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Xu Linyin (
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:, born 20 March 1986 in
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) is a Chinese professional beach volleyball player.


Career

Nicknamed "Giant" because of his height, Xu Linyin stands 6 feet 7 inches tall. He headed into the 2008 Olympics as the #1 seed with his teammate Penggen Wu. They placed 5th in the FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking, but were #1 seed because of FIVB regulations. Unfortunately they lost to the German pair of
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and Eric Koreng in the last 16. On 14 June 2010, Xu Linyin and partner Wu Penggen bested the Olympic Champions from USA
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21–17, 17-21 and 17–15 to win the Gold at the FIVB World Tour in Moscow. This was the first time China won the title in the men's event in the 24-year history of the international Beach Volleyball circuit. The duo of Xu and Wu continued their extraordinary performance with a second Gold on the FIVB World Tour in Marseille, France on 25 July 2010, and ended the season ranked 4th overall on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings. At the 2012 Olympics, he and Wu did not qualify out of the pool stages.


See also

* China at the 2012 Summer Olympics#Volleyball *
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* * * * 1986 births Living people Chinese men's volleyball players Chinese beach volleyball players Olympic beach volleyball players of China Asian Games medalists in beach volleyball Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games silver medalists for China Beach volleyball players at the 2006 Asian Games Beach volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Beach volleyball players at the 2010 Asian Games Beach volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Volleyball players from Shanghai Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games 21st-century Chinese people {{PRChina-volleyball-bio-stub