Xu Linyin (Simplified Chinese:徐 林胤, born 20 March 1986 in Shanghai) is a Chinese professional beach volleyball player.
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| Full name | Xu Linyin | |||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Giant[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 March 1986 Shanghai, China | |||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Hebei, China | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 200 cm (6 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||
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Career
Nicknamed "Giant" because of his height, Xu Linyin stands 6 feet 7 inches tall. He headed into the 2008 Olympics as the #1 seed with his teammate Penggen Wu. They placed 5th in the FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking, but were #1 seed because of FIVB regulations.[2] Unfortunately they lost to the German pair of David Klemperer and Eric Koreng in the last 16.[3]
On 14 June 2010, Xu Linyin and partner Wu Penggen 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 in Moscow.[4] 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,[5] and ended the season ranked 4th overall on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings.
At the 2012 Olympics, he and Wu did not qualify out of the pool stages.[6]
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