Xu Linyin

{{short description|Chinese beach volleyball player (born 1986)}}

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| nickname = Giant[https://www.theguardian.com/sport/feedarticle/7676817 Beach volleyball-U.S., Brazil in battle of the bronzed], guardian.co.uk, 25 July 2008

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| birth_place = Shanghai, China

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| hometown = Hebei, China

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| currentteammate = Penggen Wu

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| teammates = Qiang Xu

| tours (points) = 20 (488)

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Xu Linyin (Simplified Chinese:{{lang|zh|徐林胤}}, born 20 March 1986 in Shanghai) is a Chinese professional beach volleyball player.

Career

Nicknamed "Giant" because of his height, Xu Linyin stands 6 feet 7 inches tall. He headed into the 2008 Olympics as the #1 seed with his teammate Penggen Wu. They placed 5th in the FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking, but were #1 seed because of FIVB regulations.[http://www.fivb.org/en/Infomedia/PressReleaseDB.asp?No=17738&Language=0 FIVB announces final Olympic Ranking for men's and women's Olympic Beach Volleyball tournaments], FIVB Unfortunately they lost to the German pair of David Klemperer and Eric Koreng in the last 16.{{Cite web |title=beach volleyball men results - Beach volleyball - Beijing 2008 Olympics |url=http://www.olympic.org/olympic-results/beijing-2008/beach-volleyball/beach-volleyball-m |website=olympic.org |access-date=2016-02-11}}

On 14 June 2010, Xu Linyin and partner Wu Penggen bested the Olympic Champions from USA Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser 21–17, 17-21 and 17–15 to win the Gold at the FIVB World Tour in Moscow.{{cite web |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/sports/2010-06/15/c_13351143.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610031645/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/sports/2010-06/15/c_13351143.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 June 2011 |title=China upset US to grab men's title at FIVB World Tour |publisher=News.xinhuanet.com |date=15 June 2010 |access-date=18 August 2012}} This was the first time China won the title in the men's event in the 24-year history of the international Beach Volleyball circuit.

The duo of Xu and Wu continued their extraordinary performance with a second Gold on the FIVB World Tour in Marseille, France on 25 July 2010,[http://www.universalsports.com/news/article/newsid=484841.html FIVB Tour - FIVB Marseille Open - Men] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100728033402/http://www.universalsports.com/news/article/newsid=484841.html |date=28 July 2010 }} and ended the season ranked 4th overall on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Rankings.

At the 2012 Olympics, he and Wu did not qualify out of the pool stages.{{Cite web |title=Xu Linyin Bio, Stats, and Results |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/xu/xu-linyin-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418054150/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/xu/xu-linyin-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |access-date=2016-02-11}}