Hui Ruoqi (; born 4 March 1991) is a former Chinese

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player. She is the Outside Hitter and the fifteenth Captain of

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, and plays for

Jiangsu Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, Postal romanization, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an Eastern China, eastern coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province of the China, People's Republic of China. It is o ...

. She retired in 2018.

Early life

On March 4, 1991, Hui was born in

Dalian Dalian () is a major sub-provincial port city in Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, and is Liaoning's second largest city (after the provincial capital Shenyang) and the third-most populous city of Northeast China. Located on the ...

. Her parents are Hui Fei (惠飞) and Xu Xueyuan (许雪媛). She has a sister Hui Ruoxuan (惠若璇) who is ten years her junior. Both of her parents were keen volleyball players when they were young. When Hui was 9, her family moved and settled in

Nanjing Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and the second largest city in the East China region. T ...

. Hui is the alumnus of Nanjing No.29 Middle School and received her

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from

Nanjing Normal University Nanjing Normal University (NNU or NJNU; ) is a public research university in Nanjing, China. Founded in 1902 as Sanjiang Normal School, it is one of the oldest and most prestigious higher normal schools in China, and has become a research-intensi ...

in 2017. She then started at the same university as a

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student.

Career

She started playing volleyball in elementary school in

. In 2006, she was chosen for the Jiangsu professional team. In 2007, she was selected for the national team. She was part of the Team China that won gold at the

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Endorsement

Since 2017, Hui has been a spokeswoman of

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Awards

Individuals

* '' 2012 Asian Women's Cup Volleyball Championship "Best Server"''

Clubs

* 2013 Club World Championship - Bronze medal, with Guangdong Evergrande

References

External links

FIVB Profile
Chinese women's volleyball players 2016 Olympic gold medalists for China Olympic gold medalists for China in volleyball Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Nanjing Normal University alumni Volleyball players from Dalian 1991 births Living people Outside hitters 21st-century Chinese women {{PRChina-volleyball-bio-stub