Xue Chen
 Xue Chen | ||
| Medal record | ||
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| Women's Volleyball | ||
Representing  China
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| Olympic Games | ||
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2008 Beijing | Beach Volleyball |
| Asian Games | ||
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2006 Doha | Beach Volleyball |
Xue Chen (Chinese: 薛晨, born February 18, 1989) is a Chinese female beach volleyball player, measuring 6'3" or 191 cm in height. Her hometown is Fuzhou, Fujian, but she trains in Sanya, Hainan. She has also trained in California under coach Dane Selznick.
She 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 Fu Zhou Sports Training School. In 2002, she attended the Athletic Sports College of Fu Zhou 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.[2]
Early 2006 Xue became the youngest player to ever win a major event, when on May 28th 2006 the 17 year old won the $400,000 China Shanghai Jinshan Open.[3]
Later in 2006, Xue and 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 2008 Summer Olympics.
Playing partners
- Zhang Xi 2006-present
- You Wenhui 2005
- Ren Zhengqing 2004
- Yan Ni 2003-2004
References
- ^ "Xue Chen Profile & Bio, NBC Olympics". Retrieved 2008-08-25.
- ^ "Xue Chen: Career, Beach Volleyball Database". Retrieved 2008-08-11.
- ^ "17-year old Xue Chen Captures SWATCH-FIVB World Tour Gold Medal". Retrieved 2008-11-10.
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