Stefanie Schwaiger
Stefanie Schwaiger (born 7 August 1986) is a female beach volleyball player from Austria. She is the sister of Doris Schwaiger, and they are the team Schwaiger – Schwaiger in international beach volleyball. The sisters, born a year apart, represented Austria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain. They finished 5th in both tournaments. At the 2008 Summer Olympics they lost 2 – 0 to Tian Jia and Wang Jie of China in the quarterfinals while at the 2012 Summer Olympics they lost in the quarterfinals 2–0 to Zhang Xi and Xue Chen Xue Chen (; born 18 February 1989 in Fuzhou, Fujian) is a Chinese beach volleyball player, measuring in height. Her hometown is Fuzhou, but she trains in Sanya, Hainan. She has also trained in California under coach Dane Selznick. She comp ..., also of China. References External links * * * The Schwaiger teams's Website 1986 births Living people Austrian beach volleyb ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Allentsteig
Allentsteig is a municipality in the district of Zwettl, in Lower Austria, Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous .... Just outside Allentsteig there is a German World War II cemetery with almost 3,900 graves. Mainly German soldiers who were killed in the final battles of World War II - trying to prevent the Russian advances into Austria and Germany. The cemetery is located just outside an Austrian military training facility. Population References External links Cities and towns in Zwettl District {{LowerAustria-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Wang Jie (beach Volleyball)
Wang Jie (; born 4 December 1983 in Ili, Xinjiang) is a female Chinese professional beach volleyball player. Career Wang has partnered with Tian Jia since the start of the 2006 season and they are currently fifth in the world rankings. She won four titles with Tian, most recently in Hong Kong in 2007. The other two came in back-to-back events in Austria and Poland in 2006, and in Shanghai in 2007. A very consistent tandem, the duo has made 15 podium finishes in addition to those four victories, finishing runner-up seven times in 2007 and eight overall, finishing atop the FIVB standings in 2007. Wang had originally partnered with Linjun Ji upon entering the FIVB circuit in 2003, but made only three top-10 finishes, highlighted by a fifth-place finish in her debut in Greece in 2003, and did not return to beach volleyball until partnering with Tian. She competed at the beach volleyball event at the 2008 Summer Olympics with Tian. They were undefeated up to the finals where the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Beach Volleyball Players At The 2012 Summer Olympics
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Beach Volleyball Players At The 2008 Summer Olympics
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Women's Beach Volleyball Players
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Austrian Beach Volleyball Players
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Living People
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1986 Births
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Xue Chen
Xue Chen (; born 18 February 1989 in Fuzhou, Fujian) is a Chinese beach volleyball player, measuring in height. Her hometown is Fuzhou, but she trains in Sanya, Hainan. She has also trained in California under coach Dane Selznick. She competed at the 2020 Olympics with X. Wang in Tokyo held in 2021. Career 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 Fuzhou Sports Training School. In 2002, she attended the Athletic Sports College of Fuzhou 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 Shan ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Zhang Xi (beach Volleyball)
Zhang Xi (born 19 April 1985 in Jiangsu) is a Chinese female beach volleyball player, measuring in height. 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. In 2008 Zhang was named as the FIVB Most Outstanding player. In the same year, Zhang and Xue won the bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. 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. 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 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tian Jia
Tian Jia (; born 9 February 1981 in Tianjin) is a female Chinese professional beach volleyball player. Career Tian won the bronze medal in the women's team competition at the 2005 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Berlin, Germany, partnering Wang Fei. She competed at the Sydney 2000 and the Athens 2004 Games. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Tian and her partner Wang Jie won the silver medal in the women's beach volleyball competition, going undefeated until losing in the final to Misty May-Treanor Misty Elizabeth May-Treanor (; née May; born July 30, 1977) is a retired American professional beach volleyball player. She is a three-time Olympic gold medalist, and , was the most successful female beach volleyball player having won 112 tour ... and Kerri Walsh of the United States at the 2008 Summer Olympics, United States. Sponsors Swatch References * * External links * * 1981 births Living people Chinese female beach volleyball players ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Doris Schwaiger
Doris Schwaiger (born 28 February 1985) is a retired female beach volleyball player from Austria. She is the sister of Stefanie Schwaiger, and they play together in international beach volleyball. The sisters first appeared together at the 2002 FIVB U19 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Xylokastro and then made their World Tour debuts the following year at the Klagenfurt Grand Slam. Their best ever finish on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour was second at the 2013 Shanghai Grand Slam. The sisters represented Austria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. They reached the quarterfinals both times. On 30 May 2014 Doris Schwaiger announced her retirement from beach volleyball. References External links Doris Schwaigerat the Beach Volleyball Database The Beach Volleyball Database, also known as BVB Info, is an online website that tracks international beach volleyball players, tournaments and history, including resu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |