Yang Xi (volleyball) explained

Yang Xi
Nationality:Chinese
Height:180 cm
Birth Date:1956
Birth Place:Anxin County, Hebei, China
Position:Opposite
Teamnumber:5 (1981)
4 (1982)
Nationalyears:1975–1982

Yang Xi (born 1956, in Anxin County) is a Chinese former volleyball player. She was a member of the Chinese national team that won gold at both the 1981 FIVB Women's World Cup and the 1982 FIVB Women's World Championship. She also won a silver medal at the 1978 Asian Games and a gold medal at the 1982 Asian Games, after which she retired.[1]

Coaching

In 1989, Yang began coaching the Western Kentucky Lady Toppers.[2]

Personal life

Yang later became a businesswoman in the US.[3] In 2012, she opened a school in Beijing which sought to incorporate western-style education with Chinese sports schools.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 她是中国女排的"山口百惠" 退役经商身价过亿 . Xiao Hei (小黑) . 15 May 2020 . . 21 June 2021.
  2. Web site: College Heights Herald, Vol. 65, No. 7.
  3. Book: Dong Jinxia . Women, Sport and Society in Modern China: Holding Up More Than Half the Sky . 311 . . 0-203-58267-5 .
  4. Web site: 老女排国手杨希的体教结合办学经 . . zh. 19 December 2012 . 21 June 2021.