Wu Penggen

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File:Wu Penggen FIVB World Tour 2010.jpg
Wu Penggen at the FIVB World Tour 2010 in Marseille.

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This is a Chinese name; the family name is Wu.

Wu Penggen (born 7 May 1982[1]) is a male Chinese professional beach volleyball player.

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.

See also

References

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