Wu Penggen
Chinese beach volleyball player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wu Penggen (Simplified Chinese:吴 鹏根, born 7 May 1982[1]) is a male Chinese professional beach volleyball player.
Wu Penggen at the FIVB World Tour 2010 | ||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's beach volleyball | ||
| Representing China | ||
| Asian Games | ||
| 2010 Guangzhou | Men | |
| 2006 Doha | Men | |
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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