Sun Jinfang (, born 6 April 1955) is a Chinese former

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player who played the

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position. Sun captained China to the gold medal at both the 1981 FIVB World Cup in Japan and the 1982 FIVB World Championship in Peru. She also won a silver medal at the

1978 Asian Games The 8th Asian Games (), also known as Bangkok 1978 (), were held from 9 to 20 December 1978, in Bangkok, Thailand. Originally, the host city was Singapore but Singapore dropped its plan to host the Games due to financial problems. Then Islamabad, ...

and a gold medal at the

1982 Asian Games The 9th Asian Games (), also known as Delhi 1982 (), were held from 19 November to 4 December 1982, in Delhi, India. 74 Asian and Asian Games records were broken at the event. This was also the first Asiad to be held under the aegis of the Olymp ...

Personal life

Sun became the director of China's

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program in 2003.

Awards

Individuals

* 1981 FIVB World Cup "Most valuable player" * 1981 FIVB World Cup "Best setter"

National team

; As a player * 1978 Asian Games - Silver Medal * 1981 World Cup - Gold Medal * 1982 World Championship - Gold Medal * 1982 Asian Games - Gold Medal

Popular culture

Volleyball player Chen Zhan played Sun Jinfang in the 2020 film '' Leap''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sun, Jinfang 1955 births Volleyball players from Jiangsu Sportspeople from Suzhou Living people Chinese women's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 1978 Asian Games Volleyball players at the 1982 Asian Games Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games volleyball players for China Asian Games silver medalists for China 20th-century Chinese sportswomen Asian Games silver medalists in volleyball Asian Games gold medalists in volleyball