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Born | (1981-02-09) 9 February 1981 (age 43) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hometown | Tianjin, China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tian Jia (Chinese: 田佳; pinyin: Tián Jia; born 9 February 1981 in Tianjin) is a female Chinese professional beach volleyball player.
Career
Tian won the bronze medal in the women's team competition at the 2005 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Berlin, Germany, partnering Wang Fei. She competed at the Sydney 2000 and the Athens 2004 Games.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Tian and her partner Wang Jie won the silver medal in the women's beach volleyball competition, going undefeated until losing in the final to Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh of the United States.
Sponsors
References
- Tian Jia at the Beach Volleyball Database
- Tian Jia at FIVB.com
External links
- Tian Jia at Olympics.com
- Tian Jia at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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- 1981 births
- Living people
- Chinese women's beach volleyball players
- Olympic beach volleyball players for China
- Olympic silver medalists for China
- Olympic medalists in beach volleyball
- Asian Games medalists in beach volleyball
- Asian Games gold medalists for China
- Asian Games bronze medalists for China
- Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Beach volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Beach volleyball players at the 2002 Asian Games
- Beach volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Beach volleyball players at the 2006 Asian Games
- Beach volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players from Tianjin
- Chinese volleyball biography stubs