Zhou Xiaolan
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Zhou Xiaolan is a Chinese
volleyball
player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics
.
In 1984, she was a member of the Chinese volleyball team which won the Gold medal.
Zhou was born in Nanjing
, Jiangsu Province. In 1973, she entered an amateur sports school to play volleyball, and was enrolled in Shanxi
provincial team in the same year. In 1977, Zhou was admitted into a Chinese youth volleyball team, and later, into the Chinese national team.
After retiring in 1984, Zhou studied at Shanghai Sports College and later served in China National Sports Commission and was the vice chief of "balls" section. In 1995, she resigned from the position and went to the United States with her husband. She first served as a volleyball coach at George Washington University. Later she gave up sports career and became an engineer in a medical device company in Maryland. However, she still teaches volleyball and holds classes each week with about 20-50 students in each class.
She currently coaches for the Maryland Juniors Volleyball Club at the Maryland Juniors Sports Center in Jessup, Maryland
Chinese people
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volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics
1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984...
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In 1984, she was a member of the Chinese volleyball team which won the Gold medal.
Zhou was born in Nanjing
Nanjing
' is the capital of Jiangsu province in China and has a prominent place in Chinese history and culture, having been the capital of China on several occasions...
, Jiangsu Province. In 1973, she entered an amateur sports school to play volleyball, and was enrolled in Shanxi
Shanxi
' is a province in Northern China. Its one-character abbreviation is "晋" , after the state of Jin that existed here during the Spring and Autumn Period....
provincial team in the same year. In 1977, Zhou was admitted into a Chinese youth volleyball team, and later, into the Chinese national team.
After retiring in 1984, Zhou studied at Shanghai Sports College and later served in China National Sports Commission and was the vice chief of "balls" section. In 1995, she resigned from the position and went to the United States with her husband. She first served as a volleyball coach at George Washington University. Later she gave up sports career and became an engineer in a medical device company in Maryland. However, she still teaches volleyball and holds classes each week with about 20-50 students in each class.
She currently coaches for the Maryland Juniors Volleyball Club at the Maryland Juniors Sports Center in Jessup, Maryland
Major titles
- World Cup 1981 (World Champion)
- World Championship 1982 (World Champion)
- Los Angeles Olympic Games 1984 (World Champion)