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Gong Xiangyu

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Gong Xiangyu

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Achievements and accolades

achievements

Made Chinese National Team debut in 2015 ... named team captain in 2025

Three-time Olympian: 2016, 2020, 2024

Led China to Olympic gold at Rio 2016

Bronze at 2018 FIVB World Championships

Three VNL medals: silver in 2023, bronze in 2018 and 2019

also won 2019 FIVB World Cup, 2018 and 2023 Asian Games and 2016 AVC Cup

Represented China on U17, U19, U21 and U23 national teams ... won 2013 U19 World Championship

Has played professionally since 2015

Six-time Best Opposite in Chinese League (2018/19-2021/22, 2023/24-20224/25)

Led Jiangsu Zenith Steel to Chinese League titles in 2017 and 2025

Won 2019 AVC Champions League title with Jiangsu Zenith Steel

achievements

Made Chinese National Team debut in 2015 ... named team captain in 2025

Three-time Olympian: 2016, 2020, 2024

Led China to Olympic gold at Rio 2016

Bronze at 2018 FIVB World Championships

Three VNL medals: silver in 2023, bronze in 2018 and 2019

also won 2019 FIVB World Cup, 2018 and 2023 Asian Games and 2016 AVC Cup

Represented China on U17, U19, U21 and U23 national teams ... won 2013 U19 World Championship

Has played professionally since 2015

Six-time Best Opposite in Chinese League (2018/19-2021/22, 2023/24-20224/25)

Led Jiangsu Zenith Steel to Chinese League titles in 2017 and 2025

Won 2019 AVC Champions League title with Jiangsu Zenith Steel

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Meet Gong

Recently appointed captain of the Chinese national team, Xiangyu is a three-time Olympian and led the squad to gold in Rio 2016. She’s also won the 2019 FIVB World Cup, two Asian Games and an AVC Cup in addition to a trio of VNL medals and bronze at the 2018 FIVB World Championships. Before joining the senior national team, Xiangyu led both the U19 and U23 teams to tournament victories. A native of Lianyungang, China, she spent the first 10 years of her career in China. She’s won one AVC Champions League crown, two Chinese league titles and the league’s Best Opposite honor six times.

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Lianyungang, China

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