The highlight of Chinese football was not Hiroshima in 1994 or Beijing in 2004, but in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, where the Chinese women's soccer team won a silver medal.
In 1996, when women's soccer became an Olympic event for the first time, China was divided into a group with the United States, Denmark and Sweden, which was then called the death group. However, in the group stage, the Chinese team first defeated Sweden 2:0, although after 5:1 Denmark, 0:0 draw with the United States. Subsequently, in the knockout round, China reversed Brazil 3:2, and unfortunately lost to the United States in the final to be the runner-up.
This women's football team is called sonorous roses, these athletes are: Gao Hong, Xie Huilin, Fan Yunjie, Shui Qingxia, Wang Liping, Zhao Lihong, Sun Qingmei, Shi Guihong, Wei Haiying, Chen Yufeng, Yu Hongqi, Liu Ying, Liu Ailing, Wen Lirong, Sun Wen, Zhong Honglian, Niu Lijie, Zhao Yan, Li Yating, Zhang Yan, among them Niu Lijie Zhao Yan Li Yating Zhang Yan Four candidates and Zhong Honglian participated in the Atlanta Olympic Games with the team, but did not get the opportunity to play, now 25 years later, how are these sonorous roses living?
High red
Gao Hong was a goalkeeper at the time, Gao Hong once played in the Major Leagues, after 2003 Gao Hong began to retire, after retiring Gao Hong once served as an Olympic guest, football commentator, and now works as the head coach of the national U-16 women's soccer team.
Xie Huilin
Xie Huilin once played for the Shanghai team, playing as a right-back, in fact, Xie Huilin can also play as a central defender, but there are players such as Fan Yunjie and Wen Lirong in the team, and Xie Huilin has been engaged in right-back for a long time. Around 2000, Xie Huilin retired from the army, and after retiring, Xie Huilin went to the Central University of Finance and Economics for further study, and after graduation, she worked in the World Trade Center Industry Pavilion of the World Expo Park, and is currently engaged in the U18 team leader of the Shanghai women's football team.
Fan Yunjie
Fan Yunjie played as a central defender and played for Henan, but in 2004 Fan Yunjie chose to retire after Henan's relegation and the failure of the Athens Olympics. After retiring from the military, Fan Yunjie served in the Industry Training Department of the Ball Management Center of the Henan Provincial Sports Bureau.
Shui Qingxia
Shui Qingxia is a forward player of Shanghai women's football team, Shui Qingxia retired in 2001, after retiring, Shui Qingxia has served as Shanghai women's football team, China women's football youth team and Shanghai Major Sports School, Chinese young women's football coach, Shanghai youth women's football coach and other positions, before the Tokyo Olympic Games, there were rumors that Shui Qingxia would succeed Jia Xiuquan, but in fact this is empty.
Wang Liping
Wang Liping, who played as a central defender, retired around 2004, and after retiring, Wang Liping served as an assistant coach of women's football, and also worked as a journalist and commentator.
Zhao Lihong
Zhao Lihong, nicknamed "A Cat" as a defender, retired in 2004, and after retiring, he worked in the Guangdong Football Management Center and the Guangzhou Football Association to focus on youth training.
Sun Qingmei
Sun Qingmei, who served as a striker, announced his retirement in 1997, and after retiring, Sun Qingmei served as the manager of Hebei women's football team and the head coach of the national youth women's team.
Shi Guihong
Shi Guihong, a forward, retired in 1997, and shi Guihong's situation after retirement is unknown, welcome to add.
Wei Haiying
Wei Haiying played as a winger, retired in 1997, after retiring, Wei Haiying served as the vice president of Shenyang Kinder and the head coach of the Hong Kong women's football team, and in 2007 Wei Haiying was elected to the Hong Kong Parliament and was elected.
Chen Yufeng
Chen Yufeng's husband is Tang Xiaocheng of Shandong men's football team, Chen Yufeng is a Yantai native, playing as an avant-garde on the field, retired in 1997, after retiring, Chen Yufeng has been engaged in women's football training, successively serving as assistant coach and head coach of Shandong women's football.
Yu Hongqi (left)
Yu Hongqi
Yu Hongqi played as a defender and served as the coach of the women's football team of Dalian City Football Club after retiring.
Liu Ying
Liu Ying, a defender and the no. 10 player in women's football, missed a penalty at the 1999 Women's World Cup, and liu Ying retired as a coach in Beijing.
Liu Ailing
In March 2003, Liu Ailing announced her retirement, and after retiring, she served as the deputy secretary-general of the Beijing Football Association and served as the public welfare image ambassador of the "China Youth Campus Football Development Program".
Wen Lirong
Wen Lirong plays the role of defender and is the core of the defense. In the semi-finals, Wen Lirong received a red card and missed the final. After retiring from the military, Wen Lirong served as a teaching assistant for women's football, a member of the AFC Women's Football Committee and an official in the Women's Department of the Chinese Football Association.
Sun Wen
Sun Wen, a striker, played for shanghai SVA Women's Soccer Club and the Atlanta Impact team of the United Nations Women's Major League Soccer (WUSA), sun Wen announced her first retirement in 2003, announced her comeback in 2005, and retired for the second time in 2006. In December 2000, Sun Wen and American veteran Ax shared the honor of "Miss World Football". After retiring from the military, Sun Wen has served as a journalist and head coach of the Shanghai women's football team, and is now elected vice chairman of the Chinese Football Association.
Zhong Honglian
Zhong Honglian worked as a goalkeeper, in 1996 Zhong Honglian announced his retirement, in 2002 he served as a women's football goalkeeper coach,
Niu Lijie
Niu Lijie played as a striker and retired in 1996, after Niu Lijie retired, he opened a football school in Changchun.
Zhao Yan
Zhao Yan is a professional goalkeeper, and the information is unknown.
Li Yating
Li Yating's information is unknown.
Zhang Yan
Zhang Yan worked as a striker and served as a youth coach in primary and secondary schools after retiring.