Tian Jia

Tian Jia (Chinese田 佳; born February 9, 1981 in Beijing, People's Republic of China ) is a former Chinese beach volleyball player.

Career

1993 Tian Jia began her career in her hometown of Tianjin Sports School. 1998 launched the Chinese for the first time at the FIVB World Tour with Zhou Suhong (Chinese周苏红). Both her ​​and the following year with Han Bo there for Tian best result in three tournaments in 25th place. With her new partner Zhang Jingkun (Chinese张静坤) she reached her first top - ten finishes in 2000. The ninth of Berlin were able to increase the tournament in their home country nor the two Asian. In Dalian, they were seventh.

In early 2001 launched Tian Jia with her fourth partner in the World Tour. With Wang Fei (Chinese王菲) the player from Beijing won the 2001 Chinese and 2002 Asian Championships. Your first victory at the FIVB Tour reached the two Chinese at the 2003 Bali Open in Indonesia and the subsequent Italian Open in Milan. 2004 occupied Tian / Wang only once a fourth place at the Olympic Games in Athens, she retired in the second round against the later Olympic champions Walsh / May. However, in the following year, they came to their greatest common success. After the silver medal in Gstaad, the two won the bronze medal at the World Championships in Berlin. After the defeat in the semi-final against eventual champions Kerri Walsh and Misty May- Treanor defeated the Asian Cubans Dalixia Fernandez Grasset and Tamara Larrea Peraza in the match for third place. During the subsequent tournament in Stavanger and at the events in Paris and Klagenfurt Tian Jia / Wang Fei also achieved third places.

Began in 2006 with the collaboration with Wang Jie, the most successful period in the career of Tian Jia. Two wins in Warsaw and Klagenfurt, second places in Shanghai and Phuket as well as bronze medals in Modena, Gstaad, Montreal and Porto Santo formed the balance of this year. There was also a third place finish at the Asian Championships. In the following season, the two Chinese started with a win in their home country in Shanghai. This was followed by second places in Sentosa, Seoul, Paris and Stavanger and third places in Berlin and Marseille. At the World Championships in Gstaad Tian Jia won with her ​​partner as early as 2005 against Walsh / May- Treanor, but this time only in the finale. After winning the silver medal in the Asian achieved in the same year each took third place in Norway and Thailand, in Finland it Second and the FIVB Challenger & Satellite tournament in Hong Kong were at the end of the year they could decide for themselves. 2008 Tian / Wang occupied in three tournaments each of the silver medal (Osaka, Berlin and Gstaad), in Moscow they were third. However, the climax and conclusion at the same time their joint career was the Olympic Games in their home country. In Beijing, the two beach volleyball players reached the final, but had to turn Walsh and May- Treanor defeated and won the silver medal.

At the end of the tour in 2008 and her career Tian Jia joined again with her ​​partner from 2001 to 2005. With Wang Fei she reached the thirteenth rank in Sanya.