Sun Jinfang
Appearance
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Nationality | Chinese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Shanghai, China | 6 April 1955|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Setter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 6 (1981) 9 (1982) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sun Jinfang (Chinese: 孙晋芳, born 6 April 1955[1]) is a Chinese former volleyball player who played the setter position. She captained China to the gold medal at both the 1981 FIVB World Cup and the 1982 FIVB World Championship.[2] She also won a silver medal at the 1978 Asian Games and a gold medal at the 1982 Asian Games.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Sun became the director of China's tennis program in 2003.[3]
Individual accolades
[edit]- MVP, 1981 FIVB Women's World Cup[2]
- Best setter, 1981 FIVB Women's World Cup[2]
Popular culture
[edit]Volleyball player Chen Zhan played Sun Jinfang in the 2020 film Leap.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "Sun Jinfang". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ a b c d "孙晋芳:敢于攀登高峰的人" (in Chinese). 23 May 2007. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ Larmer, Brook (22 August 2013). "Li Na, China's Tennis Rebel". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
Categories:
- 1955 births
- Volleyball players from Jiangsu
- Sportspeople from Suzhou
- Living people
- Chinese women's volleyball players
- Asian Games medalists in volleyball
- Volleyball players at the 1978 Asian Games
- Volleyball players at the 1982 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games
- Asian Games gold medalists for China
- Asian Games silver medalists for China
- 20th-century Chinese women