Hui Ruoqi

Hui Ruoqi (Chinese: 惠若琪; born 4 March 1991) is a former female Chinese volleyball player. She is the Outside Hitter and the fifteenth Captain of China women's national volleyball team, and plays for Jiangsu.[1] She retired in 2018.

Hui Ruoqi
Hui in 2017
Personal information
NationalityChinese
Born惠若琪
(1991-03-04) 4 March 1991
Dalian, Liaoning, China
Height1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
Spike315 cm (124 in)
Block305 cm (120 in)
Volleyball information
Positionoutside hitter
Current clubJiangsu
Career
YearsTeams
2006–2013
2013–2014
2014–2017		Jiangsu
Guangdong Evergrande
Jiangsu
National team
2007–2018China
Honours
Volleyball
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
World Championship
2014 Italy
World Cup
2011 Japan
Asian Championship
2015 Tianjin
2011 Taipei
2009 Hanoi
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Hui.

Early life

On March 4, 1991, Hui was born in Dalian. Her parents are Hui Fei (惠飞) and Xu Xueyuan (许雪媛). She has a sister Hui Ruoxuan (惠若璇) who is ten years her junior. Both of her parents were keen volleyball players when they were young.[2][3]

When Hui was 9, her family moved and settled in Nanjing.[4]

Hui is the alumnus of Nanjing No.29 Middle School and Nanjing Normal University.[5][6]

Career

She started playing volleyball in elementary school in Nanjing. In 2006, she was chosen for the Jiangsu professional team. In 2007, she was selected for the national team. She won the 2012 Summer Olympics Best Server award.[7] She was part of the Team China that won gold at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Endorsement

Since 2017, Hui has been a spokeswoman of Adidas.[8]

Awards

Individuals

Clubs
  • 2013 Club World Championship - Bronze medal, with Guangdong Evergrande

See also
Awards
Preceded by
Yuki Ishii		 Most Valuable Player of
Montreux Volley Masters
2016		 Succeeded by
Ana Carolina da Silva
Preceded by
Yuki Ishii and
Anne Buijs		 Best Outside Spiker of
Montreux Volley Masters
2016 (with Ajcharaporn Kongyot)		 Succeeded by
Natália Pereira and
Yamila Nizetich

References
  1. "Hui Ruoqi". Jiangsu Sports Bureau. Archived from the original on 2016-11-26. Retrieved 2016-11-26.
  2. 基因强大：惠若琪父母均为大学排球健将，一家三口都穿12号 Retrieved 2017-01-15
  3. 女汉子or萌妹子?都是小惠 Retrieved 2017-01-15
  4. 父亲为惠若琪打球辞去政府工作 为采访骂哭16岁女儿 Retrieved 2017-01-15
  5. 惠若琪回二十九中 Retrieved 2017-01-15
  6. 惠若琪 南京师范大学体育科学学院 Retrieved 2017-01-15
  7. http://www.fivb.org/vis_web/VOLLEY/WOG2012/PDF/P5-WOG2012-Finals.pdf
  8. 阿迪达斯携手宁泽涛惠若琪开启我是万里挑一 Retrieved 2017-01-15
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