Zhang Xi (beach volleyball)
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Zhang Xi (simplified Chinese: 张希; traditional Chinese: 張希; pinyin: Zhāng Xī; born 19 April 1985) is a Chinese beach volleyball player.[1] She won the bronze medal in the women's team competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and the gold medal at the 2013 Beach Volleyball World Championships, partnering with Xue Chen.
In 2004, she moved on to start playing full-time in the Swatch FIVB World Tour. In 2006, she began to team up with Xue Chen in the SWATCH tournament season. After finishing the tournament she went back to study at the Physical Education Unit of Jiangsu Province in China.[2]
In 2008, Zhang was named as the FIVB Most Outstanding Player.[2][3]
The duo of Zhang and Xue won a gold medal from the FIVB World Tour Women's Final in Åland, Finland on 21 August 2010.[4] On the same day, they broke the winning streak of Brazil's França–Silva duo. In 2010, Zhang and Xue came 4th on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings. In 2011, Zhang was awarded the title of FIVB Best Defensive Player.[2] The duo once again competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics and settled at 4th place.[2]
Playing partners
See also
- China at the 2008 Summer Olympics#Volleyball
- Beach volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
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- 1985 births
- Living people
- Chinese women's beach volleyball players
- Olympic beach volleyball players for China
- Olympic medalists in beach volleyball
- Olympic bronze medalists for China
- Asian Games gold medalists in beach volleyball
- Asian Games gold medalists for China
- Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- 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
- Volleyball players from Jiangsu
- Sportspeople from Nantong
- Beach volleyball defenders