Zhou Xiaolan

Zhou Xiaolan (simplified Chinese: 周晓兰, born 9 October 1957) is a former Chinese volleyball player who was a starting middle blocker for the China Women's National Volleyball Team that won three gold medals in three world competitions in the early 1980s.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhou.

Zhou Xiaolan
Personal information
Born (1957-10-09) 9 October 1957
Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, People’s Republic of China
Height182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Volleyball information
Number5
National team
1977-1984 China
Honours
Women's Volleyball
Representing  China
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1984 Los Angeles Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1982 Peru Team
FIVB World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1981 Japan Team

Career

In 1984, Zhou was a core member of the Chinese volleyball team that won the gold medal at the Los Angeles Summer Olympics over the United States.

Zhou was born in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. In 1973, she entered an amateur sports school to play volleyball, and was enrolled in Shanxi provincial team in the same year. In 1977, Zhou was admitted to the Chinese Junior National Team, and later, to the Chinese National Team.

Personal life

After retiring in 1984, Zhou studied at Shanghai Sports College and later served in China National Sports Commission and was the vice chief of "balls" section.

In 1991, Zhou left China to work on a master's degree in English at George Washington University.[1] Zhou served as a volleyball coach at George Washington.[1] Later she gave up her sports career and became an engineer in a medical device company in Maryland. However, she still teaches volleyball and holds classes of several levels each week at a center, CCACC, with about 20-50 students in each class.

In 2014, Zhou started her own girls volleyball club, the East Coast Elite, which is located in Howard County, Maryland, where she currently coaches.[2]

Zhou has two daughters, Lucy and Mary, who both attended University of Maryland, College Park.

Awards

National team
  • 1981 World Cup - Gold Medal
  • 1982 World Championship - Gold Medal
  • 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games - Gold Medal

References
  1. Jameson, Tonya (26 January 1997). "World-class athletes settle down Volleyball: He is one of China's top coaches, and she is a legend there as a player. Now, the Hous have finally settled down, together, in Columbia's Dorsey's Search". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on 22 June 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  2. "Meet Our STAFF". 12 October 2015. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
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