Zhang Xi (beach volleyball)

In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhang.
Zhang Xi
Xi at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Born19 April 1985 (1985-04-19) (age 39)
Nantong, Jiangsu, China
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Honours
Women's beach volleyball
Representing  China
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Beach
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Stare Jabłonki Beach
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Rome Beach
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Doha Beach
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou Beach
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Haikou Beach
Gold medal – first place 2010 Haikou Beach
Gold medal – first place 2011 Haikou Beach
Gold medal – first place 2012 Haikou Beach
Silver medal – second place 2004 Lianyungang Beach

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

References

  1. ^ "Federation Internationale de Volleyball". Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d "Xi Zhang". Beach Volleyball Database. copyright. Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "News | China topples Brazil's Larissa, Juliana in Finland | Universal Sports". Archived from the original on 31 August 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
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Awards
Preceded by Women's FIVB World Tour "Best Defender"
2010 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
 Kerri Walsh (USA)
 Women's FIVB World Tour "Most Outstanding"
alongside United States Misty May-Treanor
2008 		Succeeded by