Xue Chen
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Xue Chen is a Chinese
female beach volleyball
player, measuring 6'3" or 191 cm in height. Her hometown is Fuzhou
, Fujian
, but she trains in Sanya
, Hainan
. She has also trained in California
under coach Dane Selznick.
Xue began playing basketball
as a child, but disliked the physical contact of that sport. She then played indoor volleyball from the age of 10 to 13 before settling into beach volleyball. She began training for her sports career in 2000 at the Fu Zhou Sports Training School. In 2002, she attended the Athletic Sports College of Fu Zhou and became a member of the Chinese national beach volleyball team. Xue then made her Swatch-FIVB World Tour debut in 2005, playing in two events with You Wenhui
and winning the FIVB Top Rookie award for 2006.
Early 2006 Xue became the youngest player to ever win a major event, when on 28 May 2006 the 17-year-old won the $400,000 China Shanghai Jinshan Open.
Later in 2006, Xue and Zhang Xi
won the gold medal in the women's team competition at the 2006 Asian Games
. The pair also won the bronze medal in women's beach volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics
.
The pair had great success in 2010, which included winning the Grand Slam in Moscow, Russia, for the second time. They also achieved an extraordinary gold-medal win on the FIVB World Tour Women's Final in Åland, Finland, by snapping the record gold-medal winning-streak of Brazil's Franca
-Silva duo on 21 August 2010. In 2009 they had won the gold medal in the Asian Beach Volleyball Championships in Haiku, Hainan, China, and repeated the title in 2010. They then went on to win gold at the Sanya Open in Hainan, the Guangzhou Asian Games, and the Asian Beach Games. The team of Xue and Zhang are ranked 4th overall on the 2010 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings
and finished the season ranked first in the FIVB World Rankings.
Chinese people
The term Chinese people may refer to any of the following:*People with Han Chinese ethnicity ....
female 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, measuring 6'3" or 191 cm in height. Her hometown is Fuzhou
Fuzhou
Fuzhou is the capital and one of the largest cities in Fujian Province, People's Republic of China. Along with the many counties of Ningde, those of Fuzhou are considered to constitute the Mindong linguistic and cultural area....
, Fujian
Fujian
' , formerly romanised as Fukien or Huguing or Foukien, is a province on the southeast coast of mainland China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, and Guangdong to the south. Taiwan lies to the east, across the Taiwan Strait...
, but she trains in Sanya
Sanya
Sanya is the southernmost city in China and is a part of Hainan Province. In 2006, it had a population of 536,000, making it, after the provincial capital , the second most populous city on the island. The city is renowned for its tropical climate and has emerged as a popular tourist destination,...
, Hainan
Hainan
Hainan is the smallest province of the People's Republic of China . Although the province comprises some two hundred islands scattered among three archipelagos off the southern coast, of its land mass is Hainan Island , from which the province takes its name...
. She has also trained in California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
under coach Dane Selznick.
Xue began playing basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
as a child, but disliked the physical contact of that sport. She then played indoor volleyball from the age of 10 to 13 before settling into beach volleyball. She began training for her sports career in 2000 at the Fu Zhou Sports Training School. In 2002, she attended the Athletic Sports College of Fu Zhou and became a member of the Chinese national beach volleyball team. Xue then made her Swatch-FIVB World Tour debut in 2005, playing in two events with You Wenhui
You Wenhui
You Wenhui is a female Chinese beach volleyball player who competited at the in the 2004 Summer Olympics.In 2004 she was eliminated with her teammate Wang Lu in the first round of the women's beach volleyball competition.-References:* *...
and winning the FIVB Top Rookie award for 2006.
Early 2006 Xue became the youngest player to ever win a major event, when on 28 May 2006 the 17-year-old won the $400,000 China Shanghai Jinshan Open.
Later in 2006, Xue and Zhang Xi
Zhang Xi (volleyball)
Zhang Xi is a female beach volleyball player from PR China, who won the gold medal in the women's team competition at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, partnering compatriot Xue Chen....
won the gold medal in the women's team competition at the 2006 Asian Games
2006 Asian Games
The 15th Asian Games, officially known as the XV Asiad, is Asia's Olympic-style sporting event that was held in Doha, Qatar from December 1 to December 15, 2006. Doha was the first city in its region and only the second in West Asia to host the games...
. The pair also won the bronze medal in women's beach volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Volleyball competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from 9 to 24 August 2008. Indoor volleyball events were held at Capital Indoor Stadium and Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium...
.
The pair had great success in 2010, which included winning the Grand Slam in Moscow, Russia, for the second time. They also achieved an extraordinary gold-medal win on the FIVB World Tour Women's Final in Åland, Finland, by snapping the record gold-medal winning-streak of Brazil's Franca
Larissa França
Larissa França is a female beach volleyball player from Brazil, who won the bronze medal in the women's beach team competition at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, partnering Ana Richa.-References:* at the Beach Volleyball Database...
-Silva duo on 21 August 2010. In 2009 they had won the gold medal in the Asian Beach Volleyball Championships in Haiku, Hainan, China, and repeated the title in 2010. They then went on to win gold at the Sanya Open in Hainan, the Guangzhou Asian Games, and the Asian Beach Games. The team of Xue and Zhang are ranked 4th overall on the 2010 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...
and finished the season ranked first in the FIVB World Rankings.
Playing partners
- Zhang Ying 2008–2009
- Zhang XiZhang Xi (volleyball)Zhang Xi is a female beach volleyball player from PR China, who won the gold medal in the women's team competition at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, partnering compatriot Xue Chen....
2006–2008, 2010–present - You WenhuiYou WenhuiYou Wenhui is a female Chinese beach volleyball player who competited at the in the 2004 Summer Olympics.In 2004 she was eliminated with her teammate Wang Lu in the first round of the women's beach volleyball competition.-References:* *...
2005 - Ren Zhengqing 2004
- Yan Ni 2003–2004