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{{short description|Chinese volleyball player}}
{{family name hatnote|[[Zhao (surname)|Zhao]]|lang=Chinese}}
{{use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox volleyball biography
| name           = Zhao Ruirui
| image          =
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| fullname       = Zhao Ruirui
| nickname       = 
| nationality    = Chinese
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1981|10|8|df=y}}
| birth_place   = [[Nanjing]], [[China]]
| death_date    =
| death_place   =
| hometown       = [[Nanjing]], China
| height         = {{height|m=1.97|precision=0}}
| weight         = {{convert|75|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| spike          = {{convert|326|cm|abbr=on}}
| block          = {{convert|315|cm|abbr=on}}
| position       = Middle blocker
| currentnumber  = 9
| currentclub    = [[Bayi (Army) Keming Surface Industry|Army]]
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| nationalyears  = 1999-2004<br/>2008
| nationalteam   = {{vbw|China}}
| updated        = Dec 2010
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport|Women's [[volleyball]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{CHN}}}}
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{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]]|[[Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's volleyball|Team]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]]|[[Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup|FIVB World Cup]]}}
{{MedalGold |[[2003 FIVB Women's World Cup|2003 Japan]]|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIVB World Grand Champions Cup|World Grand Champions Cup]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2001 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup|2001 Japan]]|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIVB World Grand Prix]]}}
{{MedalGold |[[2003 FIVB World Grand Prix|2003 Andria]]|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2001 FIVB World Grand Prix|2001 Macau]]|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2002 FIVB World Grand Prix|2002 Hong Kong]]|Team}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1999 FIVB World Grand Prix|1999 Yuxi]]|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[Volleyball at the 2002 Asian Games|2002 Busan]]|Team }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Women's Volleyball Championship|Asian Championship]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1999 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship|1999 Hong Kong]]|Team}}
{{MedalGold|[[2001 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship|2001 Nakhon Ratchasima]]|Team}}
{{MedalGold|[[2003 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship|2003 Ho Chi Minh City]]|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[AVC Cup for Men|Asian Cup]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2008 Asian Women's Cup Volleyball Championship|2008 Nakhon Ratchasima]]|Team}}
}}

'''Zhao Ruirui''' ({{zh|c=赵蕊蕊|p=Zhào Ruǐruǐ}}; born 8 October 1981 in [[Nanjing]], [[Jiangsu]], [[China]])<ref>{{Cite news|date=2008-08-03|title=China's "fragile beauty" Zhao is key|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-volleyball-zhao-idUSPEK1484720080803|access-date=2020-07-15}}</ref> is a [[Chinese people|Chinese]] former [[volleyball]] player who competed in 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<ref>{{Cite web|title=Zhao Ruirui (1981–) {{!}} Encyclopedia.com|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/zhao-ruirui-1981|access-date=2020-07-15|website=www.encyclopedia.com}}</ref> and the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games 2008 bronze medal.

==Awards==
===Individuals===
* ''[[2003 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship#Awards|2003 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship "Most Valuable Player"]]''
* ''[[2003 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship#Awards|2003 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship "Best Blocker"]]''
* ''[[2003 FIVB Women's World Cup#Awards|2003 FIVB World Cup "Best Spiker"]]''

==References==
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==External links==
* {{sports links}}
* [http://www.zhaoruirui.com Zhaoruirui.com]

{{China squad 2003 FIVB Women's World Cup}}
{{China women volleyball team 2004 Olympics}}
{{China women volleyball team 2008 Olympics}}
{{Xinhua News Agency's Top Ten Chinese Athletes of the Year}}

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