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Beach Volleyball At The 2006 Asian Games ...
Beach volleyball at the 2006 Asian Games was held in Doha, Qatar. Schedule Medalists Medal table Participating nations A total of 74 athletes from 19 nations competed in beach volleyball at the 2006 Asian Games: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Final standing Men Women References Results External linksOfficial website – Beach volleyball {{Beach volleyball at the Asian Games Events at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games 2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aspire Zone
Aspire Zone, also known as Doha Sports City, is a sporting complex located in the Baaya district of Al Rayyan (city), Al Rayyan, Qatar. Owned by the Aspire Zone Foundation, it was established as an international sports destination in 2003 and in the following year an educational centre for the development of sporting champions (Aspire Academy) was opened. The complex contains several sporting venues, mostly constructed in preparation for the 2006 Asian Games. Aspire Zone is also home to Qatar's former tallest structure, the Aspire Tower, and is adjacent to Villaggio Mall, the most popular mall in Qatar. The complex is an important feature in the 2022 FIFA World Cup bid submitted by the Qatar Football Association, and was central to the Doha bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics put forward by the Qatar Olympic Committee. In 2024, the Aspire Zone Foundation created the Equality Cup, an international football tournament. Sporting venues Aspire Zone's sporting venues include: * Khal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agus Salim (beach Volleyball)
''Haji'' Agus Salim (; 8 October 1884 – 4 November 1954) was an Indonesian journalist, diplomat, and statesman. He served as Indonesia's Minister of Foreign Affairs between 1947 and 1949. Early life Agus Salim was born Masjhoedoelhaq Salim on 8 October 1884, in the village of Koto Gadang, a suburb of Fort de Kock. His father, Sultan Mohammad Salim, was a colonial prosecutor and judge whose highest rank was chief judge for the indigenous court in Tanjung Pinang. His birth name, which translates into "defender of truth", was changed to Agus Salim early in his childhood. Salim received his elementary education at ''Europeesche Lagere School''; at that time, it was considered a privilege for a non-European child to attend an all-European school. He continued his studies at the ''Hogere Burgerschool'' in Batavia and graduated with the highest score in the whole Dutch East Indies. Salim's father had applied (and was granted) for his two sons, Agus and Jacob, to be granted equal s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Events At The 2006 Asian Games
Event may refer to: Gatherings of people * Ceremony, an event of ritual significance, performed on a special occasion * Convention (meeting), a gathering of individuals engaged in some common interest * Event management, the organization of events * Festival, an event that celebrates some unique aspect of a community * Happening, a type of artistic performance * Media event, an event created for publicity * Party, a social, recreational or corporate events held * Sporting event, at which athletic competition takes place * Virtual event, a gathering of individuals within a virtual environment Science, technology, and mathematics * Event (computing), a software message indicating that something has happened, such as a keystroke or mouse click * Event (philosophy), an object in time, or an instantiation of a property in an object * Event (probability theory), a set of outcomes to which a probability is assigned * Event (relativity), a point in space at an instant in time, i.e. a lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beach Volleyball At The 2006 Asian Games ...
Beach volleyball at the 2006 Asian Games was held in Doha, Qatar. Schedule Medalists Medal table Participating nations A total of 74 athletes from 19 nations competed in beach volleyball at the 2006 Asian Games: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Final standing Men Women References Results External linksOfficial website – Beach volleyball {{Beach volleyball at the Asian Games Events at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games 2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tian Jia
Tian Jia ( zh, c=田佳, p=Tián Jia; born 9 February 1981 in Tianjin) is a female Chinese professional beach volleyball player. Career Tian won the bronze medal in the women's team competition at the 2005 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Berlin, Germany, partnering Wang Fei. She competed at the Sydney 2000 and the Athens 2004 Games. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Tian and her partner Wang Jie won the silver medal in the women's beach volleyball competition, going undefeated until losing in the final to Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh of the United States. Sponsors Swatch Swatch is a Swiss watch company founded in 1983 by Ernst Thomke, Elmar Mock, and Jacques Müller. It is a subsidiary of The Swatch Group. The Swatch product line was developed as a response to the "quartz crisis" of the 1970s and 1980s, in whic ... References * * External links * * 1981 births Living people Chinese women's beach volleyball players Olympic beach v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wang Jie (beach Volleyball)
Wang Jie (; born 4 December 1983) is a Chinese former beach volleyball player. Along with Tian Jia, she won the silver medal at the women's beach volleyball competition of the 2008 Summer Olympics. Career Wang has partnered with Tian Jia since the start of the 2006 season and they were fifth in the world rankings. She won four titles with Tian, most recently in Hong Kong in 2007. The other two came in back-to-back events in Austria and Poland in 2006, and in Shanghai in 2007. A very consistent tandem, the duo has made 15 podium finishes in addition to those four victories, finishing runner-up seven times in 2007 and eight overall, finishing atop the FIVB standings in 2007. Wang had originally partnered with Linjun Ji upon entering the FIVB circuit in 2003, but made only three top-10 finishes, highlighted by a fifth-place finish in her debut in Greece in 2003, and did not return to beach volleyball until partnering with Tian. She competed for China at the 2008 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eiko Koizumi
is a beach volleyball player from Japan. She won the silver medal in the women's team competition at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, partnering compatriot Shinako Tanaka. In the final the couple lost (1-2) to the Chinese pair Xue Chen Xue Chen (; born 18 February 1989) is a Chinese beach volleyball player. 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 als ... and Zhang Xi. Playing partners * Shinako Tanaka * Rii Seike * Kanako Nishimura * Ayako Inoue References * 1973 births Living people Japanese women's beach volleyball players Asian Games medalists in beach volleyball Beach volleyball players at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games {{Japan-volleyball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shinako Tanaka
is a female beach volleyball player from Japan, who won the silver medal in the women's team competition at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, partnering compatriot Eiko Koizumi. In the final the couple lost (1-2) to the Chinese pair Xue Chen and Zhang Xi. Tanaka started her sports career in indoor volleyball, and played for the Women's National Team. Playing partners *Eiko Koizumi is a beach volleyball player from Japan. She won the silver medal in the women's team competition at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, partnering compatriot Shinako Tanaka. In the final the couple lost (1-2) to the Chinese pair Xue Chen Xue Ch ... * Miho Makabe * Sanae Tsubakimoto * Miwa Asao * Mika Teru Saiki References Profile 1975 births Living people Japanese women's beach volleyball players Japanese women's volleyball players Sportspeople from Saitama (city) Volleyball players from Saitama Prefecture Asian Games silver medalists in beach volleyball Asian Games bronze medalists i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhang Xi (beach Volleyball)
Zhang Xi (simplified Chinese: 张希; traditional Chinese: 張希; pinyin: Zhāng Xī; born 19 April 1985) is a Chinese beach volleyball player. She won the bronze medal in the women's team competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and the gold medal at the 2013 Beach Volleyball World Championships, partnering with Xue Chen. In 2004, she moved on to start playing full-time in the Swatch FIVB World Tour. In 2006, she began to team up with Xue Chen in the SWATCH tournament season. After finishing the tournament she went back to study at the Physical Education Unit of Jiangsu Province in China. In 2008, Zhang was named as the FIVB Most Outstanding Player. The duo of Zhang and Xue won a gold medal from the FIVB World Tour Women's Final in Åland, Finland on 21 August 2010. On the same day, they broke the winning streak of Brazil's França–Silva duo. In 2010, Zhang and Xue came 4th on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings. In 2011, Zhang was awarded the title of FIVB Best Def ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xue Chen
Xue Chen (; born 18 February 1989) is a Chinese beach volleyball player. 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. Early life and 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. 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. In 2002, she attended the Athletic Sports College of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supriadi (beach Volleyball)
Supriadi is an Indonesian surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Mochammad Supriadi (born 2002), Indonesian football player * Tedi Supriadi (born 1996), Indonesian badminton player See also * Supriyadi {{surname Indonesian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xu Linyin
Xu Linyin (Simplified Chinese characters, Simplified Chinese:, 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 Beach volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 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. Unfortunately they lost to the German pair of David Klemperer and Eric Koreng in the last 16. 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. 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
