Previously, there has been news on the Internet that Liu Guozheng will leave the national team coaching staff. For these rumors, the national team has never come forward to refute the rumors, so the more they spread, the more true, many fans believe this statement. Since in the past period of time, Huang Haicheng and Chen Xuan have bid farewell to the national team, and Wang Hao has not appeared in the coaching bench of the national team for a long time, Liu Guozheng's exposure is lower, and fans will of course believe the rumors that he left the national team.
As for Liu Guozheng's whereabouts, there is news that he will go to the university to teach, but according to the latest appointment letter announced by the national table tennis, the suspense is completely revealed. According to the arrangement of national table tennis, Liu Guozheng will serve as the coach of the men's team of the national table tennis team, and his status in the team is second only to Qin Zhijian. The purpose of this appointment is to prepare for this autumn's Hangzhou Asian Games, and Liu Guozheng will assist Qin Zhijian in selecting the most suitable athletes to compete in the event, and strive to help the national table tennis complete the goal of winning all men's sports.
You know, Liu Guozheng did not have much sense of existence in the national table tennis team before, and even less than the opportunity for Qiu Yike and others to appear on camera. This time, Liu Guozheng directly became the head of the coaching team of the men's team, which shows that Liu Guoliang and Qin Zhijian both appreciate him and are willing to entrust him with heavy responsibilities. In this way, the rumors on the Internet are not self-defeating, and Liu Guozheng's coaching prospects are also worth looking forward to. At the same time as the career development ushered in the peak, Liu Guozheng's family life is still happy and happy, his wife is called Lu Lu, once a table tennis player, and Zhang Yining is a teammate, or Ding Ning's sister, the two have been sweet after they got married in 2010.
Liu Guozheng was born in 1980, 42 years old, from Wuhan, Hubei Province, but he did not play for Hubei, but played in Guangdong. In 1997, the 17-year-old Liu Guozheng performed prominently in the National Games and entered people's field for the first time. In the 1999 ITTF Finals, Liu Guozheng won the men's singles title when he was only 19 years old. At the 2002 Asian Games, Liu Guozheng won the team championship with his teammates, and his career ushered in a peak period. However, after the 2004 World Table Tennis Championships, Liu Guozheng suffered a serious injury, his state gradually declined, and he could not train normally after surgery, and after missing the 2008 Olympic Games, he had no choice but to retire.
After bidding farewell to the field, Liu Guozheng entered the coaching staff of the national team and studied with the old coaches. In 2012, Liu Guozheng served as the coach of the second national table tennis team and continued to accumulate experience. After the Rio Olympics, Liu Guozheng entered the men's group of the national table tennis team, and his contribution in the Tokyo Olympic cycle cannot be ignored. In 2019, Liu Guozheng was punished for making a mistake and was not allowed to participate in table tennis activities for 1 month. After that, Liu Guozheng actively repented, returned to coaching positions, and was eventually reused.