Wu Penggen

In this Chinese name, the family name is Wu.
Wu Penggen

Wu Penggen at the FIVB World Tour 2010
Medal record
Men's beach volleyball
Representing  China
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou Men
Silver medal – second place 2006 Doha Men

Wu Penggen (Simplified Chinese:吴 鹏根, 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

References

  1. ^ "منتديات كووورة". Forum.kooora.com. 3 December 2006. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  2. ^ "China upset US to grab men's title at FIVB World Tour". News.xinhuanet.com. 15 June 2010. Archived from the original on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  3. ^ [1] Archived 28 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine


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