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Liang Yan
In the 1980s, the Chinese women's volleyball team created an unrepeatable "five consecutive championships" great cause, inspiring all Chinese people to work hard.
From the 1981 World Cup to the 1986 World Championships, only one athlete of the Chinese women's volleyball team participated in all the competitions of the "five consecutive championships", and she was Liang Yan, who was known as the "smiling black baby".
At the end of 1986, Liang Yan officially retired. Unlike other women's volleyball sisters, Liang Yan did not take the usual path after retiring.
What is less known is that Liang Yan's husband Niu Yi is a super volleyball fan who befriended Liang Yan because he liked volleyball. The famous Liang Yan does not marry a high-ranking official, does not marry a rich man, is she happy to marry an ordinary fan husband?
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Liang Yan was born on October 4, 1961 in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, the father of an engineer and the mother of an intellectual woman.
Early Liang Yan
Liang Yan, who is 1.77 meters tall, has a healthy skin color of wheat color, loves to smile, combs a ponytail, and looks like a simple and physically outstanding girl.
In 1975, Wang Defen, a volleyball coach at Chengdu Amateur Sports School, came to the school to select seedlings and took a look at Liang Yan.
Wang Defen is an unknown hero in the Chinese sports world, and has also trained Zhang Rongfang, Zhu Ling, Wu Dan and other women's volleyball world champions.
Liang Yan was 14 years old when she came into contact with volleyball, and she practiced a little late, but she was talented and played a secondary attack in the team.
In 1976, Liang Yan was selected for the Chengdu volleyball team after only one year of practice. A year later, she was selected for the Sichuan Provincial Volleyball Team and became a professional athlete.
In 1979, Yuan Weimin, the head coach of the Chinese women's volleyball team, discovered Liang Yan during the winter training and recruited her to the national team.
Yuan Weimin and Liang Yan
At that time, Liang Yan felt that her basic skills were not solid, her skills were also very poor, and her confidence was lacking. Yuan Weimin arranged for her to live in a room with her compatriot Zhang Rongfang.
Zhang Rongfang is only 1.74 meters tall, but she is the main attack of the Chinese women's volleyball team, she is not killed on the training ground, and often flies to save dangerous balls. Zhang Rongfang's spicy ball style gradually infected Liang Yan, and she held her breath to gain a firm foothold in the national women's volleyball team.
At that time, the two main deputy attackers of the national team were Zhou Xiaolan and Chen Yaqiong, and Liang Yan served as a substitute. She has good physical fitness and comprehensive skills, and can play in the No. 3 and No. 2 positions.
Liang Yan's toes have suffered from paronychia for a long time, and the toenail cover turned purple and black after congestion, and finally all fell off. Sneakers often grind toes and even become infected.
In order to alleviate the pain, Liang Yan used scissors to cut a hole in the sneakers and "opened the skylight" for 10 toes.
Young Liang Yan
But during training, Liang Yan rolled over to save the ball, her toes touched the floor, and the pain caused her to hold her feet and spin on the ground, and the pain of drilling the heart could not be described in words.
In November 1981, Liang Yan accompanied the Chinese women's volleyball team to the third women's volleyball World Cup held in Japan. On November 16, the last match held in Osaka, Japan, was the Chinese women's volleyball team against the Japanese women's volleyball team known as the "Oriental Witch".
In the end, the Chinese women's volleyball team defeated the Japanese team 3-2 and won the championship with a total victory of 7 games.
This classic battle was accompanied by the explanation of Teacher Song Shixiong, which brought the fans on tv and radio to tears.
People's Daily reported on the Chinese women's volleyball team on the front page with a full page.
Reportage "Chinese Girl"
Deng Yingchao, who was the president of the All-China Women's Federation at the time, published an article in the Sports Newspaper entitled "All walks of life come to learn the spirit of the women's volleyball team". The reportage "Chinese Girl" also caused great repercussions.
Since then, the spirit of the women's volleyball team has become a force that inspires all Chinese people to work hard.
In the 1981 World Cup, Liang Yan came off the bench to perform well.
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In March 1982, the Chinese women's volleyball team visited Peru to adapt the venue for the World Championships held half a year later. In 10 days, the Chinese women's volleyball team played 8 games.
At the farewell banquet held by the organizers for the Chinese women's volleyball team, Zhou Xiaolan suddenly suffered from acute appendicitis and was sent to the Lima Police Hospital in Peru for surgery.
Two months later, Zhou Xiaolan, Lang Ping, Liang Yan and others ate ice cream, causing food poisoning. Later, the hospital found that ice cream contained E. coli typhoid.
Lang Ping and Zhou Xiaolan (right)
Zhou Xiaolan had a high fever and diarrhea, and her health was severely damaged, and the whole person lost more than 10 pounds, and her physical fitness was not as good as before.
In this case, Liang Yan replaced Zhou Xiaolan and began to become the main secondary attack of the Chinese women's volleyball team.
In September 1982, Liang Yan accompanied the team to the World Women's Volleyball Championship in Peru. The Chinese team lost 0-3 to the United States in the preliminary round, and the qualifying situation was urgent.
In the rematch match against Cuba, Yuan Wei replaced Zhou Xiaolan with Liang Yan and Replaced Chen Zhaodi by Zheng Meizhu, resulting in a 3-0 victory over Cuba by the Chinese team.
In the next 6 matches, the Chinese team all won 3-0 against the opponent and reached the final.
The old women's volleyball team won the World Championship in Peru
In the peak showdown with the host Peruvian team, the Chinese women's volleyball team defeated the Peruvian team 3-0 and won the "two consecutive championships".
Liang Yan has a healthy complexion and a smile, which is very popular with fans, and everyone affectionately calls her "Smiling Face Black Baby". She will play the short flat speed of the No. 3 position, and she will also play the back flying and back of the No. 2 position, and various tactics will dazzle the opponent.
The Cuban women's volleyball coach George gave Liang Yan a high evaluation: Liang Yan, a young player of the Chinese team, has reached the world-class level of fast attack and net blocking, and will be a bright star in the world women's volleyball world in the future.
The 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games has made Liang Yan unforgettable. In the group stage, the Chinese women's volleyball team lost to the United States team 1-3.
At that time, the U.S. women's volleyball team had two super heavy guns: one was the black star Heyman, who was 1.96 meters tall, and the other was Croctor.
Yuan Weimin and the women's volleyball girl
The reason why the Chinese women's volleyball team lost was because Lang Ping's attack was blocked, and the whole team was under great pressure. Yuan Weimin held a meeting overnight to help Lang calm down the pressure.
After defeating Japan in the semifinals of the Chinese women's volleyball team, it met the United States again in the final on August 7.
At that time, the 6 main players in the Chinese women's volleyball team were the main attackers Lang Ping and Zhang Rongfang, the second pass was Yang Ceylon, the secondary attack was Liang Yan and Yang Xiaojun, and the second pass was Zheng Meizhu.
In the first set, the two sides played very glue, the Chinese team originally led 14-9, and the Result was that the American team chased 14 draws in one go, and the competition on the field was white-hot. At the critical moment, Yuan Weimin sent Hou Yuzhu to serve.
The 21-year-old Hou Yuzhu sent a handball, the first to fall into the boundary, the American team members misjudged, lost a point, the score became 15-14.
Hou Yuzhu
The Chinese women's volleyball team won the moment
Hou Yuzhu sent a second ball, landing between the two members of the American team, the result of the team members to send the probe ball was killed by Lang Ping, the Chinese women's volleyball team won the thrilling first set 16-14, the morale of the American team was destroyed.
The Chinese women's volleyball team won the next two consecutive sets, defeating the American team 3-0 and winning the Olympic gold medal.
At this Olympic Games, the Chinese women's volleyball team won the only gold medal in the collective event of the Chinese sports delegation.
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Since then, Liang Yan has won the 1985 World Cup and the 1986 World Championship as the main secondary attacker, becoming the only team member to participate in all the competitions of the "Five Consecutive Championships", which has been recorded in history.
At the end of 1986, the 25-year-old Liang Yan officially retired. At that time, she could be a leader of the Sichuan Provincial Sports Committee, like Zhang Rongfang, Sun Jinfang, Zhu Ling, Cao Huiying, or like Lang Ping, Yang Xilan, Zheng Meizhu and so on.
Liang Yan (left) and Li Yanjun on the university campus
But Liang Yan did not take the usual path, chose to go to Chinese Min University for further study, and became a classmate with teammate Li Yanjun.
Liang Yan studied photojournalism at the National People's Congress and graduated in 1989. At this time, Liang Yan still had many good ways out, but she chose to become an editor of New Sports magazine.
This unit has only 88 employees and is a small unit. Liang Yan works in the editor-in-chief's office, which is cramped and contains a ping-pong table and a refrigerator.
Colleagues played table tennis inside, and Liang Yan had to go out to make room for them.
In the unit, Liang Yan did not have a star shelf and mingled with colleagues. She moved her desk with everyone, distributed mineral water, and ran upstairs and downstairs.
From left to right: Wu Dan, Zhang Rongfang, Liang Yan
From 1989 to 1990, New Sports magazine held the selection of "The World's Top Ten Athletes" and "Top Ten Athletes on Both Sides of the Straits", and the leader let Liang Yan go out to solicit sponsorship.
A female colleague had a hard time conceiving a child, but she couldn't get the fertility indicators and cried in the office. The colleague asked Liang Yan to go out of the horse and go to the street leader to coordinate.
She gave the other party a volleyball signed by all the members of the Chinese women's volleyball team, plus Liang Yan's colleague met the fertility conditions, Liang Yan dredged up, and the colleague finally got the fertility indicators.
In December 1990, Liang Yan received a letter from her mentor Wang Defen asking her to visit a patient with cancer at Beijing 301 Hospital. The next day, Liang Yan rushed to the hospital with flowers and conveyed the greetings of the teacher.
In 1991, a typist in the unit was hospitalized, and Liang Yan also visited the hospital. Liang Yan's simple and kind, won the praise of the unit up and down, everyone liked her.
Liang Yan
As early as 1987, Liang Yan got married. Her husband, Niu Yi, is a native of Beijing and comes from a musical family. Niu Yi had an older brother whose father worked for the Chinese People's Liberation Army Orchestra.
Influenced by his father, Niu Yi loved to play since he was a child, and after graduating from university, he was admitted to the Air Politics Literary troupe and became a performer.
Niu Yi is also a super women's volleyball fan, and he is very precious to the women's volleyball team. In the mid-1980s, Liang Yan met Niu Yi through a friend's introduction.
Niu Yi's familiarity with the volleyball arena and the changes in techniques and tactics surprised Liang Yan. As long as the Chinese women's volleyball team competes in China, Niu Yi will watch the game at its own expense.
The women's volleyball team competes abroad, and he also wants to watch it, but he is a soldier and is restricted from going abroad, so he watches live TV. If there's no live streaming on TV, he watches the video.
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Liang Yan participates in social activities
At the beginning, Liang Yan and Niu Yi were together, and from beginning to end, they talked about volleyball. Gradually, they began to talk about life and their expectations for the future, and love was born unconsciously.
Liang Yan made it clear in an interview that she had planned to stay at the Sichuan Provincial Sports Committee after retiring from the army, but in that case, her relationship with Niu Yi might be ruined. In order to be with Niu Yi, Liang Yan chose to go to the National People's Congress for further study and stayed in Beijing to work after graduation.
After Liang Yan's love was exposed, many people did not believe it and felt incredible. With Liang Yan's conditions, she can marry an official or a rich man, how can she marry an ordinary fan?
Some people also say that cattle art is whimsical, how can Liang Yan look at him? But Niu Yi felt that he was in tune with Liang Yan's spiritual level, and had a common language together, which was more important than material.
In 1988, Liang Yan gave birth to a daughter in Beijing, and she named the baby "Niu Yue". Because Niu Yue did not sound very pleasant, Niu Yi let her daughter take Liang Yan's surname and changed her name to "Liang Yue".
Liang Yan in the commercial sea
After Liang Yan became a mother, her parents both retired, and she took her parents to Beijing to live together. The old couple takes care of their granddaughter at home, undertakes housework for their daughter and son-in-law, and works hard and complains.
Before the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games, in order to improve the level of the women's volleyball team, the Spanish government submitted an application for assistance to the Chinese Volleyball Association, and the relevant departments were ready to let Liang Yan go abroad to coach.
But who knew that when they set off, the gulf war broke out and all flights were grounded. Later, the Gulf War subsided, and the unit arranged other jobs for Liang Yan, and Liang Yan missed the opportunity to coach abroad.
Because Liang Yan often goes out to solicit sponsorship for the unit, she has gradually accumulated a certain network. In 1995, with the encouragement of her friends, Liang Yan left the magazine "New Sports" and founded a sports culture media company in Beijing, where she served as a legal representative.
The company's business scope involves the hosting of events, planning, sports business expansion, advertising contracting and so on.
Liang Yan
The identity of the women's volleyball team "five consecutive champions", coupled with Liang Yan's good connections, has made Liang Yan's company business flourish. She often flies to the United States, Japan, Italy and other countries to talk about business, and the sky is flying at home and abroad.
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Liang Yanchong was on the front line, and her husband created a solid rear for her. As the parents-in-law grew older and took care of their granddaughters, niu yi picked up her daughter to and from school and tutored her to do her homework.
Every day after work, Niu Yi would rush to cook and cook; his parents-in-law had a headache and brain fever, and Niu Yi would take them to the hospital as soon as possible. Liang Yan went abroad to return to China, and Niu Yi was responsible for going to the airport shuttle.
Cattle art not only keeps the family in an orderly manner, but also cultivates the daughter to be both good and good at character. In 2006, after graduating from high school at the age of 18, Liang Yue was admitted to Tsinghua University with honors.
Liang Yan, because she takes care of the company, rarely cares about her daughter's studies, and now that her husband has trained her daughter to be so excellent, Liang Yan is full of gratitude.
Liang Yan recently took a photo
Niu Yi is a man with a sunny mentality, who never feels inferior because his wife has a good career, and silently pays for his wife behind his back. Liang Yan felt that marrying Niu Yi was the most correct choice.
In 2010, after graduating from University, Liang Yue studied for graduate school at Tsinghua University. After graduating with a master's degree, Liang Yue studied for a doctorate at her alma mater.
In 2016, Liang Yan was 55 years old. When she was young, because she fought too the court, she suffered an old injury to her waist. So Liang Yan handed over the company to his subordinates and began to shift the focus of her career to the family.
Liang Yan's mother suffers from high blood pressure and diabetes, and all these years her husband has been taking care of the elderly, and Liang Yan feels that she should also do filial piety for her mother. Every week, Liang Yan only goes to the company for two or three days, and the rest of the time she cooks at home and takes care of her parents and husband.
On weekends, Liang Yan and her husband will take their parents to climb mountains and fish.
Liang Yan (right) and Lang Ping
As a female ranking roommate, Liang Yan is often invited to participate in events. She originally wanted to take her husband with her, but Niu Yi did not like to appear in public with his wife, so she stayed at home to take care of her in-laws.
In 2022, the 61-year-old Liang Yan has been married to her husband for 35 years, and her 34-year-old daughter has her own stable career and life after graduation, often coming to accompany Liang Yan and her husband.
Niu Yi has also retired long ago and is used to taking care of Liang Yan at home. Liang Yan's heart is very warm, and sometimes jokes with her husband: You have taken care of me for most of my life, are you not bothered?
Niu Yile said hehehe: I married my idol home, happiness is not too late, how can I be annoyed? I'm willing to take care of you for 100 years!
Liang Yan's heart was sweet. As the super champion of the women's volleyball team's "five consecutive championships", Liang Yan is married to ordinary fans, dear readers and friends, do you think Liang Yan is married to a loss? Is she happy?
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