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