Wu Penggen

Wu Penggen at the FIVB World Tour 2010
Medal record
Men's beach volleyball
Representing  China
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou Men
Silver medal – second place 2006 Doha Men

Wu Penggen (Simplified Chinese:吴 鹏根, born 7 May 1982[1]) is a male Chinese professional beach volleyball player.

Career

He and partner Xu Linyin competed in the beach volleyball event at the 2008 Summer Olympics where they finished a respectable 5th place overall.

On 14 June 2010, Wu Penggen and Xu Linyin bested the Olympic Champions from USA Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser 21–17, 17-21 and 17–15 to win the Gold at the FIVB World Tour title[2] in Moscow, Russia. 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 Wu and Xu continued their extraordinary performance with a second Gold on the FIVB World Tour in Marseille, France on 25 July 2010,[3] and ended the season ranked 4th overall on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "منتديات كووورة". Forum.kooora.com. 3 December 2006. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  2. ↑ "China upset US to grab men's title at FIVB World Tour". News.xinhuanet.com. 15 June 2010. Archived from the original on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  3. ↑ Archived 28 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine


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