Zhang Xi is a 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 from PR China, who 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...

 in Doha

Doha

Doha is the capital city of the state of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf, it had a population of 998,651 in 2008, and is also one of the municipalities of Qatar...

, partnering compatriot Xue Chen

Xue Chen

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....

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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, by breaking 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 that same day. The team of Zhang and Xue 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...

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