naturalized athletes of China; World Athletics confirmed her eligibility to be a competing member of China's national team on 12 April, 2021, after having renounced her Canadian citizenship and acquired Chinese citizenship by naturalization. [6]

The Chinese press quoted her maternal grandmother Zheng Fengrong, who in 1957 set the Women's World Record in High Jump 1.77m and is a celebrated athlete in China. Her brother Ty Zheng Enlai is a hockey player in Canada.[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. ^ "Zheng and Sykora take the spoils in Arona | REPORTS | World Athletics". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  6. ^ "Naturalized athlete Nina Schultz able to compete for China in April". news.cgtn.com. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  7. ^ White, Johnathan (5 April 2021). "Tokyo 2020: China's Nina Schultz aiming to fulfil grandma's Olympic dream". SCMP. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
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