Zhang Xi (born 19 April 1985 in

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 ...

) is a Chinese female

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player, measuring in height. She won the gold medal in the women's team competition at the

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, partnering with comparator

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 ...

. 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 The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour (known between 2003 and 2012 as the FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour for sponsorship reasons) was the worldwide professional beach volleyball tour for both men and women organized by the ' ( FIVB), the ...

. In 2006, she began to partner

in the SWATCH tournament season. After finishing the tournament she went back to study at the

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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

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. The duo of Zhang and Xue won a gold medal from the FIVB World Tour Women's Final in

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, Finland on 21 August 2010. On the same day Zhang Xi and Xue Chen broke the winning streak of Brazil's

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–

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duo. In 2010 Zheng and Xue came fourth on the

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. In 2011 Zhang was awarded the title of FIVB Best Defensive Player. Together with her partner

, Zhang Xi in 2012 reached fourth place at the London Olympics.

Playing partners

* Hu Xiaoyan * Ji Linjun *

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* Pan Wang

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zhang, Xi 1985 births Living people Chinese female beach volleyball players Olympic beach volleyball players of China Olympic medalists in beach volleyball Olympic bronze medalists for China Asian Games medalists in beach volleyball Asian Games gold medalists for China Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics 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 Jiangsu Sportspeople from Nantong Beach volleyball defenders

Playing partners

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