Chen Jing ( Kit. 陈静 , Eng. Chen Jing ; b. September 3, 1975 , Chengdu , Sichuan Province, China ) - Chinese volleyball player , the central blocker. 2004 Summer Olympics champion .
| Chen Jing | |
|---|---|
| 陈静 | |
| personal information | |
| Floor | female |
| Full name | Chen Jing |
| A country |  China |
| Specialization | volleyball (central blocking) |
| Club | completed career |
| Date of Birth | |
| Place of Birth | |
| Sports career | 1992—2013 |
| Growth | 182 cm |
Content
Biography
Chen Jing started playing volleyball in 1990 in her native city of Chengdu on the Sichuan club's youth team. Since 1992, during her 20-year-old playing career, she has played for the main club team in the Chinese championships .
In 1999, Chen Jing was included in the national team and in her debut season, she won the Grand Prix bronze medal, Asian champion , and also participated in the World Cup . In 2000, the volleyball player performed at the Sydney Olympics , where, with her national team, she dropped out of the fight for awards at the quarter-final stage. After this Olympic failure, new head coach Chen Zhonghe reshuffled the team, but Chen Jing didn’t touch it and she continued to play for the Chinese team.
The year 2003 brought the Chinese team serious success on the world stage, to which Chen Jing contributed, which became the winner in that season at three major competitions - the Grand Prix , the Asian Championships and the World Cup .
The year 2004 for the Chinese team and Chen Jing was marked first of all by the "gold" of the Olympic volleyball tournament in Athens . After the biggest victory in her career, the 29-year-old volleyball player left the national team, but she also played 9 seasons at the club level.
In August 2013, Chen Jing announced the end of her playing career [1] .
Club career
- 1992—2013 - Sichuan ( Chengdu ).
Achievements
Clubhouse
- bronze medalist of the championship of China 1999.
With the Chinese team
- Olympic champion 2004 .
- winner of the World Cup 2003 .
- World Cup Winners Cup Winner 2001 .
- winner of the 2003 Grand Prix ;
- two-time silver ( 2001 , 2002 ) and bronze ( 1999 ) Grand Prix medalist.
- 2002 Asian Games champion.
- Two- time Asian champion - 1999 , 2003 .
Notes
Links
- Profile on the FIVB website (eng.)
- Women's Volleyball Team (eng.)
- sports-reference.com (eng.)