Name: Tian Jia
Sport: Beach volleyball
Date of birth: February 9, 1981
Home: Tianjin
Height: 1.77 meters
Weight: 68 kg
Experience:
1995: Began her volleyball training. Coach: Han Yunbo
1998: Joined Bayi Beach Volleyball Team. Coach: Guo Xinkun
1998: Selected for the National Beach Volleyball Focus Training Team. Coach: Hu Jin
2003: Selected for the National Beach Volleyball Team. Coach: Miu Zhihong
Major achievements:
2000 First National Beach Volleyball Championships: Champion
2000 Sydney Olympics: Nineteenth place
2001 Ninth National Games: Champion
2001 Beach Volleyball World Tour, Macao: Fifth place
2002 Busan Asian Games: Champion
2002 National Beach Volleyball Championships: Champion
2002 Women's Beach Volleyball World Tour, Austria: Fifth place
2003 Women's Beach Volleyball World Tour, Norway: Fifth place
2003 Women's Beach Volleyball World Tour, China: Fifth place
2003 Women's Beach Volleyball World Tour, Indonesia: Champion
2003 Women's Beach Volleyball World Tour, Italy: Champion
2006 Women's Beach Volleyball World Tour, Italy: Third place
2006 Women's Beach Volleyball World Tour, China: Second place
2006 Women's Beach Volleyball World Tour, Switzerland: Third place
2006 Women's Beach Volleyball World Tour, Canada: Third place
2006 Women's Beach Volleyball World Tour, Austria: Champion
2006 Women's Beach Volleyball World Tour, Poland: Champion
2006 Women's Beach Volleyball World Tour, Portugal: Third place
2006 Women's Beach Volleyball World Tour, Thailand: Second Place
Partnered with Zhang Jingkun, Tian Jia finished 19th at the 2000 Olympic Games. Chi Rong and Xiong Zi were China's number one beach volleyball team, but since Xiong Zi's transfer to the national team, Tian Jia and Wang Jie have become the new number one for China. They finished second overall in the 2006 FIVB World Tour rankings.
(China.org.cn July 3, 2008)