The Northern Wilderness of 1972 was still a world of ice and snow.
In this snowy field, a grass-green middle jeep drove out from the headquarters of the First Division of the Heilongjiang Production and Construction Corps, and an obscure 19-year-old girl sat on the car.
And this girl, even if no one can imagine, she will become the future table tennis world champion, and also won the women's doubles championship with Cao Yanhua at the 36th World Table Tennis Championships.
The second from the left is Cao Yanhua, and the first on the right is Zhang Deying
She is Zhang Deying.
Today's Brief History Archive will talk to you about the legendary story of Zhang Deying.
Zhang Deying chose to come to the Northern Wilderness in order to play table tennis
Zhang Deying was too cold.
Zhang Deying in the car has been shaken into a sieve chaff, but Zhang Deying does not regret it, looking at the ice and snow world outside, Zhang Deying has a lot of expectations in his heart.
Three years ago, why did Zhang Deying come to the Northern Wilderness?
Her answer was to play.
A small table tennis, and Zhang Deying early indissoluble relationship, when he was 8 years old, Zhang Deying picked up the racket, at the age of 11, Zhang Deying entered the Shanghai Youth Amateur Sports School, at the age of 13, won the third place in Shanghai Junior Women, and in the same year, he also took back the championship trophy of the national junior women's team with his friends...
Zhang Deying
In 1966, Zhang Deying, who was only 13 years old, was already much more mature than others, and when others were still excited about getting the trophy, Zhang Deying had begun to imagine himself like Rong Guotuan, Li Furong, Xu Yinsheng, Zhuang Zedong, Lin Huiqing and other big brothers, big sisters and so on.
Heaven forbid.
A few years later, Beidahuang finally came to Shanghai to recruit intellectual youth, before Beidahuang always patronized other places, and now that he has come to Shanghai, Zhang Deying naturally has to firmly grasp this opportunity.
Zhang Deying plucked up the courage and came to the personnel of the recruitment office and asked, can he go?
The recruiter smiled, looked at the little girl in front of him and replied:
"Go ahead, we need people like you who play table tennis!"
Zhang Deying was very happy, and she would never forget this uncle from the Northern Wilderness who spoke to her, wearing a furry mink hat, wearing a faded military coat, and there were many folds on her face.
Zhang Deying
Unexpectedly, Zhang Deying made the decision without permission, or was discovered by his mother.
The mother absolutely did not agree with Zhang Deying going to the Northern Wilderness, and even in order to put an end to her daughter's idea, she secretly hid the household registration book so that her daughter had nowhere to go.
But Zhang Deying is a girl with an idea, since she decided to go to the Northern Wilderness in order to play ball, she will not give up easily, so when her mother does not pay attention, Zhang Deying secretly took out the household registration book and moved the household registration, which is no one can stop Zhang Deying.
The mother had no choice but to agree to her daughter to play ball, sew clothes for her daughter, pack her luggage, and finally the mother and daughter cried to the platform, and Zhang Deying also cried on the train.
Zhang Deying came to the Northern Wilderness in this way, and this year, Zhang Deying was only 16 years old.
Zhang Deying was aroused by his former teammates to make up his mind
What a fate!
Zhang Deying
Zhang Deying came to a different place from Shanghai and thought he could become a table tennis player, but for various reasons, Zhang Deying became a photographer.
What a trick of fate!
Without table tennis, Zhang Deying did not give up on himself, and Zhang Deying, who has always been strong, began to change a way of life, under this change, Zhang Deying matured and completely bid farewell to his youth.
It can be said that Zhang Deying is strong and has not been defeated in the face of difficulties, but Zhang Deying is by no means resigned, table tennis, this is her love, how can she forget it?
Unexpectedly, Zhang Deying, who did not have table tennis, gained the first love in his life.
This young man, with Zhang Deying from Shanghai, Zhang Deying is a table tennis player, and this young man is a football player, the two came to the Northern Wilderness together, and gradually, life arranged the two together to give each other some comfort.
However, the first love has always been difficult to end well, and the two lovers soon separated.
Zhang Deying
In the spring of 1971, although the night of the Northern Wilderness was still cold, it still tenderly confided some warmth.
On this day, Zhang Deying and the girl in the same dormitory, ready to go to the club to watch a movie together, coincidentally, This movie that Zhang Deying came to see, just the addition of this movie is the 31st World Table Tennis Championships that just ended in Nagoya, Japan.
In an instant, one by one the silver balls jumped up again to arouse the love in Zhang Deying's heart, Zhang Deying did not turn his eyes, and kept staring at the game on the screen, suddenly, Zhang Deying couldn't help but cry.
The girl in the same dormitory asked:
"What's wrong, Xiao Zhang?"
Zhang Deying is still crying, at this moment the screen is a Chinese table tennis players competition figure, it turns out, there is an athlete on the screen, called Xu Jianqin, this athlete used to be in Shanghai and Zhang Deying is a self-school.
Nowadays, Xu Jianqin represents the motherland in international competitions, while Zhang Deying has given up table tennis, photography, she likes it, but does it exceed table tennis?
The second from the left is Xu Jianqin
The answer must be no!
The film ended, the movie began to be screened, but Zhang Deying could no longer watch the movie, until the end of the movie, Zhang Deying immediately ran back to the dormitory, and took out his long-sealed ping-pong racket from the bottom of the box.
Zhang Deying held it, as if holding the hand of his old friend, and the tears fell on the racket unconsciously.
"I must play!"
Zhang Deying took the racket and suddenly said a vicious sentence, it was like saying it to others, but Zhang Deying knew that this was said to himself.
Zhang Deying finally successfully entered the national team to win glory for the country
The next day, Zhang Deying immediately wrote a letter to the National Sports Commission and the Heilongjiang Provincial Sports Commission, in which he described his desire to play.
Finally, Zhang Deying achieved his wish.
The first on the left is Zhang Deying
This year, the Heihe region organized a table tennis competition, Zhang Deying went to participate in the competition with the permission of the leader, what he did not expect was that Zhang Deying, who had not held a racket for many years, picked the local women's champion off the horse as soon as he got started, and even the men's champion lost under Zhang Deying's racket.
At this point, Zhang Deying instantly became famous.
This winter, Zhang Deying came to the provincial table tennis team under the arrangement of the organization, and after several games, Zhang Deying faced the female athletes of the provincial team, completely unfazed, and won the victory smoothly.
Then, Zhang Deying returned to Beidahuang, she knew that she was leaving Beidahuang, she was going to become a table tennis player.
However, the transfer order was delayed, and Zhang Deying could not bear it any longer, so he went to personally talk to the chief of staff of the division, and it turned out that the chief of staff had already received the transfer order, but he was reluctant to Let Zhang Deying go and did not want to let her go.
Zhang Deying cried out in a hurry, this opportunity to play again was not easy to come by, if it was delayed for a few more years, then who knows what will happen in the future?
So, for the first time, this strong girl cried and applied to the chief of staff of the division to let herself play, and she really couldn't stay any longer. And the tears and sincerity finally impressed the division chief of staff.
The first on the right is Zhang Deying
Zhang Deying, you can finally go to play table tennis!
In 1972, in the snow on the Northern Wilderness, a grass-green Middle Jeep drove out of the headquarters of the First Division of the Heilongjiang Production and Construction Corps, and a 19-year-old girl who was about to become famous in the world table tennis arena sat on the car.
Soon, first the provincial team, and then the national team, Zhang Deying, with his own good skills, gradually entered the place of honor he loved.
In 1975, after Zhang Deying entered the national team, after the adjustment of the coaching team, Zhang Deying belonged to the right hand directly holding the racket, playing the traditional "left push right attack" playing style.
But Zhang Deying has excellent physical fitness, the reaction is much faster than that of people with the same style of play, and the forehand explosive force is strong, the backhand is not weak, according to the characteristics, Zhang Deying has trained a body with a variety of changes in the serve, and then use the forehand to grab the offensive technology, that is, the main fight for the first three boards.
At that time, Zhang Deying's serve change was the most, the attack speed was also very fast, and the hitting landing point was even more unique, for example, in today's table tennis world, Ding Ning's squat slash serve is also a kind of serve change.
Ding Ning
It is worth mentioning that zhang Deying entered the national team, is the main player, when visiting Europe that year, it was the first time Zhang Deying represented the national team to fight abroad, and Zhang Deying also lived up to expectations, playing 19 times, only losing 1 game.
This terrible winning percentage is also amazing to get now!
In 1977, Zhang Deying participated in the 34th World Table Tennis Championships held in Birmingham, England, as the third seed in the women's singles, and finally won the third place in singles;
In the women's team final, Jang Deok Young defeated South Korea's Jeong Hyun Sook, making great contributions to the Chinese team's championship;
In 1978, Zhang Deying participated in the 8th Asian Games held in Bangkok, Thailand, and finally won the second place in singles, and also won the doubles championship with Zhang Li and the mixed doubles runner-up with Liang Geliang;
In 1979, Zhang Deying participated in the 35th Table Tennis Championships held in Pyongyang, North Korea, and in the women's team final, Zhang Deying maintained a terrible winning rate and made a contribution to the Chinese team winning the championship with a total victory;
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The second from the right is Zhang Deying
In 1981, this was also the last time Zhang Deying participated in the World Series, at the 36th World Table Tennis Championships, Zhang Deying still played as a main athlete and made a contribution to the team championship, and then cooperated with Cao Yanhua to win the women's doubles championship.
I have to say that Zhang Deying's career is really a highlight of infinity!
Zhang Deying retired and then went to the United States as a coach
In 1981, Zhang Deying retired and left the national team.
But there is no doubt that Zhang Deying's end is wonderful, not to mention that He and Cao Yanhua finally won the championship, that is, they did not win the championship, and Zhang Deying's career is also very exciting. After 5 years of retirement, Zhang Deying decided to come to the United States under consideration.
But as the saying goes, it is as good as a thousand at home, and it is difficult to go out.
Zhang Deying finally experienced this process, when he just came to a foreign country, Zhang Deying was also difficult to adapt to for a while, but the experience of the Great Northern Wilderness made Zhang Deying more tenacious. In order to adapt to the American environment as soon as possible, and in order to strengthen the connection between sports professionals in the United States, Zhang Deying took the initiative to advocate the establishment of a Chinese non-governmental organization, that is, the National Sports Professionals Elite Association.
Soon, the National Sports Professionals Elite Association was announced to be founded in Los Angeles!
Lang Ping
Under the recommendation of everyone, Zhang Deying took up the first president of the Elite Fraternity, and it is worth mentioning that the vice presidents are Lang Ping, the volleyball world champion, and Li Hongping, the diving world champion.
On the day of the establishment of the fraternity, Chinese athletes in Los Angeles came to participate, including gymnastics world champion Li Xiaoping and his wife, women's platform diving world champion Chen Xiaoxia, and Lang Ping's family.
At the inaugural meeting of the elite association, Zhang Deying took the stage to speak, welcoming Chinese athletes in the United States, Hong Kong athletes in China, and athletes in Taiwan:
"We are all descendants of the dragon, and we all have the blood of the descendants of YanHuang flowing in our bodies, and our blood is connected."
Zhang Deying's words won the applause of everyone present.
After listening to Zhang Deying's words, Zhu Yifeng, the patron of the Elite Fraternity and the president of the China Fraternity Association, praised Zhang Deying's work in place, just like her grades are first-class. Subsequently, Chinese athletes in the United States were summoned to form a fraternity association, which strengthened the unity and mutual assistance among Chinese athletes.
Zhang Deying, Xu Yinsheng, Li Furong, Lei Jun, Cao Yanhua
As we all know, in 1984, Los Angeles hosted the Olympic Games, and Zhang Deying came to the United States in 1986.
In this regard, Zhang Deying will always joke with many athletes in the fraternity, if Los Angeles is going to hold the Olympic Games next, then the Chinese delegation will not have to work hard, directly from Los Angeles to organize a group of retired athletes, still win the gold medals in various Olympic events.
That's not wrong!
Of course, Zhang Deying's attention is not only in the elite fraternity, after coming to the United States, Zhang Deying came to the California Table Tennis Association Club, became a table tennis coach, but also has a stable income, support their own in the United States.
This club is not big, but the facilities are very advanced, in addition to the table tennis association club, there are basketball, football and other venues.
Zhang Deying coached table tennis here, every afternoon at 3 o'clock, many table tennis enthusiasts in California will drive to the club to practice, Zhang Deying is to teach them table tennis skills, such as how to serve, after all, in this regard, Zhang Deying is a master.
The first on the right is Zhang Deying
Of course, the people who come here to play are not all playing, but there are also many athletes who are serious children, and some are Chinese college students, who have great respect for Zhang Deying, after all, they can practice under the guidance of the world champion, which is very lucky.
It is worth mentioning that before the 40th World Table Tennis Championships, many athletes came to Zhang Deying's club and hoped that Zhang Deying would give him advice and training.
It seems that Zhang Deying's coaching road has a long way to go!
Zhang Deying's husband is Yang Chunxia's younger brother
grades! honor! undertaking! Zhang Deying has it, let's talk about Zhang Deying's love.
It is said that Zhang Deying first met a screenwriter from the Shanghai Yue Opera Troupe, and after a period of understanding, Zhang Deying felt that this person's bookish anger was too serious, that is, people who were not suitable for life.
However, is it said that Zhang Deying has no fate with the theater industry?
That must not be.
Yang Shanlin
Because Zhang Deying's final lover is still related to the theater industry, Zhang Deying found a lover who sang Peking Opera, Yang Shanlin, the two always confessed later, no one expected that the partner would actually be the other party, after all, a Peking Opera master and a world champion, this is really not together!
First of all, let's talk about Yang Shanlin, "Wu Jia Po", "Dragon and Phoenix Chengxiang", these are Yang Shanlin's best skills, naturally, Yang Shanlin has also attracted the favor of countless girls, but Yang Shanlin is also Wooden for love, until he saw Zhang Deying.
It is also strange to say that one does not understand Peking Opera, one does not understand table tennis, but after being together, they quickly like each other's professions, Zhang Deying has become a fan of Peking Opera, Yang Shanlin also likes to play two racks of table tennis, sometimes Zhang Deying will deliberately let Yang Shanlin score 17 points, but every time Yang Shanlin loses.
Finally, in the winter of 1983, Zhang Deying and Yang Shanlin married Qin Jin, and Yang Shanlin's sister Yang Chunxia was very happy when she learned about it, and her sister-in-law was actually the famous world champion Zhang Deying.
Played by Yang Chunxia
Naturally, Zhang Deying could never have imagined that her sister Yang Chunxia would become a popular film and television star throughout the country in the future, because Yang Chunxia, in addition to being a famous Peking Opera performance artist, also successfully played the role of Bai Bonejing in the later "Journey to the West", and won everyone's love with superb acting skills.
Of course, this is all an afterthought.
Zhang Deying and Yang Shanlin were married, and Yang Chunxia also personally returned to Shanghai from Beijing to attend their wedding.
Later, everyone also knew that Zhang Deying came to the United States alone in 1986, and Zhang Deying did not know how many tears he shed for missing his husband and daughter.
Knowing that her daughter likes dolls, Zhang Deying specially bought many plush dolls to send back to her daughter, and some dolls even sold for 20 US dollars, but Zhang Deying was still very willing to buy for her daughter.
The next year, her husband Yang Shanlin also came to Los Angeles, but her daughter still could not come, although the arrival of her husband gave Zhang Deying comfort, but for her daughter's thoughts, Zhang Deying was completely uncontrollable.
Zhang Deying
Separation is painful, and Zhang Deying can only turn pain into motivation for struggle.
With the efforts of Zhang Deying and her husband, the two successfully had their own home in Ahmed Brand, Los Angeles, the house is a garden-style apartment, and Zhang Deying's home lives on the second floor here.
This is a two-bedroom and one-living room, plus a kitchen and bathroom, the area is more than 60 square meters, and Zhang Deying also bought a car, and the day is finally settled.
In addition to the American house, Zhang Deying's house in Shanghai was also renovated by Zhang Deying, although he suffered from missing it, but the crystallization of Zhang Deying's hard work also remained in these two houses.
In the face of this kind, Yang Shanlin also often said:
"Whether it is career or family business, Deying is indeed better than me, and she is very good at taking care of the family."
Of course, Yang Shanlin found a good wife, and Zhang Deying also found a good husband, and the combination of this couple can be described by having a thousand miles to meet.
In the middle is Zhang Deying
Looking at the path of life, there is no doubt that Zhang Deying has lived his own wonderful life.
Let us sincerely wish Zhang Deying's family a happy and happy life!
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