Chen Yaqiong (, born 1956 in Yongchun County) is a Chinese former

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

player. She was a member of the Chinese national team that won gold at both the

1981 FIVB Women's World Cup The 1981 FIVB Women's World Cup was held from 6 to 16 November 1981 in Osaka, Japan. Teams Results Final standing Awards * Most Valuable Player : Sun Jinfang * Best Attacker : Flo Hyman * B ...

and the

1982 FIVB Women's World Championship The 1982 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, FIVB Women's World Championship was the ninth edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held from 12 to 25 September 1982 at six venues in six differen ...

. She also won a gold medal at the

1982 Asian Games The 9th Asian Games ( hi, 1982 एशियाई खेल) were held from 19 November to 4 December 1982, in Delhi, India. 74 Asian and Asian Games records were broken at the event. This was also the first Asiad to be held under the aegis of ...

, after which she retired. She later worked for the Hong Kong Liaison Office. In 2018, the government of her hometown Tangxi Village in Hushan, Fujian built a "women's volleyball spirit" museum by remodeling her former residence, which collected many publications, art works, photos, and personal donations from Chen herself. It is the first women's volleyball museum in China. She is the Fujianese girl in the 2020 movie '' Leap''.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chen, Yaqiong 1956 births Volleyball players from Fujian People from Yongchun County Sportspeople from Quanzhou Living people Chinese women's volleyball players Asian Games medalists in volleyball Volleyball players at the 1982 Asian Games Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for China