Chinese volleyball player Zhu Ting displays Vakifbank club's scarf upon her arrival at Ataturk airport in Istanbul, Turkey, Sept. 17, 2016. Zhu Ting will be playing on behalf of Turkish Vakifbank volleyball club in the upcoming 2016-2017 season. (Xinhua/He Canling)
5 Zhu Ting (China)
19, volleyball player. Zhu Ting was named Rio Olympics MVP and Best Outside Hitter by FIVB for her stellar performance in helping the Chinese women's volleyball team win the Olympics championship for the second time in 13 years. Zhu joined Vakifbank club in Turkey in September, setting an unprecedented example for Chinese volleyball players aiming to play abroad in their career peak. Zhu is doing her part to shoot Chinese volleyball to international stardom. She follows in the footsteps of Lang Ping, the women's volleyball MVP in the 1984 Olympics and the first person, male or female, to have won gold at the Olympics both as a player and as a coach.
