Linyin Xu
Encyclopedia
Xu Linyin is a Chinese
professional beach volleyball
player.
Nicknamed "Tiny" because of his length, Xu Linyin stands 6 feet 7 inches tall. He headed into the 2008 Olympics as the #1 seed with his teammate Penggen Wu. They placed 5th in the FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking, but were #1 seed because of FIVB regulations.
On June 14, 2010, Xu Linyin and partner Wu Penggen
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 in Moscow. 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 Xu and Wu continued their extraordinary performance with a second Gold on the FIVB World Tour in Marseille, France on July 25, 2010, and ended the season ranked 4th overall on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings
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China
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professional beach volleyball
Beach volleyball
Beach volleyball, or sand volleyball, is an Olympic team sport played by two teams of two players on a sand court divided by a net.Like volleyball, the object of the game is to send the ball over the net in order to ground it on the opponent’s court, and to prevent the same effort by the opponent....
player.
Nicknamed "Tiny" because of his length, Xu Linyin stands 6 feet 7 inches tall. He headed into the 2008 Olympics as the #1 seed with his teammate Penggen Wu. They placed 5th in the FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking, but were #1 seed because of FIVB regulations.
On June 14, 2010, Xu Linyin and partner Wu Penggen
Wu Penggen
Wu Penggen is a male Chinese professional beach volleyball player.He and partner Xu Linyin competed in the beach volleyball event at the 2008 Summer Olympics where they finished a respectable 5th place overall....
bested the Olympic Champions from USA Todd Rogers
Todd Rogers
Todd Jonathan Rogers is an American professional beach volleyball player. He and his partner, Phil Dalhausser, were the 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 AVP Tour champions, and are the reigning FIVB world champions, and reigning Olympic gold medalists from the Summer Olympics in Beijing.Rogers and...
and Phil Dalhausser
Phil Dalhausser
Philip "Phil" Peter Dalhausser is an American professional beach volleyball player. He and his playing partner, Todd Rogers, are the 2007 AVP Tour champions and the reigning FIVB world champions....
21-17, 17-21 and 17-15 to win the Gold at the FIVB World Tour in Moscow. 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 Xu and Wu continued their extraordinary performance with a second Gold on the FIVB World Tour in Marseille, France on July 25, 2010, and ended the season ranked 4th overall on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings
FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings
The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings is a ranking system for men's and women's national teams in beach volleyball. The teams of the member nations of FIVB, beach volleyball and volleyball's world governing body, are ranked based on their competitions results with the most successful teams being...
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External links
- Linyin Xu - Profile at the Beach Volleyball DatabaseBeach Volleyball DatabaseThe Beach Volleyball Database is an online website that holds extensive information about international beach volleyball players, tournaments and history. News are frequently updated, and the site has results for continental and international tournaments...