As one of the representatives of the Chinese swimming team's women's butterfly, Zhou Yafei is known as the "Queen of Asian Butterflies", she has repeatedly broken Asian records, and won the 4×100m Medley Relay with her teammates at the 2003 World Championships in Barcelona, and her career was quite brilliant.
"Children born on the beach love water", and Zhou Yafei is no exception. Born in 1984 in Qingdao, Shandong Province, Zhou Yafei has developed a very strong interest in swimming since she was a child. She began to swim when she was 4 years old, when the children of the same age were still playing and making trouble, she has been practicing unremittingly, at the age of 6, her family saw that she swam well and worked hard, so they took her to the competition, when the little Zhou Yafei also won three championships in the Doll Cup competition.
She was highly talented and was selected for the national team at the age of 16, but initially she was not a regular athlete, but a substitute training. In fact, after Zhou Yafei participated in the competition and won the championship when she was a child, she attracted a lot of media attention, but when everyone thought that she was another rare talent in the swimming world, she did not play well in the next competition.
Fortunately, Zhou Yafei did not give up, but continued to practice as always. Although it is only as a substitute training for the national team, it is still an excellent learning opportunity for Zhou Yafei. After seeing the professional training, she ignited a competitive spirit and vowed to stay as a regular team member. After that, she worked harder, focusing all her attention on swimming, and finally officially became a member of the national team a year later.
In 2002, Zhou Yafei successfully participated in the Asian Games in Busan, South Korea through layers of selection, this was her first time to participate in an international large-scale competition, originally just wanted her to exercise the coach, did not think that Zhou Yafei would achieve excellent results, but Zhou Yafei was a blockbuster, in the butterfly 100 meters, 4 * 100 meters medley relay, successfully won two gold medals. He also became famous for the 100-meter butterfly and won the title of 'Asian Butterfly Queen'".
Zhou Yafei, who was a four-seater at the Asian Games, participated in many competitions after this, all of which achieved good results and became the core leader of the Chinese swimming team. However, due to physical fitness and other reasons, Zhou Yafei gradually faded out of the swimming circle after winning the bronze medal at the 2008 Olympic Games. After that, Zhou Yafei began to put her emotional life first under the persuasion of her coach.
The coach introduced two boys to Zhou Yafei, one named Du Feng and the other named Moko. Both are on a basketball team, tall and handsome. Finally they locked their eyes on Moko. Only after understanding did he find out that Moko had a girlfriend at that time, and Zhou Yafei did not mention this matter again. Moko's girlfriend is called Wang Fan, also a basketball player, originally the two lived happily after marriage, but unexpectedly Wang Fan in a training, sudden lung infarction, and finally rescue ineffective regret died.
Caught in the great grief of his wife's death, Moko was extremely decadent, and when his friend saw his bad state, he had the heart to introduce him to a new friend, and It was at this time that Zhou Yafei re-approached Moko's side. Despite Moko's short temper at the time, Zhou Yafei still touched him with a smile without complaint. She knew that Moko still supported her parents after Wang Fan's death, and understood that Moko was a sentient and righteous person, and later Moko gradually came out of grief and opened his heart to accept Zhou Yafei under the persuasion of Wang Fan's parents.
In 2012, Moko proposed to Zhou Yafei. After marriage, the two lived happily, and also gave birth to a son and a daughter, and Zhou Yafei often accompanied Moko to visit Wang Fan's parents during holidays. Sometimes Moko didn't have time to go, and Zhou Yafei took a small gift to visit him instead. Wang Fan's parents have no children and no one to rely on, and after seeing Zhou Yafei's efforts, they are deeply touched and treat her as their own daughter.
Some people say that In this marriage, Zhou Yafei made great sacrifices, but in fact, it was Zhou Yafei who understood her husband's filial piety and affection, knew that he was a reliable person, and would make this important life decision of marrying him. As an Asian swimming champion, Zhou Yafei was able to take care of her ex-wife with her husband and treat the elderly as her parents, which is really rare sincerity.