preface
When it comes to Rong Guotuan, many people are 10 points unfamiliar, but for some table tennis players, Rong Guotuan is a person who can never be forgotten in their hearts, for the life of Rong Guotuan and even his ending, many people are even more upset, he won the first world championship for the motherland, and he let the countries of the world see the strength of Chinese table tennis, but it is such a great sport that has gone away, at the age of 31, leaving his wife and son, he chose to commit suicide.
Born in the war-torn period of the RongGuo Regiment
Rong Guo Tuan, witnessed the British colonization of Hong Kong, Rong Guo Tuan was born during the war of aggression against China, when Rong Guo Tuan's father was very angry when he saw that China had become fragmented under the Japanese invasion, so he very much hoped that the Chinese people could unite and unanimously resist foreign enemies, so he finally gave his son the name of Rong Guo Tuan, during the outbreak of the war of aggression against China, Japan did not declare war on Britain, so Rong Guo Tuan did not suffer much influence in his infancy. It was not until 1940 that Japan and Britain were on the defensive side.
The Chinese land around Hong Kong has been occupied by Japan, and finally the Japanese army was able to easily take the Hong Kong area, in order to be able to continue to live, Rong Guotuan's father had to return to his hometown, when Rong Guotuan was only four or five years old, it was a naughty stage, his father because he did not have enough time to take care of him, he let Rong Guotuan and other children play table tennis, but also during the play with children, Rong Guotuan's body showed its extraordinary talent for table tennis. The father also admired and encouraged his son, if he plays well, he will inevitably have a good achievement in the future.
At that time, Rong Guotuan's father was working in the school, and in the school, the table tennis table was more standard and more professional, in order to be able to make the Rongguo Tuan get better training and faster improvement of technology, he brought the Rong Guotuan to the school for practice, in 1945, Japan surrendered, at this time Rong Guotuan was already a well-known star in the school, after the japanese surrender, when the domestic situation was stabilized again, he followed his father to Hong Kong again, and studied in the School in Hong Kong. At that time, because the Rong Guotuan family had not been in Hong Kong for a long time, after experiencing the war, his father did not find a fixed job for a while.
He rose to prominence at the age of 14
At that time, Rong Guo Tuan did not read for a long time, so in order to maintain his livelihood, the 14-year-old Rong Guo Tuan had to choose to go to the port to do hard work, although this job was very hard, but every day after work, Rong Guo Tuan would go to the pork stall of the market to practice table tennis, although the time was very tight, but over time, the ball skills of the Rong Guo Tuan were also greatly improved, when the ball skills of the Rong Guo Tuan were discovered by the boss of the market, under the introduction of the boss, the Rong Guo Tuan went to a table tennis club to work, Although this job is not as hard as hard work, it is still a lot of pressure on the Rong Guo Tuan.
However, in order to be able to accept better table tennis skills and have more time to practice table tennis, he still chose to persevere, but also under his insistence, he also led the club, got better results in the team competition in Hong Kong, Rong Guotuan was originally able to continue to practice in the club, but because the boss squeezed him, there was a quarrel between the two in the end, and finally Rong Guotuan did not make any hesitation and chose to resign. After resigning, Rong Guotuan would choose to work in a factory.
During his work, his table tennis talent was discovered by a leader of the Federation of Trade Unions, the leader believed that the Rong Guo Tuan was a talent that could be cultivated, so he let the Rong Guo Tuan concentrate on practicing, which was exactly his decision, so that the Rong Guo Tuan and the world champion of table tennis were getting closer and closer, after several years of professional training, the ball skills of the Rong Guo Tuan were greatly improved, especially in the Hong Kong Sports Championship, the Rong Guo Tuan won the singles championship singles three championships with absolute advantages, and after that, The Japanese table tennis team's friendly visit to Hong Kong is that the Rongguo group has already made a small reputation in the table tennis industry.
Won the first world championship for China
Therefore, the leader let him play a friendly match with Japanese table tennis, and in this friendly match, rongguo tuan once again crushed Japanese players with very good technology, to know that the Japanese team has also won the world championship, it can be seen that its strength is also very strong, but the excellent performance of Rong guotuan has also been noticed by the relevant departments in China, and the leaders of the relevant departments also believe that the Rongguo tuan is a valuable talent, if it is cultivated wholeheartedly, it will even be able to win a world championship in the future. You must know that China has never won a championship in any world-class sports competition at that time.
Later under the arrangement of the state, Rong Guotuan went to Guangzhou Institute of Physical Education to study, after a year of hard training here, Rong Guotuan's skills were precipitated again, and his physical fitness was also improved, in 1959, the 25th World Table Tennis Championships, Rong Guotuan won the world singles championship with an absolute advantage, which was the first world championship in Chinese history, and Rong Guotuan also became an idol of countless Chinese people, but later, Rong Guotuan won the second gold medal for China, However, his physical fitness declined, so he changed his career to become a coach and successfully led the Chinese team to win the world championship again.
If things go smoothly, the Rong Guo Tuan will create more possibilities in the future, but in the following years, the Rong Guo Tuan was crowned with the label of capitalism, plus he had been interviewed by many foreign journalists after winning the world championship, so many people described some people as spies who betrayed domestic secrets, although the Rong Guo Tuan at that time was bent on the motherland, but no one listened to him to explain, blindly imposing charges on him, forcing him to admit his mistakes. This was obviously worse for the Rongguo regiment than killing him, so he decided to use death to prove his innocence.
brief summary
On June 24, 1968, Rong Guotuan hanged himself, leaving a letter on his clothes, saying: I love my reputation more than life. Throughout the career of Rong Guotuan, he was born in the war and chaos period, witnessed the rise of the motherland from a ruin, and developed and grown step by step, he dared to do a lot of things for the motherland, but he encountered an unfriendly era, in this era, he became a victim of the times, which is the main reason why many fans are still unhappy.