Wu Dan

Wu Dan
portrait
Date of birth	January 13, 1968
place of birth	Neijiang , China
size	1.77 m
position	Central block / Libera
societies
1995 1998–1999 1999–2000 2001–2002 2003–2004	Columbia Cougars Missouri Schweriner SC Pallavolo Reggio Calabria Foppapedretti Bergamo Monte Schiavo Jesi
National team
1985-2000	A national team
successes
1985 1986 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 2000 2000 2002	World Cup Winner in Japan World Champion in Czechoslovakia Bronze Olympic Games in Seoul Third World Cup in Japan Vice World Champion in China Second World Cup in Japan Participation in the Olympic Games Barcelona Winner of the CEV Cup Fifth Olympic Games Sydney Italian Champion
As of February 7, 2016

Wu Dan ( Chinese  巫 丹 ; born January 13, 1968 in Neijiang , People's Republic of China ) is a former Chinese volleyball player .

Career

Wu Dan played in the Chinese national team as a middle blocker and acceptance player since 1985 . At the age of 17, she won the World Cup in Japan in 1985 . A year later she became world champion in Czechoslovakia . At the Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988 she won the bronze medal. After a third place in 1989 at the World Cup in Japan , a second place at the World Cup in 1990 in his own country and a second place in 1991 at the World Cup in Japan , Wu took part in the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona . Here she was tested positive for the banned substance strychnine and was suspended. In 1995 Wu played in the US League with the Columbia Cougars Missouri , where she was named the league's MVP . 1997/98 she was an assistant trainer at Florida State University . In the 1998/99 season Wu played for the German Bundesliga club Schweriner SC and was MVP here too . She then went to Italy and played for Pallavolo Reggio Calabria , with whom she won the 2000 CEV Cup . Then she took part with the national team for the third time in the Olympic Games and finished fifth in Sydney . 2001/02 Wu played as Libera at Foppapedretti Bergamo , with whom she was Italian champion and reached the final of the Champions League . 2003/04 she was active at league competitor Monte Schiavo Jesi and reached the final of the CEV Cup .

Web links

• Wu Dan in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Ranking lists 1999 (PDF file; 384 kB)
• Profile at the Italian Volleyball League (Italian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ OLYMPICS / Barcelona 1992 - Round-Up: Wu is first to fail drug test. The Independent , August 5, 1992, accessed February 8, 2016 . 
2. ^ Monte Schiavo Jesi: il libero sarà Wu Dan. legavolleyfemminile.it, August 29, 2003, accessed February 8, 2016 (Italian). 

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Wu is the family name here, Dan is the first name.