Zhou Xiaolan
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Zhou Xiaolan (simplified Chinese: 周晓兰, born October 9, 1957) is a Chinese volleyball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.
In 1984, she was a member of the Chinese volleyball team which won the Gold medal.
Zhou was born in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. In 1973, she entered an amateur sports school to play volleyball, and was enrolled in Shanxi provincial team in the same year. In 1977, Zhou was admitted into a Chinese youth volleyball team, and later, into the Chinese national team.
After retiring in 1984, Zhou studied at Shanghai Sports College and later served in China National Sports Commission and was the vice chief of "balls" section. In 1995, she resigned from the position and went to the United States with her husband. She first served as a volleyball coach at George Washington University. Later she gave up sports career and became an engineer in a medical device company in Maryland. However, she still teaches volleyball and holds classes each week at an adult day care center called CCACC with about 20-50 students in each class.
In 2014, she started her own girls volleyball club (East coast Elite) which is located in Howard County Maryland where she is currently coaching.
She has 2 daughters
Major titles
- World Cup 1981 (World Champion)
- World Championship 1982 (World Champion)
- Los Angeles Olympic Games 1984 (World Champion)
East Coast Elite, 16s, Head Coach
http://www.eteamz.com/eastcoastelitevolleyballclub/