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London 2012 Olympic Games
July 28 - August 9, 2012

(10) Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu, China

Penggen Wu
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 7, 1982 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Nanjing

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$385,525.00

Linyin Xu
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 20, 1986 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Hebei

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

101

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$407,425.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	74	2	6	4	3	14	5	24	3	5	1	5	1	1	US$739,000.00

Previous London Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/17-22/2012	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	21	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2012	Berlin Grand Slam	17	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2012	Grand Slam Rome	18	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/7-12/2012	Moscow Grand Slam	16	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	5/8-13/2012	Beijing Grand Slam	10	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/1-6/2012	Shanghai Grand Slam	9	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	4/24-29/2012	Silesia Open	15	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	4/17-22/2012	Brasília Open	8	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/4-9/2011	Agadir Open	7	9th	240	US$6,000.00

London 2012 Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 7/28/2012

Pool C

Sebastian Chevallier / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (15)

Lost 21-18, 16-21, 12-15

0:59

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Penggen Wu	Total	41	19	0	0.463	0	17	0	2
	1	41	19	0	0.463	0	17	0	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Linyin Xu	Total	24	11	0	0.458	6	3	0	0
	1	24	11	0	0.458	6	3	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Mon, 7/30/2012

Pool C

Julius Brink / Jonas Reckermann, Germany (3)

Lost 21-13, 19-21, 8-15

0:52

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Penggen Wu	Total	31	19	0	0.613	0	9	1	0
	1	31	19	0	0.613	0	9	1	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Linyin Xu	Total	20	12	0	0.600	0	6	2	3
	1	20	12	0	0.600	0	6	2	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Wed, 8/1/2012

Pool C

Serguei Prokopiev / Konstantin Semenov, Russia (22)

Lost 27-29, 21-17, 12-15

1:06

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Penggen Wu	Total	50	28	0	0.560	0	17	3	4
	1	50	28	0	0.560	0	17	3	4
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Linyin Xu	Total	26	12	0	0.462	3	7	3	3
	1	26	12	0	0.462	3	7	3	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Penggen Wu	122	66	0	0.541	0	43	4	6
Linyin Xu	70	35	0	0.500	9	16	5	6
Total	192	101	0	0.526	9	59	9	12
Opponents	191	114	0	0.597	9	53	5	22

Olympic Games, World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Did not play	Qiang Xu - 25th
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Linyin Xu - 5th	Penggen Wu - 5th
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing	Linyin Xu - 9th	Penggen Wu - 9th
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Rui Yin - 17th	Jialu Li - 33rd
2011	World Championships	Rome	Linyin Xu - 17th	Penggen Wu - 17th

Head to Head Results
Wu/Xu trail the series against the field 37-47 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 10 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 0-4
7/11/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool J	Cerutti/Rego	1	Wu/Xu	17	21-12, 21-18	0:34
7/17/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Cerutti/Rego	1	Wu/Xu	7	21-18, 21-17	0:36
4/22/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Semi-Finals	Cerutti/Rego	5	Wu/Xu	10	21-16, 21-16	0:35
6/19/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Semi-Finals	Cerutti/Rego	2	Wu/Xu	5	22-20, 21-18	0:47
Trail the series against # 2 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 1-9
7/17/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Dalhausser/Rogers	4	Wu/Xu	7	25-27, 24-22, 17-15	1:07
7/9/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	4	Wu/Xu	11	21-18, 21-13	0:33
6/10/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Wu/Xu	6	21-13, 21-16	0:46
8/21/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 4	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Wu/Xu	4	21-9, 21-15	0:38
6/14/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Wu/Xu	13	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	21-17, 17-21, 17-15	0:57
7/6/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Wu/Xu	4	16-21, 21-19, 15-11	1:00
6/28/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Wu/Xu	5	21-17, 21-19	0:44
7/28/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	4	Wu/Xu	9	21-19, 22-20	0:55
10/28/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Bronze Medal	Dalhausser/Rogers	5	Wu/Xu	6	21-14, 22-20	0:47
7/27/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	Dalhausser/Rogers	20	Wu/Xu	13	21-18, 21-15	0:48
Trail the series against # 3 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 1-2
7/30/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool C	Brink/Reckermann	3	Wu/Xu	10	13-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:52
4/21/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 3	Wu/Xu	10	Brink/Reckermann	2	26-24, 21-18	0:49
6/19/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Bronze Medal	Brink/Reckermann	3	Wu/Xu	5	25-27, 21-9, 15-10	1:06
Trail the series against # 4 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 6-7
7/2/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	19	Wu/Xu	8	15-21, 21-12, 15-12	0:46
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool F	Wu/Xu	6	Gibb/Rosenthal	11	13-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:53
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 2	Wu/Xu	6	Gibb/Rosenthal	5	21-18, 21-19	0:40
7/31/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	16	Wu/Xu	2	21-15, 17-21, 15-9	0:53
7/3/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Wu/Xu	4	Gibb/Rosenthal	14	29-27, 22-20	0:53
6/18/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 4	Wu/Xu	5	Gibb/Rosenthal	17	21-17, 21-16	0:42
5/27/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 1	Gibb/Rosenthal	14	Wu/Xu	19	17-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:54
5/6/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 3	Gibb/Rosenthal	15	Wu/Xu	10	20-22, 21-18, 15-10	0:41
5/24/08	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Contender 5	Wu/Xu	3	Gibb/Rosenthal	7	21-17, 21-17	0:42
3/29/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Semi-Finals	Wu/Xu	7	Gibb/Rosenthal	18	21-19, 21-15	0:41
3/28/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 3	Gibb/Rosenthal	18	Wu/Xu	7	21-15, 21-14	0:39
10/27/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Semi-Finals	Gibb/Rosenthal	4	Wu/Xu	6	21-16, 21-17	0:39
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 1	Gibb/Rosenthal	28	Wu/Xu	21, Q9	21-16, 21-14	0:41
Series tied with # 5 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 8-8
7/21/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 3	Nummerdor/Schuil	8	Wu/Xu	21	By Forfeit
6/14/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Pool K	Nummerdor/Schuil	2	Wu/Xu	18	21-17, 21-13	0:31
6/10/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool J	Nummerdor/Schuil	1	Wu/Xu	16	16-21, 27-25, 15-12	1:02
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 3	Wu/Xu	6	Nummerdor/Schuil	13	21-17, 21-17	0:35
7/30/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool K	Nummerdor/Schuil	15	Wu/Xu	2	21-18, 17-21, 15-13	0:54
6/13/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Wu/Xu	13	Nummerdor/Schuil	5	21-19, 18-21, 15-13	0:58
10/31/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Gold Medal	Nummerdor/Schuil	1	Wu/Xu	9	21-13, 21-14	0:35
6/14/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Wu/Xu	4	Nummerdor/Schuil	5	22-20, 21-19	0:47
5/25/08	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Gold Medal	Nummerdor/Schuil	4	Wu/Xu	3	17-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:50
5/16/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 3	Nummerdor/Schuil	5	Wu/Xu	4	23-21, 16-21, 15-9	0:53
5/9/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 4	Nummerdor/Schuil	7	Wu/Xu	5	21-13, 21-17	0:36
3/29/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Contender 6	Wu/Xu	7	Nummerdor/Schuil	8	18-21, 21-17, 15-8	0:48
7/14/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Wu/Xu	12	Nummerdor/Schuil	14	21-14, 12-21, 15-13	0:45
10/27/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Contender 6	Wu/Xu	6	Nummerdor/Schuil	11	19-21, 21-18, 15-11	1:06
10/25/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Winner 2	Wu/Xu	6	Nummerdor/Schuil	11	21-18, 21-13	0:43
7/7/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 3	Wu/Xu	8	Nummerdor/Schuil	32, Q36	21-16, 24-22	0:37
Lead the series against # 7 Cunha/Santos, Brazil 2-0
10/7/11	FIVB	Agadir Open	Contender 3	Wu/Xu	7	Cunha/Santos	2	15-21, 21-18, 15-12	1:09
7/29/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool O	Wu/Xu	6	Cunha/Santos	11	17-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:52
Trail the series against # 8 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 1-3
7/19/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool N	Erdmann/Matysik	12	Wu/Xu	21	21-12, 21-18	0:35
7/12/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 1	Erdmann/Matysik	9	Wu/Xu	17	21-15, 21-18	0:39
8/5/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool O	Erdmann/Matysik	11	Wu/Xu	6	21-13, 22-24, 15-9	0:55
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool M	Wu/Xu	4	Erdmann/Matysik	29, Q11	21-15, 21-14	0:39
Trail the series against # 9 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 2-3
6/10/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	5	Wu/Xu	16	21-16, 21-11	0:35
6/14/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool F	Fijalek/Prudel	30	Wu/Xu	6	21-18, 24-22	0:39
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 1	Wu/Xu	6	Fijalek/Prudel	11	30-28, 21-18	0:44
7/24/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Semi-Finals	Wu/Xu	2	Fijalek/Prudel	3	19-21, 21-16, 15-13	1:01
5/22/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 2	Fijalek/Prudel	19	Wu/Xu	26	21-16, 13-21, 15-8	0:48
Lead the series against # 11 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 5-2
5/11/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 1	Wu/Xu	10	Gavira/Herrera	4	21-11, 25-23	0:39
7/8/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool O	Wu/Xu	11	Gavira/Herrera	6	14-21, 21-19, 15-6	0:51
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 4	Gavira/Herrera	7	Wu/Xu	6	21-18, 18-21, 15-11	0:47
5/6/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 6	Gavira/Herrera	7	Wu/Xu	5	19-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:46
8/22/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Bronze Medal	Wu/Xu	4	Gavira/Herrera	5	22-24, 27-25, 15-12	1:11
8/20/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 3	Wu/Xu	4	Gavira/Herrera	5	24-22, 18-21, 15-11	1:01
6/11/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool M	Wu/Xu	13	Gavira/Herrera	4	21-17, 21-19	0:40
Trail the series against # 12 Bellaguarda/Heuscher, Switzerland 0-1
7/30/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 2	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	7	Wu/Xu	6	14-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:46
Trail the series against # 13 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 0-1
4/19/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Contender 1	Lupo/Nicolai	9	Wu/Xu	8	21-16, 21-17	0:31
Series tied with # 14 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 1-1
7/7/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool O	Wu/Xu	11	Benes/Kubala	22	11-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:45
8/7/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 2	Benes/Kubala	23	Wu/Xu	6	21-19, 21-16	0:44
Series tied with # 15 Chevallier/Heyer, Switzerland 1-1
7/28/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool C	Chevallier/Heyer	15	Wu/Xu	10	18-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:59
6/30/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool Q	Wu/Xu	8	Chevallier/Heyer	24	21-18, 21-12	0:31
Lead the series against # 16 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 3-2
7/19/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool N	Wu/Xu	21	Samoilovs/Sorokins	5	24-22, 21-18	0:43
5/12/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	17, Q3	Wu/Xu	10	15-21, 21-14, 20-18	0:56
4/26/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Winner 1	Wu/Xu	15	Samoilovs/Sorokins	18	21-17, 19-21, 15-9	0:49
8/4/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool O	Samoilovs/Sorokins	22	Wu/Xu	6	21-18, 24-26, 15-12	0:56
6/30/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool Q	Wu/Xu	8	Samoilovs/Sorokins	25	21-9, 20-22, 15-11	0:42
Lead the series against # 17 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 3-0
8/21/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 6	Wu/Xu	4	Plavins/Smedins	6	21-16, 18-21, 15-7	0:48
7/29/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool K	Wu/Xu	2	Plavins/Smedins	18, Q8	21-16, 21-18	0:40
7/25/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Gold Medal	Wu/Xu	2	Plavins/Smedins	8	21-15, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # 18 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 2-1
7/1/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool Q	Skarlund/Spinnangr	9	Wu/Xu	8	24-22, 15-21, 15-10	0:52
6/15/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool F	Wu/Xu	6	Skarlund/Spinnangr	19	19-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:48
10/29/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 4	Wu/Xu	9	Skarlund/Spinnangr	4	21-14, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # 22 Prokopiev/Semenov, Russia 0-1
8/1/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool C	Prokopiev/Semenov	22	Wu/Xu	10	29-27, 17-21, 15-12	1:06
Lead the series against # 23 Asahi/Shiratori, Japan 1-0
6/8/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Contender 4	Wu/Xu	3	Asahi/Shiratori	26, Q13	21-18, 21-16	0:40
Trail the series against # 24 Doppler/Horst, Austria 0-1
4/27/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Contender 4	Doppler/Horst	28, Q4	Wu/Xu	15	21-16, 16-21, 20-18	0:58