Wu Penggen
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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.
On June 14, 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 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 July 25, 2010, and ended the season ranked 4th overall on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings
.
Chinese people
The term Chinese people may refer to any of the following:*People with Han Chinese ethnicity ....
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.
He and partner Xu Linyin competed in the beach volleyball event at the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
where they finished a respectable 5th place overall.
On June 14, 2010, Wu Penggen and Xu Linyin 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 title 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 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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