Xu Linyin
Personal information
Full nameXu Linyin
NicknameGiant[1]
Born (1986-03-20) 20 March 1986
Shanghai, China
HometownHebei, China
Height200 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Beach volleyball information
Current teammate
Teammate
Penggen Wu
Previous teammates
Teammate Tours (points)
Qiang Xu 20 (488)
Medal record
Men's beach volleyball
Representing  China
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou Men
Silver medal – second place 2006 Doha Men

Xu Linyin (Simplified Chinese:徐 林胤, born 20 March 1986 in Shanghai) is a Chinese professional beach volleyball player.

Career

Nicknamed "Giant" because of his height, Xu Linyin stands 6 feet 7 inches tall. He headed into the 2008 Olympics as the #1 seed with his teammate Penggen Wu. They placed 5th in the FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking, but were #1 seed because of FIVB regulations.[2] Unfortunately they lost to the German pair of David Klemperer and Eric Koreng in the last 16.[3]

On 14 June 2010, Xu Linyin and partner Wu Penggen 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 in Moscow.[4] 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 Xu and Wu continued their extraordinary performance with a second Gold on the FIVB World Tour in Marseille, France on 25 July 2010,[5] and ended the season ranked 4th overall on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings.

At the 2012 Olympics, he and Wu did not qualify out of the pool stages.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Beach volleyball-U.S., Brazil in battle of the bronzed, guardian.co.uk, 25 July 2008
  2. ↑ FIVB announces final Olympic Ranking for men's and women's Olympic Beach Volleyball tournaments, FIVB
  3. ↑ "beach volleyball men results - Beach volleyball - Beijing 2008 Olympics". olympic.org. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ FIVB Tour - FIVB Marseille Open - Men Archived 28 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ "Xu Linyin Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2016.


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