Guo Jingjing's early life:
Born on October 15, 1981 in Baoding, Hebei Province, his father Guo Shuzhong worked in the railway, and his mother Fan Yumei was a worker at Lucky Film Factory.
In 1986, Guo Jingjing was only 5 years old and still in kindergarten. At that time, the sports school coach came to pick the small team members, and at a glance, she looked at her, she thought she was going to learn to swim, so she happily went with the coach. I originally agreed to Guo Jingjing to learn diving only to make her daughter who likes to be picky eaters in good health. When she got to the plunge pool, she regretted a little, how she refused to jump down, and was forced by the coach to jump once, hey, I chose it. In this way, Guo Jingjing began diving training at the Baoding Training Base in Hebei Province. However, Guo Jingjing's kneecap has some protrusions, which will affect the aerial shape, so Guo's father had to sit on his daughter's knee to forcibly press his legs, at this time Guo Jingjing's painful sweat beads will fall, every time he presses his legs for his daughter, it is also a torment for Guo Shuzhong and Fan Yumei, especially Guo's mother once wanted her daughter to give up diving, but Guo Jingjing, who was young, insisted on it.
In 1992, at the age of 11, Guo Jingjing rushed to Nanjing for training with the team once, and was favored by Yu Fen, the coach of the national team at the time. Yu Fen asked her: "Do you want to come to the national team?" She replied innocently, "Think!" A glorious road to the championship gradually unfolded in front of her.
At the 1994 National Diving Championships, after Guo Jingjing won two gold medals in the women's 10-meter platform and the three-meter board, people exclaimed: China has produced another 13-year-old wizard!
The two years of brilliance in 1994 and 1995 made the expectations of the Chinese people for her rise rapidly.
On September 7, 1995, in the women's double platform diving competition of the 9th World Cup Diving Competition held in Atlanta, USA, Guo Jingjing cooperated with Wang Rui and won the gold medal; on September 9, Guo Jingjing cooperated with Deng Lin in the women's double three-meter springboard diving competition and won the gold medal. In this cup, Guo Jingjing also won the women's team and mixed team championships.
Once upon a time
The 1996 Olympics in Atlanta brought her the first major setback of her life. At the age of 15, Guo Jingjing made her debut on the Olympic stage. Prior to this, in the Olympic Trials, Guo Jingjing actually defeated Fu Mingxia. However, the fledgling little girl and the national team "first sister" who has been tempered by the competition compete in the same field, and the result is already doomed before the game starts. In the competition, Guo Jingjing was so nervous that she could not even complete the turning action, and in the end, Fu Mingxia won the championship, and Guo Jingjing finished fifth. At that time, Guo Jingjing felt that she was light and small. "My memory is blurred, and I'm excited to qualify for the Olympics." Many years later, Guo Jingjing felt that the Atlanta Olympics were an important training, not a failure. After that, Fu Mingxia announced her retirement, and Guo Jingjing grew into a new "first sister" of the national diving team with hard training, she won the World Championships and world cups successively, but there was no Olympic gold medal.
On July 27, 1996, the 26th Olympic Games were held in Atlanta, USA, and Guo Jingjing won the fifth place in the women's 10-meter platform competition.
In October 1997, Guo Jingjing participated in the diving competition of the 8th National Games held in Shanghai and won the second place in the women's 3m board with a score of 553.86 points.
In January 1998, Guo Jingjing participated in the World Swimming Championships held in Australia and won the second place in the women's platform. In May, Guo Jingjing competed in the U.S. leg of the Finnical Grand Prix in Florida, USA, and won the gold medal in the women's one-meter springboard with a score of 273.72 points. In June, Guo Jingjing participated in the National Diving Gold Medal Competition held in Chengdu and won the gold medal in the women's three-meter springboard. In July, Guo Jingjing won the second place in the women's one-meter springboard with a score of 270.93 points in the diving competition of the Friendship Games held in New York, USA. In September, Guo Jingjing participated in the National Diving Championships held in Tianjin and won the gold medal in the women's three-meter springboard with a score of 531.39 points. In December of the same year, Guo Jingjing won the gold medal in the women's three-meter springboard with a score of 547.47 points in the diving competition of the 13th Asian Games held in Bangkok.
In January 1999, Guo Jingjing participated in the 11th World Cup Diving Tournament held in Wellington, New Zealand, and won the gold medal in the women's double three-meter springboard with Yang Lan, and won the third place in the women's single three-meter springboard with a score of 272.97 points, and then won the first place in the mixed team with her teammates. In April, Guo Jingjing won the gold medal in the women's one-meter springboard with a score of 268.02 points at the National Diving Championships held in Jinan, and the second place in the women's three-meter springboard with a score of 559.77 points. In May, Guo Jingjing cooperated with Liang Xiaoqiao at the International Swimming Grand Prix in Florida, USA, and won the gold medal in the women's double three-meter springboard. In June, Guo Jingjing participated in the international diving competition held in Reniper, Sweden, and won the gold medal in the women's three-meter board. In September, Guo Jingjing participated in the finals of the 2nd Fins Diving Grand Prix in Mexico and won the gold medal in women's three-meter board diving. In October, Guo Jingjing participated in the National Diving Championships and Olympic Qualification Competition held in Chengdu, where she won the first place in the women's one-meter board competition and cooperated with Liang Xiaoqiao to win the first place in the women's three-meter board double jump. [1]
Success is about being able to withstand setbacks
In Guo Jingjing's diving career, she broke her leg twice and suffered from a long-term ankle injury, and she persevered all the way. For Guo Jingjing, none of this was a setback, and the only thing that made her feel seriously frustrated was the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
The 2000 Sydney Olympics became a contest between the two "sisters" of the Chinese diving team. Guo Jingjing ultimately fell short in the lead in the preliminaries and semi-finals. "The preparation before the game was particularly arduous, we arrived in Jinan more than 100 days in advance, and we spent the whole day in the dormitory and diving hall, and finally almost reached the brink of collapse." Although winning the silver medal cannot be said to be a failure, the four years of hard work were in vain, and Guo Jingjing was completely defeated. She spent the night at the Olympics that day, and she thought about giving up. However, Guo Jingjing finally chose to use training to forget the pain. Since then, she has been more energetic, and almost every time she trains, she exhausts herself, like fighting with herself, with fate. "The taste of failure is bitter, but it was a vivid lesson, and then I worked harder, you only have the strength to compete with all the opponents." Now it seems that the Sydney Olympics were a big factor that took me to the next level. Many years later, everything was light and breezy, and Guo Jingjing thanked her failure to hone her will.
In January 2000, Guo Jingjing participated in the World Cup diving competition held in Sydney, Australia, and won the first place in the women's three-meter board, the first place in the women's team and mixed team, and the second place in the women's double three-meter board with Liang Xiaoqiao. In April, Guo Jingjing cooperated with Fu Mingxia in the National Diving Championships and Olympic Trials held in Jinan, Shandong Province, and won the first place in the women's double three-meter board, and won the first place in the women's one-meter board and the women's three-meter board. In May, Guo Jingjing participated in the Canada Cup International Diving Competition held in Montreal and won the first place in the women's three-meter board. At the start of the Sydney Olympic Games in September, Guo Jingjing won the silver medal in the women's singles three-meter plate, and then cooperated with Fu Mingxia to win the silver medal in the women's double three-meter plate, and her second Olympic journey passed by the gold medal.
In 2001, Guo Jingjing participated in the 9th World Swimming Championships held in Fukuoka City, and won the women's single 3m board, the women's double 3m board and the women's 1m board. In the same year, Guo Jingjing won the women's 1m springboard championship and the women's 3m springboard championship in the 9th National Games.
In 2002, Guo Jingjing won the women's 1m springboard championship and the women's 3m springboard championship in the national diving championships. At the 13th World Cup diving competition, Guo Jingjing won the women's single 1m springboard championship, the women's single 3m springboard champion, and the women's double 3m springboard runner-up. In the same year, at the Busan Asian Games, Guo Jingjing won the women's single 3m board championship and the women's double 3m board championship.
In 2003, Guo Jingjing won the women's 3m board single and double championships in the International Swimming Federation Diving Grand Prix in Australia. Subsequently, in the International Swimming Federation Diving Grand Prix in China, she won the women's 3m board single and double championships. In the same year, Guo Jingjing participated in the 10th World Swimming Championships held in Barcelona, winning the women's singles 3m board championship, the women's double 3m board championship and the women's single 1m board championship.
To succeed is to reach the top
In the next 4 years, Guo Jingjing made a big deal in the domestic and foreign arenas.
At the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, Guo Jingjing finally realized her dream of winning the Olympic Championship. The national anthem was played, and Guo Jingjing said: The championship moment, I finally waited! "I barely felt anything from the outside world during the game, just thinking about my movements, nothing else could affect me. After jumping one by one, the gold medal will be in hand. I have imagined countless times what will happen after winning the gold medal, and I will be very excited. After getting it, the feeling is still different from what I imagined, I am really happy, and I am also a little excited in my heart, but I can't reach the level of imagination. "Before the strong psychological pressure, long waiting and struggle, after the wind and rain finally ushered in the rainbow, this moment, but the heart is as quiet and peaceful as clear water."
In February 2004, Guo Jingjing participated in the 14th World Cup diving competition held in Athens, and won the runner-up of the women's single 3m board and the women's double 3m board championship. In August, Guo Jingjing participated in the Athens Olympic Games, winning the women's single 3m board championship and the women's double 3m board championship.
In July 2005, Guo Jingjing participated in the 11th World Swimming Championships held in Montreal, winning the women's single 3m board and the women's double 3m board championships. In October, Guo Jingjing won the women's single 3m board championship, the women's 3m board double championship and the women's 1m board championship in the 10th National Games. In November, Guo Jingjing participated in the East Asian Games held in Macau, winning the women's double 3m board championship and the women's 1m board championship.
In 2006, Guo Jingjing participated in the FINA Diving Grand Prix held in Rostock, Germany, and won the women's single 3m board championship and the women's double 3m board championship. In the same year, Guo Jingjing won the second place in the women's 1m board in the national diving championships.
In 2007, Guo Jingjing participated in the 12th World Swimming Championships held in Melbourne, winning the women's single 3m board championship and the women's double 3m board championship.
To succeed is to force yourself to do it
Persistence is a distinctive mark of Guo Jingjing's sports career, and after four years and another four years, Guo Jingjing has not stopped. From the 2007 Melbourne World Championships to the World Series to the Olympic Trials, as well as the first event of the year in The Country, from singles to doubles, she won all the gold medals except the gold medals at the American Grand Prix. On her blog, there is a saying that success is forcing yourself to keep doing it.
If there is no one, the diving hall of more than 4,000 people is extremely quiet, and even the audience has a rare calm, because compared with the first four rounds of action, Guo Jingjing on the springboard has become synonymous with "invincible", Guo Jingjing was very calm when she stepped on the springboard in the last round, after all, she has experienced 17 years of water beating waves.
In February 2008, Guo Jingjing participated in the Diving World Cup held in Beijing, winning the women's single 3m board championship and the women's double 3m board championship. In August, Guo Jingjing participated in the 29th Beijing Olympic Games, winning the women's singles three-meter board championship and partnering with Wu Minxia to win the women's doubles 3m board championship. So far, Guo Jingjing has won her fourth gold medal in the history of the Olympic Games, and has become the second most gold medalist in China alongside Deng Yaping, Fu Mingxia and Wang Nan (the first place is gymnast Zou Kai, a total of five). At the same time, she also surpassed Fu Mingxia (4 gold and 1 silver) with 4 gold and 2 silver Olympic medals. Since the establishment of the women's diving program at the 1912 Summer Olympics, Guo Jingjing is the first female athlete to win 6 medals in the event.
On July 21, 2009, in the women's 3m board final of the World Swimming Championships in Rome, Guo Jingjing easily won the gold, becoming the only five-time winner in the history of the World Championships. On July 24, Guo Jingjing and Wu Minxia won the gold medal in the women's double 3m board. This victory made Guo Jingjing win the gold medal of 3 meters single and double at the World Championships for the fifth consecutive time, becoming the first person to win the double five consecutive championships at the World Championships. On October 8, Guo Jingjing won the gold medal with 421.20 points in the women's single 3m board final of the National Games. On December 13 of the same year, she partnered with Wu Minxia and won the women's doubles three-meter board championship at the 5th East Asian Games (Hong Kong) with 357.60 points.
In 2009, after the End of the East Asian Games, Guo Jingjing entered Chinese University and began to rest "indefinitely". At that time, Guo Jingjing herself did not know whether to continue her diving career. At the end of September 2010, before the Guangzhou Asian Games, Guo Jingjing's name was still prominently listed in the new diving team training list released by the Chinese Swimming Association, but she did not return to the team on time and eventually missed the Guangzhou Asian Games.
On January 22, 2011, Guo Jingjing officially announced her retirement.
Get married and have children
On November 8, 2012, Guo Jingjing and Huo Qigang officially registered their marriage in Hong Kong, including three Hong Kong chief executives, Li Ka-shing, Andy Lau, Jackie Chan, Fu Mingxia and other celebrities from all walks of life. The wedding took nearly eight hours and had as many as 1,800 guests.
On August 27, 2013, Guo Jingjing gave birth to a baby boy for Huo Qigang, weighing 3.3 kilograms.
In April 2014, informed sources revealed that Guo Jingjing was about two months pregnant, the sex of the baby was unknown, and her mother-in-law Zhu Lingling would take pictures with them when she was born, such as her second grandson. Guo's mother lives in Jinggang's new home, which is convenient for taking care of her daughter and sharing the work of caring for her children.
Reported on April 12, 2017, the 36-year-old diving queen Guo Jingjing has a joy and is now pregnant with a daughter, which is a good word.
I personally feel that Guo Jingjing can be regarded as a winner in life, success is through hard work, how much bitterness is unknown, and their spirit is constantly inspiring us to move forward.