Background
Zhou was born in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province.
周晓兰
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.
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 with about 20-50 students in each class.
She currently coaches for East Coast Elite in Mount Airy, Doctor of Medicine.