PRESENTATION
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Sanya welcome Women’s FIVB Beach
Volleyball Swatch World
Tour Stop |
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After
hosting the penultimate women’s stop on the 2010 FIVB Beach
Volleyball Swatch World Tour, Sanya moves to the beginning of the
calendar in 2011, welcoming players from April 26-May 1. Renowned
for its tropical climate, the women's event is the first
single-gender stage on the tour and will be held at the Sanya Bay
Resort. The first of five tournaments set to take place in China
this year, the tour will also feature two double-gender events in
the country, firstly in Shanghai for the eighth year in a rowfrom
May 2-8 and then in Beijing for the first time since the 2008
Olympic Games from June 6-12. The 2010 Sanya women’s event was
highlighted by home duo Chen Xue and Xi Zhang's victory, the first
win for China at the event since 2007 as they beat Germans Sara
Goller and Laura Ludwig to the silver medal, failing to drop a set
throughout the competition. Xue and Zhang had to go through Brazil
sisters
Maria Clara and Carol Salgado to reach the final and were dominant througout
the tournament. 2009's silver medallists April Ross and Jen Kessy
secured bronze, beating Brazil's Maria-Clara and Carol in the
third-place final. Kessy and Ross had captured the inaugural Sanya
women's crown in 2008 by defeating 16-year old Ying Huang and
Chinese Olympic bronze medal winner Xi Zhang in the gold medal
match. Pictured to the left below are 2010
Sanya gold medal winners Xue (left) and Zhang of
China. |
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PAST CHINESE WOMEN’S PODIUM PLACEMENTS
Total Medals - Brazil 16, USA 16, China 10, Australia 4, Germany 2,
Netherlands 1, Norway 1, Switzerland 1 |
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Site |
Year |
Gold Medal |
Silver Medal |
Bronze Medal |
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Dalian |
1998 |
Shelda Bede/Adriana
Behar, BRA |
Lisa Arce/Holly
McPeak, USA |
Pauline Manser/Kerri
Pottharst, AUS |
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Dalian |
1999 |
Shelda/Adriana, BRA |
Annett Davis/Jenny
J. Jordan, USA |
Arce/Barbra Fontana, USA |
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Dalian |
2000 |
Liz Masakayan/Elaine
Youngs, USA |
Misty May-Treanor/McPeak,
USA |
Ron Chi/Zi Xiong,
CHN |
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Maoming |
2001 |
Shelda/Adriana, BRA |
Tatiana
Minello/Sandra Pires, BRA |
Natalie
Cook/Kerri Pottharst, AUS |
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Maoming |
2002 |
May-Treanor/Kerri
Walsh, USA |
McPeak/Youngs, USA |
Cook/Pottharst,
AUS |
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Lianyungang |
2003 |
Rebekka Kadijk/Marrit
Leenstra, NED |
Suzanne Lahme/Danja
Musch, GER |
Cook/Nicole
Sanderson, AUS |
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Shanghai |
2004 |
McPeak/Youngs, USA |
Davis/Johnson
Jordan, USA |
Shelda/Adriana,
BRA |
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Shanghai |
2005 |
Juliana
F. Silva/Larissa Franca, BRA |
Shelda/Adriana, BRA |
Ana
Paula Connelly/Shaylyn Bede, BRA |
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Shanghai |
2006 |
Chen Xue/Xi Zhang,
CHN |
Jia Tian/Jie Wang,
CHN |
Juliana/Larissa,
BRA |
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Shanghai |
2007 |
Tian/Wang, CHN |
Nila Ann Hakedal/Ingrid
Torlen, NOR |
Talita
Antunes/Renata Ribeiro, BRA |
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Shanghai |
2008 |
Talita/Renata, BRA |
Juliana/Larissa, BRA |
Xue/Zhang, CHN |
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Beijing |
2008 |
May-Treanor/Walsh,
USA |
Tian/Wang, CHN |
Xue/Zhang, CHN |
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Sanya |
2008 |
Jen Boss/April Ross, USA |
Ying Huang/Xi Zhang, CHN |
Nicole Branagh/Tyra Turner, USA |
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Shanghai |
2009 |
Talita/Maria Antonelli, BRA |
Wang/Man Zu0, CHN |
Maria Clara Salgado/Carolina Salgado,
BRA |
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Sanya |
2009 |
Simone Kuhn/Nadine Zumkehr, SUI |
Kessy/Ross, USA |
Angie Akers/Turner, USA |
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Shanghai |
2010 |
Kessy/Ross, USA |
Larissa/Juliana, BRA |
Antonelli/Talita, BRA |
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Sanya |
2010 |
Xue/Zhang,
CHN |
Goller/Ludwig, GER |
Kessy/Ross, USA |
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