Yang Xi (, born 1956 in
Anxin County
Anxin () is a county in central Hebei province, China. It is under the jurisdiction of Baoding City, the centre of which lies about to the west, and , it has a population of 420,000 residing in an area of . Most of Baiyang Lake is located in the ...
) 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 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 silver medal at the
1978 Asian Games
The 8th Asian Games () were held from 9 to 20 December 1978, in Bangkok, Thailand. Originally, the host city was Singapore but Singapore dropped its plan to host the Games due to financial problems. Then Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, was de ...
and 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.
In 1989 she began coaching the
Western Kentucky Lady Toppers. She later became a businesswoman in the US. In 2012, she opened a school in
Beijing
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which sought to incorporate western-style education with Chinese sports schools.
References
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1956 births
Volleyball players from Hebei
People from Anxin County
Sportspeople from Baoding
Living people
Chinese women's volleyball players
Asian Games medalists in volleyball
Volleyball players at the 1978 Asian Games
Volleyball players at the 1982 Asian Games
Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games
Chinese emigrants to the United States
Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games
Asian Games gold medalists for China
Asian Games silver medalists for China
Chinese volleyball coaches
20th-century Chinese women