Zhao Ruirui (; born 8 October 1981 in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China) is a Chinese volleyball player who competed on the 2003 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup winning side and made an initial appearance with the 2004 gold medal winning side before refracturing her right leg. Following her retirement in 2009 from sports competition, she has become a successful sci-fi author and published several critically acclaimed novels. Her sci-fi novel (The Wing Man) won the Silver Award of the 4th Global Chinese Nebula Award in 2013. Career Zhao won the 2001 World Grand Champion Cup and the 2003 World Grand Prix 2003 gold medals. She also won the 2003 World Cup and the 2004 Athens Olympic Games 2004 gold medals and the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games 2008 bronze medal. Awards Individuals 2003 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship "Most Valuable Player" 2003 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship "Best Blocker" 2003 FIVB World Cup "Best Spiker" References External links zhaoruirui.com 1981 births Living people Chinese women's volleyball players Olympic bronze medalists for China Olympic gold medalists for China Olympic volleyball players of China Sportspeople from Nanjing Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in volleyball Volleyball players at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for China Volleyball players from Jiangsu Chinese science fiction writers Writers from Nanjing People's Republic of China writers Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Middle blockers 21st-century Chinese women