Tian Jia

Tian Jia
Personal information
Born (1981-02-09) 9 February 1981
HometownTianjin, China
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Honours
Women's beach volleyball
Representing  China
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2008 BeijingBeach
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2007 GstaadBeach
Bronze medal – third place2005 BerlinBeach
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2002 BusanBeach
Bronze medal – third place2006 DohaBeach

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

Swatch

References


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