Wu Penggen
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Wu Penggen (Simplified Chinese:Script error: No such module "Lang"., born 7 May 1982[1]) is a male Chinese professional beach volleyball player.
Career
He and partner Xu Linyin competed in the beach volleyball event at the 2008 Summer Olympics where they finished a respectable 5th place overall.
On 14 June 2010, Wu Penggen and Xu Linyin bested the Olympic Champions from USA Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser 21–17, 17-21 and 17–15 to win the Gold at the FIVB World Tour title[2] in Moscow, Russia. This was the first time China won the title in the men's event in the 24-year history of the international Beach Volleyball circuit.
The duo of Wu and Xu continued their extraordinary performance with a second Gold on the FIVB World Tour in Marseille, France on 25 July 2010,[3] and ended the season ranked 4th overall on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings.
See also
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- Beach volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
- China at the 2008 Summer Olympics
References
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External links
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- 1982 births
- Living people
- Chinese men's volleyball players
- Chinese beach volleyball players
- Olympic beach volleyball players for China
- Asian Games gold medalists in beach volleyball
- Asian Games silver medalists in beach volleyball
- Asian Games gold medalists for China
- Asian Games silver medalists for China
- Beach volleyball players at the 2006 Asian Games
- Beach volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Beach volleyball players at the 2010 Asian Games
- Beach volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Nanjing
- Volleyball players from Jiangsu
- Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
- 21st-century Chinese sportsmen