Zhao Ruirui

Zhao Ruirui
portrait
Date of birth	October 8, 1981
place of birth	Nanjing , Jiangsu , China
size	1.96 m
position	Middle block
societies
1994-2010	Bayi Shenzhen
National team
161 times	A national team
successes
1999 1999 2001 2001 2002 2002 2003 2003 2003 2004 2008	3rd place World Grand Prix Asian champion 2nd World Grand Prix Asian champion 2nd World Grand Prix winner Asian Games 1st place World Grand Prix World Cup winner in Japan Asian champion Olympic champion Athens Bronze Olympic Games Beijing
As of November 21, 2017

Zhao Ruirui ( Chinese  赵蕊蕊 , Pinyin Zhào Ruǐruǐ ; born October 8, 1981 in Nanjing , Jiangsu ) is a Chinese volleyball player .

Zhao Ruirui played in the Chinese national team as a middle blocker from 2001 to 2008 and won the gold medal at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens and the bronze medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing . She also won the 2003 World Grand Prix and the World Cup in Japan , where she was named “Best Attacker”. Zhao is also a multiple Asian champion and won the Asian Games in 2002 . She had to interrupt her career several times because of some serious leg injuries.

Web links

• Zhao Ruirui in the database of Olympedia.org (English)
• FIVB profile
• Profile on 2008teamchina.olympic.cn
• Homepage (chinese)

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