Gong Xiangyu

Gong Xiangyu
Personal information
Nickname Little Universe (小宇宙)
Nationality Chinese
Born (1997-04-21) 21 April 1997
Lianyungang, Jiangsu
Hometown Lianyungang, Jiangsu
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 67 kg (148 lb)
Spike 320 cm (130 in)
Block 315 cm (124 in)
Volleyball information
Position Opposite hitter
(2014–present)
Setter (before 2014)
Current club Jiangsu
Number 16/14/6
Career
YearsTeams
2015–Jiangsu
National team
2016–China
Honours
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
World Grand Champions Cup
2017 JapanTeam
Volleyball Nations League
2018 NanjingTeam
Asian Games
2018 Jakarta-Palembang
Asian Cup Championship
2016 Vinh Phuc
Montreux Volley Masters
2016 Switzerland
2017 SwitzerlandTeam

Gong Xiangyu (simplified Chinese: 龚翔宇; traditional Chinese: 龔翔宇; pinyin: gōng xiáng yǔ; born 21 April 1997)[1][2] is a female Chinese volleyball player. On club level, she plays for Jiangsu.

Personal

She was born in Lianyungang to a P.E. teacher mother who was once a national épée champion, and a policeman father who used to play for the Jiangsu U23 basketball team. Her given name Xiangyu means "flying in the universe." She started attending Nanjing Normal University in 2016.

Career

Junior

Before 2014, she was a setter. As a substitute player, she participated in 2012 Asian Youth Girls Volleyball Championship and 2013 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship.[3]

In 2014, because the former main opposite hitter, Ju Wanrong's injury, she began to be an opposite hitter and had success. During 2014 Asian Junior Women's Volleyball Championship and 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship, she showed her power.

Senior

She was promoted by Coach Cai Bin from the Jiangsu U23 team to Jiangsu Women's Volleyball Club in the 2015-2016 season. Following a successful debut season at the Chinese Volleyball League, she was selected by Coach Lang Ping for the national team in 2016. She represented China at the 2016 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal.

Awards
Preceded by
Netherlands Lonneke Slöetjes		 Best Opposite Spiker of
Montreux Volley Masters
2016
2017		 Succeeded by
TBD

References

  1. ↑ "Xiangyu Gong". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Gong Xiangyu". Jiangsu Sports Bureau.
  3. ↑ http://www.fivb.org/vis_web/volley/GU182013/pdf/P2-078.pdf


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