Xu Linyin

Xu Linyin
Xu Linyin
Personal information
Full name	Xu Linyin
Nickname	Giant
Born	20 March 1986 (age 38); Shanghai, China
Hometown	Hebei, China
Height	200 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Beach volleyball information
Current teammate
Teammate
	Penggen Wu
Previous teammates
Qiang Xu	20 (488)
Medal record
Men's beach volleyball
Representing China
Asian Games

Xu Linyin (Simplified Chinese:徐林胤, born 20 March 1986 in Shanghai) is a Chinese professional beach volleyball player.

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]

References

^ Beach volleyball-U.S., Brazil in battle of the bronzed, guardian.co.uk, 25 July 2008
^ FIVB announces final Olympic Ranking for men's and women's Olympic Beach Volleyball tournaments, FIVB
^ "beach volleyball men results - Beach volleyball - Beijing 2008 Olympics". olympic.org. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
^ "China upset US to grab men's title at FIVB World Tour". News.xinhuanet.com. 15 June 2010. Archived from the original on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
^ FIVB Tour - FIVB Marseille Open - Men Archived 28 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Xu Linyin Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2016.

External links

Xu Linyin at the Beach Volleyball Database
Xu Linyin at FIVB.com
Xu Linyin at Olympics.com
Xu Linyin at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

Awards
Preceded by Phil Dalhausser (USA)	Men's FIVB Beach World Tour "Most Improved" 2007	Succeeded by Andy Cès (FRA)
Preceded by Harley Marques (BRA)	Men's FIVB Beach World Tour "Most Inspirational" 2010	Succeeded by Emanuel Rego (BRA)