Mi Yang (born 24 January 1989 in
Gansu
Gansu is a provinces of China, province in Northwestern China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeastern part of the province. The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibetan Plateau, Ti ...
,
China
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) is a
Chinese
Chinese may refer to:
* Something related to China
* Chinese people, people identified with China, through nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity
**Han Chinese, East Asian ethnic group native to China.
**'' Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic ...
volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...
player. She represented her nation at the
London 2012 Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
.
Mi Yang at 2012 Summer Olympics.
FIVB.org Retrieved on 2013-12-10.
Personal life
Mi is a Muslim, and a member of the Hui
The Hui people are an East Asian ethnoreligious group predominantly composed of Chinese-speaking adherents of Islam. They are distributed throughout China, mainly in the northwestern provinces and in the Zhongyuan region. According to the 2 ...
ethnic group.
See also
* China at the 2012 Summer Olympics#Volleyball
*Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
The women's tournament in Volleyball at the Summer Olympics, volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London was the 13th edition of the event in an Olympic Games, organised by the world's governing body, the Fédération Internationale de Vol ...
References
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1989 births
Living people
Chinese women's volleyball players
Olympic volleyball players for China
Volleyball players from Tianjin
Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Setters (volleyball)
Hui sportspeople
Chinese Muslims
21st-century Chinese sportswomen
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