Yang Xi (volleyball)

Yang Xi (Chinese: 杨希, born 1956 in Anxin County) is a Chinese former volleyball player. She was a member of the Chinese national team that won gold at both the 1981 FIVB Women's World Cup and the 1982 FIVB Women's World Championship. She also won a silver medal at the 1978 Asian Games and a gold medal at the 1982 Asian Games, after which she retired.[1]

In 1989 she began coaching the Western Kentucky Lady Toppers.[2] She later became a businesswoman in the US.[3] In 2012, she opened a school in Beijing which sought to incorporate western-style education with Chinese sports schools.[4]

References
  1. Xiao Hei (小黑) (15 May 2020). "她是中国女排的"山口百惠" 退役经商身价过亿". Sina.com. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  2. "College Heights Herald, Vol. 65, No. 7".
  3. Dong Jinxia. Women, Sport and Society in Modern China: Holding Up More Than Half the Sky. Frank Cass. p. 311. ISBN 0-203-58267-5.
  4. "老女排国手杨希的体教结合办学经". China Youth Daily (in Chinese). 19 December 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
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