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| Born | 19 April 1985 Nantong, Jiangsu[citation needed] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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Xue/Zhang Xi vs. Borger/Büthe - Full Final | World Champs 2013
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Ludwig/Walkenhorst vs Xue Chen/Zhang Xi - Beach Volleyball Worlds Mazury 2013 - Women's QuaterFinal
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FIVB Heroes Feature - Xue Chen and Zhang Xi
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Chen Xue and Zhang Xi, China
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Xue Chen and Xi Zhang become World Champs MEROOJ.COM
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Playing partners
See also
- China at the 2012 Summer Olympics#Volleyball
- Beach volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
References
- ^ "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
- Zhang Xi at FIVB beach volleyball database
- Zhang Xi at Beach Volleyball Database
- Zhang Xi at Olympics.com
- Zhang Xi at Olympedia
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