Zhu Ting (Chinese: ??; pinyin: Zh? Tíng; born 29 November 1994) is a Chinese professional female volleyball player. She is the Outside Hitter and Captain of the Chinese women's volleyball national team, and currently plays for Turkish club Vak?fbank Istanbul. She is the gold medalist of 2016 Olympic Games and 2015 World Cup. Zhu has been awarded 10 MVP awards at all levels of competition since her debut in 2011, including the MVP award of Rio Olympic Games 2016.
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Personal life
Zhu Ting was born to a rural family in Henan Province. She has four sisters (two older sisters and two younger sisters) and her parents do not have any sports backgrounds.
In 2007, 13 year-old Zhu, who was 1.7m tall then, was sent to a sports training school by her high school physical education teacher. In 2008, she started professional volleyball training in the Henan Province sports school.
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Career
Junior National Team
After training professionally for two years, Zhu was selected to be in the Chinese Junior national team in 2010. She participated in 2011 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship and won silver medal with the team. In 2012, she entered U20 team and won 2012 Asian Junior Women's Volleyball Championship champion title, she was awarded the MVP title for the first time. In 2013, she continued to represent China U20 national team and joined 2013 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship, helping the team win champion. Continuing a high standard of performance, she was eventually awarded the MVP, Best Scorer and Best Spiker of the tournament.
Senior National Team and Clubs
2013
Zhu entered the Chinese senior national volleyball team for the first time in 2013, having been handpicked by Lang Ping , widely regarded as one of the best coaches in professional volleyball, who returned as the head coach of the team that year. Zhu participated in her first tournament in 2013 Montreux Volley Masters. Although the Chinese team finished in sixth place, Zhu was awarded the Best Scorer of the tournament. She then rose to prominence at the 2013 FIVB 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. Playing her first Grand Prix at the 2013 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix, she helped the team win the silver medal, the first for the team in six years. Zhu was rewarded Best Outside Spiker of the tournament on her first appearance for the senior team. Following which, she participated in the 2013 Club World Championship with Guangdong Evergrande winning the bronze medal after defeating Voléro Zürich.
2014
As core player, Zhu led the Chinese team to silver medal in the2014 FIVB World Championship, its 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 managed to turn the tables from being two sets down to eventually winning 22-25, 23-25, 25-23, 25-23, 15-12, successfully advancing to the semifinals. At the semifinals, China successfully avenged their loss at the second stage by defeating Italian team 3-1 to reach the final. In this match, Zhu scored an impressive 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 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship, the Chinese team won all the matches and attained their 13th gold medal of the tournament. Zhu was awarded the Most Valuable Player and Best Outside Spiker of the tournament.
In the 2015 FIVB 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 Most Valuable Player 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 the previous 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 two-time defending gold medalist, the Brazilian Team in the quarterfinals. China however managed to cause a great upset to the hosts by defeating Brazilian Team 15-25, 25-23, 25-22, 22-25, 15-13. Zhu scored 28 points 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 overall gold medal in the sport at the 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 Club World Championship. The team finished bronze after defeating Voléro Zürich in the bronze medal match. Zhu was awarded the Best Outside Hitter 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, Vak?fBank 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 Champions League, Vak?fBank 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 Vak?fBank 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 Club World Championship, Vak?fBank 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. Also, she became the first Asian player awarded MVP of this competition.
In June, Vak?fBank announced that Zhu has renew the contract with the team and she will continue to play at Vak?fBank in the coming season. South China Morning Post reported that Zhu Ting is the world's highest paid volleyball player after she signed a contract extension with Vak?fBank for a reputed salary of EUR1.35 million (US$1.61 million and HK$12 million).
The new roster of 2017 FIVB 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 and later the 2017 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup gold medal, Best Outside Spiker and Most Valuable Player award.
In December 2017, she won the Turkish Cup with Vak?fBank and was selected Most Valuable Player.
2018
In March, Zhu with Vak?fBank beat Galatasary in Semifinal of 2017-18 Turkish Women's Volleyball League, Zhu scored 33 points at Round 2 to help the team enter the Final. In April, Vak?fBank beat Voléro Zürich in Playoff 6 of 2017-18 CEV Women's Champions League. Zhu scored 21 points at Second Leg to help the team enter Final four of the tournament.
In April, Vakifbank beat Eczac?ba?? VitrA in Final of 2017-18 Turkish Women's Volleyball League with the rounds of 3:2, Zhu scored the highest in the team for four rounds, especially in the last round which held on 26 April, Zhu scored 20 points (attack succ. rate: 68%), finally won the champion with the team. This is the first national league champion of Zhu. At the same time, Zhu was awarded the MVP award of the league.
In May, Vakifbank beat Italian club Imoco Volley and Romanian club CSM Volei Alba Blaj in Semifinal and Final of 2017-18 CEV Women's Champions League, eventually won the 4th champion title. Zhu scored 24 points and 15 points in this two rounds and awarded Best Outside Spiker award. After the CEV Champions League, all the competitions of Vakifbak in this season have been finished, the team finally won all the champion titles, Zhu was the main contributor to the victories.
On June 21, Vak?fBank announced that Zhu has again renew the contract with the club and she will continue to play at Vak?fBank, which will be the third season Zhu plays at the club.
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
- 2018 Volleyball Nations League - Bronze Medal
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
- 2017 Turkish Super Cup - Champion, with Vak?fBank
- 2017-18 Turkish Cup - Champion, with Vak?fBank
- 2017-18 Turkish League - Champion, with Vak?fBank
- 2017-18 CEV Champions League - Champion, with Vak?fBank
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 Spiker"
- 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 Turkish League Regular Season "Best Outside Spiker"
- 2016-17 CEV Champions League "Most Valuable Player"
- 2017 FIVB Club World Championship "Best Outside Spiker"
- 2017 FIVB Club World Championship "Most Valuable Player"
- 2017 FIVB World Grand Prix "Best Outside Spiker"
- 2017 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup "Best Outside Spiker"
- 2017 FIVB World Grand Champions Cup "Most Valuable Player"
- 2017-18 Turkish Cup "Most Valuable Player"
- 2017-18 Turkish Volleyball League "Most Valuable Player"
- 2017-18 CEV Champions League "Best Outside Spikers"
- 2018 FIVB Volleyball Nations League "Best Outside Spiker"
References
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