Zheng Meizhu

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Zheng Meizhu
Personal information
Born (1962-11-05) 5 November 1962 (age 61)
Fuzhou, Fujian, People’s Republic of China
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Number11
National team
1979–1988Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Olympic rings.svg
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1984 Los Angeles Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1988 Seoul Team
World Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1982 Peru
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1986 Czechoslovakia Team
FIVB World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1985 Japan
Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1982 New Delhi Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1986 Seoul Team

Zheng Meizhu (simplified Chinese : ; traditional Chinese : ; pinyin :Zhèng Měizhū; born 5 November 1962) is a Chinese volleyball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

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In 1984, Zheng was a member of the Chinese volleyball team that won the gold medal. She played all five matches.

Four years later, in 1988, Zheng was part of the Chinese team that won the bronze medal. She played all five matches again.

Zheng was born in Fuzhou, Fujian Province. In 1975, she entered Fuzhou amateur sports school to play volleyball. In 1977, she became a member of provincial team. In 1979, she was summoned into Chinese national team twice. She was admitted into national team for third time in 1982.

From sports school, to provincial team, to national team, Zheng was always the youngest player. Doubts were also cast on her height (172 cm). After winning the Asian Tournament in 1979, Zheng didn't compete in World Cup in 1981, held in Japan.

In the end of 1991, Zheng went to Germany to play in a volleyball club. After retiring, she started doing business with her husband. She later became a manager in a Chinese medicinal rehabilitation facility near Munich. She is married and gave birth to two boys.

In 2008, Zheng came back to China and participated in Olympic torch relay in Fuzhou.

Awards

National team

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