Zhu Ting (Chinese: ??; pinyin: Zh? Tíng; born 29 November 1994) is a Chinese female volleyball player. She is the Outside Hitter and Captain of China women's national volleyball team, and currently plays for Vak?fbank Istanbul of Turkish national league.
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Career
2013
Zhu entered the Chinese national volleyball team for the first time in 2013. She participated in her first tournament in 2013 Montreux Volley Masters. Although the Chinese team finished as the sixth place, Zhu was awarded the Best Scorer of the tournament. She first rose to prominence at the 2013 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship, where she helped the Chinese U20 team to win the title without losing a set. Zhu was rewarded MVP and Best Outside Spiker in the tournament. She then played her first Grand Prix at the 2013 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix, and helped the team to win the silver medal, first medal here in six years. Zhu was rewarded Best Outside Spikers of the tournament despite playing for the senior team in the first year.Next she participated in the 2013 Club World Championship with Guangdong Evergrande winning the bronze medal after defeating 3-1 to Voléro Zürich.
2014
In the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, Zhu was the core of team who led Chinese team to the silver medal, the best result in 16 years. The Chinese team went through the first two stages with only one loss to the Italian Team. At the third stage, the Chinese team was crushed by the Brazilian Team in straight sets and faced the Dominican Republic Team. The Chinese team was two points away from defeating in several occasions and rallied from two sets deficit to win 22-25 23-25 25-23 25-23 15-12 and reached the semifinals. At the semifinals China successfully revenged their lost at the second stage by defeating Italian team 3-1 to reach the final, where Zhu scored 32 points. At the final the Chinese team lost to the American Team 1-3. At the tournament Zhu was awarded the Best Scorer as well as the Best Outside Spiker.
2015
In the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup, the Chinese team won their forth gold medal of the tournament and their first World Title since 2004 Athens Olympics. Zhu was awarded the MVP of the tournament and became the third Chinese player since Sun Jinfang and Lang Ping to earn the title.
2016
At the 2016 Rio Olympics the Chinese team was considered a favorite to win the gold medal since they had won the World Cup last year. However, the team performed unsatisfactorily in the preliminary round with only two wins and three losses, thus the team had to face the top ranked team of the next group and the two-time defending gold medallist, the Brazilian Team in the quarterfinals. China however managed to turn the situation around by defeating Brazilian Team 15-25, 25-23, 25-22, 22-25, 15-13. Zhu scored 28 in the match. In the semifinals Zhu scored 33 points to avenge their loss to the Netherlands Team in the preliminary round by defeating them 27-25, 23-25, 29-27, 25-23. With 33 points in the match Zhu ranked no.3 on all-time top scorers list in a single match in the Olympic games. In the final China defeated Serbia 19-25, 25-17, 25-22, 25-23 to earn their third gold medal at Olympics and the first since 2004. Zhu was awarded the MVP and the Best Outside Spiker of the tournament. She became the third Chinese player to be awarded MVP in the Olympics after Lang Ping and Feng Kun. She joined Vak?fbank in Turkey in Season 2016-2017 and became the youngest player in China to be transferred outside the Chinese Volleyball League with the help of her original club Henan Huawei as well as her coach in the Chinese Team, Lang Ping.
She started her first year in the Turkish League in the 2016 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship. The team finished bronze after defeating Voléro Zürich in the bronze medal match. Zhu was awarded the Best Outside Hitters of the tournament, and she became the first player in the tournament history to be the best scorer twice after scoring 103 points in this year's tournament.
2017
Zhu won the 2016-17 Turkish League Best Outside Spiker and Best Scorer awards. In the regular season, Vakifbank finished first with only one loss in the whole season. However, the team was stunned in the semifinals by Galatasaray S.K. and failed to reach the final, although they managed to finish third after defeating Eczac?ba?? VitrA in the third place matches.
At the 2016-17 CEV Women's Champions League, Vakifbank reached the Playoff 6 Stage after winning all six matches in the preliminary round. They defeated Voléro Zürich in two 3-1 matches to reach the semifinals. At the semifinals they defeated Eczac?ba?? VitrA 3-0 to reach the final, despite once trailing ten points in the second set. Zhu scored 24 points in the match. In the final Vakifbank won against the host team Imoco Volley Conegliano to win third title of the tournament. Zhu scored 22 points in the match and was awarded MVP of the tournament.
At the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship, Vakifbank remained undefeated in the group stage to reach the semifinals, where they beat Eczac?ba?? VitrA 3-1 to reach the final. In the final the team defeated Rexona-Sesc Rio in straight sets to win the championship for the second time. Zhu was awarded the MVP and the Best Outside Spiker of the tournament.
The new roster of 2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix released, Zhu is selected to be a new Captain of Chinese women's national volleyball team since 2017. Zhu won the Best Outside Spiker individual award in that competition, helping her national team to reach the fourth place.
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Clubs
- Guangdong Evergrande (2012-2013)
- Henan Huawei (2013-2016)
- Vak?fbank Istanbul (2016-)
Awards
National team
Junior Team
- 2011 U18 World Championship - Silver Medal
- 2012 Asian Junior Championship - Gold Medal
- 2013 U20 World Championship - Gold Medal
Senior Team
- 2013 World Grand Prix - Silver Medal
- 2014 World Championship - Silver Medal
- 2015 Asian Championship - Gold Medal
- 2015 World Cup - Gold Medal
- 2016 Olympic Games - Gold Medal
- 2017 World Grand Champions Cup - Gold Medal
Individuals
- 2012 Asian Junior Championship "Most Valuable Player"
- 2012 Asian Junior Championship "Best Scorer"
- 2012 Asian Junior Championship "Best Spiker"
- 2013 FIVB Junior World Championship "Most Valuable Player"
- 2013 FIVB Junior World Championship "Best Outside Hitter"
- 2013 Montreux Volley Masters "Best Scorer"
- 2013 FIVB World Grand Prix "Best Outside Spikers"
- 2013 Asian Volleyball Championship "Best Spiker"
- 2014 FIVB World Championship "Best Scorer"
- 2014 FIVB World Championship "Best Outside Spiker"
- 2015 Asian Championship "Most Valuable Player"
- 2015 Asian Championship "Best Outside Spiker"
- 2015 FIVB World Cup "Most Valuable Player"
- 2016 Olympic Games "Best Outside Spiker"
- 2016 Olympic Games "Most Valuable Player"
- 2016 FIVB Club World Championship "Best Outside Spiker"
- 2016-17 CEV Champions League "Most Valuable Player"
- 2016-17 Turkish Volleyball League "Best Outside Spikers"
- 2016-17 Turkish Volleyball League "Best Scorer"
- 2017 FIVB Club World Championship "Best Outside Spiker"
- 2017 FIVB Club World Championship "Most Valuable Player"
- 2017 FIVB World Grand Prix "Best Outside Spiker"
Clubs
- 2013 Club World Championship - Bronze medal, with Guangdong Evergrande
- 2016 Club World Championship - Bronze medal, with Vak?fBank
- 2016-17 Turkish Cup - Runner-Up, with Vak?fBank
- 2016-17 CEV Champions League - Champion, with Vak?fBank
- 2016-17 Turkish League - Bronze medal, with Vak?fBank
- 2017 Club World Championship - Champion, with Vak?fBank
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