Wu Penggen
 Wu Penggen at the FIVB World Tour 2010 | ||
| Medal record | ||
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| Men's beach volleyball | ||
Representing  China
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| Asian Games | ||
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2010 Guangzhou | Men |
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2006 Doha | Men |
Wu Penggen (Simplified Chinese:吴 鹏根, 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
- China at the 2012 Summer Olympics § Volleyball
- Beach volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
- China at the 2008 Summer Olympics
References
- ^ "منتديات كووورة". Forum.kooora.com. 3 December 2006. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- ^ "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.
- ^ [1] Archived 28 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Olympic data base – Wu Penggen – NetEase
- Wu Penggen at FIVB.com
- Wu Penggen at the Beach Volleyball Database
- Wu Penggen at Olympics.com
- Wu Penggen at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
