Wu Penggen Explained

Wu Penggen (Simplified Chinese:Chinese: 吴 鹏根, born 7 May 1982[1]) 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 5th place overall.

On 14 June 2010, Wu Penggen and Xu Linyin 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 title[2] in Moscow, Russia. 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 Wu and Xu continued their extraordinary performance with a second Gold on the FIVB World Tour in Marseille, France on 25 July 2010,[3] and ended the season ranked 4th overall on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: منتديات كووورة . Forum.kooora.com . 3 December 2006 . 18 August 2012.
  2. Web site: China upset US to grab men's title at FIVB World Tour . https://web.archive.org/web/20110610031645/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/sports/2010-06/15/c_13351143.htm . dead . 10 June 2011 . News.xinhuanet.com . 15 June 2010 . 18 August 2012.
  3. http://www.universalsports.com/news/article/newsid=484841.html