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{{MedalGold | [[2010 Asian Games|2010 Guangzhou]] | [[Beach volleyball at the 2010 Asian Games – Women|Beach]] }}
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{{MedalGold | [[2022 Asian Games|2022 Hangzhou]] | [[Beach volleyball at the 2022 Asian Games – Women's tournament|Beach]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2022 Asian Games|2022 Hangzhou]] | [[Beach volleyball at the 2022 Asian Games – Women's tournament|Beach]] }}
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{{MedalGold | [[2010 Asian Beach Volleyball Championships|2010 Haikou]] | Beach }}
{{MedalGold | [[2011 Asian Beach Volleyball Championships|2011 Haikou]] | Beach }}
{{MedalGold | [[2012 Asian Beach Volleyball Championships|2012 Haikou]] | Beach }}
{{MedalGold | [[2016 Asian Beach Volleyball Championships|2016 Sydney]] | Beach }}
{{MedalGold | 2023 Fuzhou | Beach }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2018 Asian Beach Volleyball Championships|2018 Satun]] | Beach }}
{{MedalSilver | 2024 Santa Rosa | Beach }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2014 Asian Beach Volleyball Championships|2014 Jinjiang]] | Beach }}
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'''Xue Chen''' ({{zh|c=[[wikt:薛|薛]][[wikt:晨|晨]] | p=Xuē Chén}}; born 18 February 1989 in [[Fuzhou]], [[Fujian]]) is a [[Chinese people|Chinese]] [[beach volleyball]] player, measuring {{convert|191|cm|ftin}} in height. Her hometown is Fuzhou, but she trains in [[Sanya]], [[Hainan]]. She has also trained in [[California]] under coach [[Dane Selznick]]. She competed at the [[2020 Summer Olympics]] with [[Wang Xinxin (beach volleyball)|Wang Xinxin]].
'''Xue Chen''' ({{zh|c=[[wikt:薛|薛]][[wikt:晨|晨]] | p=Xuē Chén}}; born 18 February 1989) is a Chinese [[beach volleyball]] player, measuring {{convert|191|cm|ftin}} in height. A 4-time Olympian, she won the bronze medal alongside [[Zhang Xi (beach volleyball)|Zhang Xi]] at the women's beach volleyball tournament of the [[2008 Summer Olympics]]. In 2013, she won the gold medal also with Zhang at the [[FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships]], the first and only Asian team to do so.


Her hometown is Fuzhou, but she trains in [[Sanya]], [[Hainan]]. She has also trained in [[California]] under coach Dane Selznick.
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==Career==


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==Career==
Xue began playing [[basketball]] as a child, but disliked the physical contact of that sport. She then played [[indoor volleyball]] from the age of 10 to 13 before settling into beach volleyball.<ref name="NBC Olympics">{{cite web
Xue began playing [[basketball]] as a child, but disliked the physical contact of that sport. She then played [[Volleyball|indoor volleyball]] from the age of 10 to 13 before settling into beach volleyball.<ref name="NBC Olympics">{{cite web
| url = http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=1630/bio/index.html
| url = http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=1630/bio/index.html
| title = Xue Chen Profile & Bio, NBC Olympics
| title = Xue Chen Profile & Bio, NBC Olympics
| access-date = 2008-08-25
| access-date = 2008-08-25
}}</ref> She began training for her sports career in 2000 at the Fuzhou Sports Training School. In 2002, she attended the Athletic Sports College of Fuzhou and became a member of the Chinese national beach volleyball team. Xue then made her Swatch-FIVB World Tour debut in 2005, playing in two events with [[You Wenhui]] and winning the FIVB Top Rookie award for 2006.<ref name="BVBInfo">{{cite web
}}</ref> She began training for her sports career in 2000 at the Fuzhou Sports Training School after she caught the attention of coach Zhou Guoqin, who immediately recruited her to the team and began to train her in indoor volleyball after she already had grown to 167 cm.<ref>{{cite news|title=揭秘美女薛晨成长历程 怕晒黑险断送沙排天才 [Revealing the growth process of the beautiful Xue Chen: Fear of tanning almost ruined her beach volleyball talent]|url=http://sports.qq.com/a/20080709/000061.htm|newspaper=Southeast Express|lang=Chinese|date=2008-07-09|accessdate=2012-06-26|archive-date=2016-03-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313013139/http://sports.qq.com/a/20080709/000061.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2002, she attended the Athletic Sports College of Fuzhou and became a member of the Chinese national beach volleyball team. Xue then made her [[FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour|Swatch-FIVB World Tour]] debut in 2005, playing in two events with [[You Wenhui]] and winning the FIVB Top Rookie award for 2006.<ref name="BVBInfo">{{cite web
| url = http://www.bvbinfo.com/player.asp?ID=7238
| url = http://www.bvbinfo.com/player.asp?ID=7238
| title = Xue Chen: Career, Beach Volleyball Database
| title = Xue Chen: Career, Beach Volleyball Database
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}}</ref>


Early 2006 Xue became the youngest player to ever win a major event, when on 28 May 2006 the 17-year-old won the $400,000 China Shanghai Jinshan Open.<ref name="Shanghai Open">{{cite web
On 28 May 2006, Xue teamed up with Zhang Xi for the first time and became the youngest player to ever win a major event, when the 17-year-old won the $400,000 China Shanghai Jinshan Open.<ref name="Shanghai Open">{{cite web
| url = http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/WorldTour/2006/beach_page.asp?pg=PRE&TRN=WSHA2006&sm=21
| url = http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Competitions/WorldTour/2006/beach_page.asp?pg=PRE&TRN=WSHA2006&sm=21
| title = 17-year old Xue Chen Captures SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Gold Medal
| title = 17-year old Xue Chen Captures SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Gold Medal
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Later in 2006, Xue and [[Zhang Xi (volleyball)|Zhang Xi]] won the gold medal in the women's team competition at the [[2006 Asian Games]]. The pair also won the bronze medal in women's beach volleyball at the [[Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Summer Olympics]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/xu/xue-chen-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418020058/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/xu/xue-chen-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Xue Chen Bio, Stats, and Results|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|language=en|access-date=2017-12-05}}</ref>
Later in 2006, Xue and Zhang won the gold medal in the women's team competition at the [[Beach volleyball at the 2006 Asian Games|Doha Asian Games]]. The pair also won the bronze medal in women's beach volleyball at the [[Beach volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/xu/xue-chen-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418020058/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/xu/xue-chen-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Xue Chen Bio, Stats, and Results|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|language=en|access-date=2017-12-05}}</ref>


The pair had great success in 2010, which included winning the Grand Slam in Moscow, Russia, for the second time. They also achieved an extraordinary gold-medal win on the FIVB World Tour Women's Final in Åland, Finland,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.universalsports.com/news/article/newsid=489464.html |title=News &#124; China topples Brazil's Larissa, Juliana in Finland &#124; Universal Sports |access-date=6 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100831021920/http://www.universalsports.com/news/article/newsid=489464.html |archive-date=31 August 2010 }}</ref> by snapping the record gold-medal winning-streak of Brazil's [[Larissa França|França]]–[[Juliana Silva|Silva]] duo on 21 August 2010. In 2009 they won the gold medal at the Asian Beach Volleyball Championships in Haikou, China, and retained the title in 2010. They then went on to win gold at the Sanya Open in Hainan, the Guangzhou Asian Games, and the Asian Beach Games. The team of Xue and Zhang were ranked 4th overall on the 2010 [[FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings]] and finished the season ranked first in the FIVB World Rankings.
The pair had great success in 2010, which included winning the Grand Slam in [[Moscow]], Russia, for the second time. They also achieved an extraordinary gold medal win on the FIVB World Tour Women's Final in [[Åland]], Finland,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.universalsports.com/news/article/newsid=489464.html |title=News &#124; China topples Brazil's Larissa, Juliana in Finland &#124; Universal Sports |access-date=6 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100831021920/http://www.universalsports.com/news/article/newsid=489464.html |archive-date=31 August 2010 }}</ref> by snapping the record gold-medal winning-streak of Brazil's [[Larissa França|França]]–[[Juliana Silva|Silva]] duo on 21 August 2010. In 2009, they won the gold medal at the [[Asian Beach Volleyball Championships]] in [[Haikou]], China, and retained the title in 2010. They then went on to win more golds at the Sanya Open in Hainan, the [[Beach volleyball at the 2010 Asian Games|Guangzhou Asian Games]], and the [[Beach volleyball at the 2010 Asian Beach Games|Asian Beach Games]] in [[Muscat]], Oman. The team of Xue and Zhang were ranked 4th overall on the 2010 [[FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings]] and finished the season ranked 1st in the FIVB World Rankings.


Xue and Zhang represented China in the [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London Olympics]] and ended 4th in the female beach volleyball competition.<ref name=":0" /> She competed at the 2020 Olympics with X. Wang in Tokyo held in 2021.
Xue and Zhang represented China in the [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London Olympics]] and settled at 4th place.<ref name=":0" /> Xue also competed at the [[2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo Olympics]] with [[Wang Xinxin (beach volleyball)|Wang Xinxin]] held in 2021 and at the [[2024 Summer Olympics|2024 Paris Olympics]] with [[Xia Xinyi]] and placed at 9th.


==Playing partners==
==Playing partners==
* [[Zhang Xi (beach volleyball)|Zhang Xi]] 2010–present
* [[Yan Ni (volleyball)|Yan Ni]] (2003–2006)
* [[You Wenhui]] (2005)
* [[Zhang Ying (volleyball)|Zhang Ying]] 2008–2009
* [[Zhang Xi (beach volleyball)|Zhang Xi]] 2006–2008
* [[Zhang Xi (beach volleyball)|Zhang Xi]] (2006–2013)
* Zhang Ying (2008–2009)
* [[Yan Ni (volleyball)|Yan Ni]] 2003–2006
* Xia Xinyi: 2017
* [[Xia Xinyi]] (2013–present)
* Ma Yuanyuan: 2017
* Ma Yuanyuan (2017)
* Xinxin Wang: 2020-2021
* [[Wang Xinxin (beach volleyball)|Wang Xinxin]] (2020–2021)


==See also==
==See also==
* [[China at the 2012 Summer Olympics#Volleyball]]
* [[China at the 2008 Summer Olympics#Volleyball]]
* [[Beach volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament]]
* [[Beach volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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Latest revision as of 10:10, 10 November 2024

In this Chinese name, the family name is Xue.
Xue Chen
Chen at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Born18 February 1989 (1989-02-18) (age 35)
Fuzhou, Fujian, China
Height191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Honours
Women's beach volleyball
Representing  China
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Beach
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Stare Jabłonki Beach
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Rome Beach
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Doha Beach
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou Beach
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Beach
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Haikou Beach
Gold medal – first place 2010 Haikou Beach
Gold medal – first place 2011 Haikou Beach
Gold medal – first place 2012 Haikou Beach
Gold medal – first place 2016 Sydney Beach
Gold medal – first place 2023 Fuzhou Beach
Silver medal – second place 2018 Satun Beach
Silver medal – second place 2024 Santa Rosa Beach
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Jinjiang Beach

Xue Chen (Chinese: 薛晨; pinyin: Xuē Chén; born 18 February 1989) is a Chinese beach volleyball player, measuring 191 centimetres (6 ft 3 in) in height. A 4-time Olympian, she won the bronze medal alongside Zhang Xi at the women's beach volleyball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics. In 2013, she won the gold medal also with Zhang at the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, the first and only Asian team to do so.

Her hometown is Fuzhou, but she trains in Sanya, Hainan. She has also trained in California under coach Dane Selznick.

Career

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Xue began playing basketball as a child, but disliked the physical contact of that sport. She then played indoor volleyball from the age of 10 to 13 before settling into beach volleyball.[1] She began training for her sports career in 2000 at the Fuzhou Sports Training School after she caught the attention of coach Zhou Guoqin, who immediately recruited her to the team and began to train her in indoor volleyball after she already had grown to 167 cm.[2] In 2002, she attended the Athletic Sports College of Fuzhou and became a member of the Chinese national beach volleyball team. Xue then made her Swatch-FIVB World Tour debut in 2005, playing in two events with You Wenhui and winning the FIVB Top Rookie award for 2006.[3]

On 28 May 2006, Xue teamed up with Zhang Xi for the first time and became the youngest player to ever win a major event, when the 17-year-old won the $400,000 China Shanghai Jinshan Open.[4]

Later in 2006, Xue and Zhang won the gold medal in the women's team competition at the Doha Asian Games. The pair also won the bronze medal in women's beach volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[5]

The pair had great success in 2010, which included winning the Grand Slam in Moscow, Russia, for the second time. They also achieved an extraordinary gold medal win on the FIVB World Tour Women's Final in Åland, Finland,[6] by snapping the record gold-medal winning-streak of Brazil's França–Silva duo on 21 August 2010. In 2009, they won the gold medal at the Asian Beach Volleyball Championships in Haikou, China, and retained the title in 2010. They then went on to win more golds at the Sanya Open in Hainan, the Guangzhou Asian Games, and the Asian Beach Games in Muscat, Oman. The team of Xue and Zhang were ranked 4th overall on the 2010 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings and finished the season ranked 1st in the FIVB World Rankings.

Xue and Zhang represented China in the 2012 London Olympics and settled at 4th place.[5] Xue also competed at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with Wang Xinxin held in 2021 and at the 2024 Paris Olympics with Xia Xinyi and placed at 9th.

Playing partners

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Xue Chen Profile & Bio, NBC Olympics". Retrieved 25 August 2008.
  2. ^ "揭秘美女薛晨成长历程 怕晒黑险断送沙排天才 [Revealing the growth process of the beautiful Xue Chen: Fear of tanning almost ruined her beach volleyball talent]". Southeast Express (in Chinese). 9 July 2008. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
  3. ^ "Xue Chen: Career, Beach Volleyball Database". Retrieved 11 August 2008.
  4. ^ "17-year old Xue Chen Captures SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Gold Medal". Retrieved 10 November 2008.
  5. ^ a b "Xue Chen Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  6. ^ "News | China topples Brazil's Larissa, Juliana in Finland | Universal Sports". Archived from the original on 31 August 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
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Awards
Preceded by Women's FIVB World Tour "Top Rookie"
2006 		Succeeded by
 April Ross (USA)
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