Zhang Xi (beach volleyball)
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| Born | 19 April 1985 Nantong, Jiangsu [citation needed] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Zhang Xi (simplified Chinese: 张希; traditional Chinese: 張希; pinyin: Zhāng Xī; born April 19, 1985 in Nantong, Jiangsu) is a Chinese female beach volleyball player, measuring 183 centimetres (6 ft 0 in) in height.[1] She won the gold medal in the women's team competition at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, partnering with comparator Xue Chen.
Zhang Xi in 2002 and 2003 she played each game she was scheduled to play. In 2004, she moved on to start playing full-time in the Swatch FIVB World Tour. In 2006, she began to partner 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] In the same year, Zhang and Xue won the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[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 Zhang Xi and Xue Chen broke the winning streak of Brazil's França–Silva duo. In 2010 Zheng and Xue came fourth on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings. In 2011 Zhang was awarded the title of FIVB Best Defensive Player.[2] Together with her partner Xue Chen, Zhang Xi in 2012 reached fourth place at the London Olympics.[2]
Playing partners[edit]
See also[edit]
- China at the 2012 Summer Olympics#Volleyball
- Beach volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
References[edit]
- ^ "Federation Internationale de Volleyball". Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- ^ a b c d "Xi Zhang". Beach Volleyball Database. copyright. Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Zhang Xi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
- ^ "News | China topples Brazil's Larissa, Juliana in Finland | Universal Sports". Archived from the original on 31 August 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
External links[edit]
- Zhang Xi at FIVB beach volleyball database
- Zhang Xi at Beach Volleyball Database
- Zhang Xi at Olympics.com
- Zhang Xi at Olympedia
- 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 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