Xu Linyin (

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:, born 20 March 1986 in

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) 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 The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nati ...

as the #1 seed with his teammate

Penggen Wu Wu Penggen (Simplified Chinese:, born 7 May 1982) 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 5 ...

. 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 David Klemperer (born 22 June 1980) is a beach volleyball player from Germany, who represented his native country in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China with Eric Koreng Eric Koreng (born May 16, 1981 in Stralsund, East Germany) is a beach v ...

and

Eric Koreng Eric Koreng (born May 16, 1981 in Stralsund, East Germany) is a beach volleyball player from Germany. Koreng and team mate David Klemperer represented Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternativ ...

in the last 16. On 14 June 2010, Xu Linyin and partner Wu Penggen bested the Olympic Champions from USA

Todd Rogers Todd Jonathan Rogers (born September 30, 1973) is an American professional beach volleyball player who is an Olympic and FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championship gold medalist. He and his former partner, Phil Dalhausser, were the 2007, 2008, 20 ...

and

Phil Dalhausser Philip "Phil" Peter Dalhausser (born January 26, 1980) is a Swiss-born American professional beach volleyball player, playing as a blocker. He and his former playing partner, Todd Rogers, were the 2007 AVP Tour and FIVB world champions. Dalha ...

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 World Tour in Marseille, France on 25 July 2010, and ended the season ranked 4th overall on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings. At the

2012 Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, he and Wu did not qualify out of the pool stages.

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* * * * 1986 births Living people Chinese men's volleyball players Chinese beach volleyball players Olympic beach volleyball players of China Asian Games medalists in beach volleyball Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games silver medalists for China Beach volleyball players at the 2006 Asian Games Beach volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Beach volleyball players at the 2010 Asian Games Beach volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Volleyball players from Shanghai Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games 21st-century Chinese people {{PRChina-volleyball-bio-stub

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