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Although the phrase "sports are practiced by rich people" is not necessarily correct, it does tell part of the truth, basically many athletes are not rich or expensive, at least the family conditions are not very bad.
But there are exceptions to everything, in the Chinese women's volleyball team, there are not only these players from sports families or wealthy families, but also players from rural areas, today let's take a look at 4 women's volleyball players from rural families:
One: Xu Yunli
Xu Yunli was born on August 2, 1987 in Xiasheng Village, Yinxi Town, Fuqing City, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, to an ordinary peasant family!
Xu Yunli's father Xu Fangrui and mother Wu Xiulan are simple farmers, Xu Fangrui is 1 meter 81 tall, Wu Xiulan is 1 meter 67 tall, Xu Yunli has inherited the excellent height genes of her parents.
Although it is better for many people to grow taller, Xu Yunli was distressed by her height when she was a child, and the reason was that she was too tall to go to kindergarten.
Helplessly, Xu Yunli's parents had to send Xu Yunli directly to primary school, and when she reached the second and third grades, the benefits of growing tall came.
At that time, Chen Dan, the coach of Fuqing City Junior Sports School, went to Xu Yunli's school to select materials, and Xu Yunli was favored by Chen Dan at a glance because of her height.
But Chen Dan is an athletics coach, so he brought Xu Yunli into his track and field team, Xu Yunli's parents do not understand sports, but Xu Yunli likes it, so they also support their daughter's idea.
After practicing with Chen Dan for a while, Coach Chen Dan found that Xu Yunli's height was still growing, and he felt that if Xu Yunli continued to practice athletics with himself, he would be a bit condescending, so he recommended Xu Yunli to Fang Hanying, the volleyball coach of Fujian Provincial Sports School.
Coach Fang Hanying saw Xu Yunli for the first time and was also "shocked" by her height, so he made an exception to recruit this "jump student".
In 1998, when Xu Yunli was 11 years old, her mother Wu Xiulan went abroad to Japan to help Xu Yunli's aunt take care of business, and after that, the mother and daughter could only rely on telephone contact.
Xu Yunli and her mother agreed to talk on the phone every Friday, because there was no telephone in the dormitory, so every Friday, Xu Yunli ran to the coach's dormitory early to wait for her mother's phone.
Because her mother was not around, Xu Yunli rarely told her mother anything, and once she was sick and lay alone in the dormitory for several days without telling her mother.
Another time, Xu Yunli followed the team to Japan to play, for a long time did not see the daughter's mother wanted to come to the scene of the game to see her daughter, who knew that Xu Yunli said: "You still don't come, waste money, and I still have to train the game, in a few days back to call you." ”
In this way, the mother and daughter did not see each other for nearly 7 years, until Xu Yunli's mother decided to return to China in 2005, and at this time she suffered from severe rheumatoid fever because she worked in the cold storage in Japan for many years.
Xu Yunli saw her mother's situation, trained harder, and in 2006, when Xu Yunli was 19 years old, she was selected for the national team by Chen Zhonghe, then the head coach of the Chinese women's volleyball team.
After playing a few games, many experts commented that Xu Yunli was: "One high breaks three moves".
Women's volleyball head coach Chen Zhonghe has high hopes for Xu Yunli: "After training, she is a talent that can be created. ”
After entering the national team at the beginning, Xu Yunli performed very well, but after that, she fell into a trough, the technology was difficult to break through, the offensive rhythm was not coordinated with the whole team, and she became a marginal figure of the national team.
In the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Xu Yunli was selected for the final list, but at that time, the Chinese women's volleyball team had a lot of talents on the secondary offensive line, Zhao Ruirui, Xue Ming, Ma Yunwen, etc., Xu Yunli could only be a substitute.
After that, the Chinese women's volleyball team entered a chaotic period, and although Xu Yunli was always a member of the national team, she always played a substitute role.
Until the end of the London Olympic Games, Xu Yunli has been in the national team for 7 years, but during this period, the Chinese women's volleyball team has not been able to win the world championship.
In 2013, the Chinese women's volleyball team entered the "Lang Ping era", Xu Yunli was still selected for the national team, and under the guidance of Lang Ping, a large number of excellent players emerged from the Chinese women's volleyball team.
At this time, although Xu Yunli is still the main secondary attack, because of her age and seniority, her role in the team is more to help young people grow up faster.
Xu Yunli was injured at the 2014 World Championships, and she could not play, so she endured the pain of watching the video with Yuan Xinyue and gave her some small skills, and finally Yuan Xinyue broke out, and the Chinese women's volleyball team successfully won the runner-up of the World Championships.
After returning to China, the doctor predicted that Xu Yunli's sports career might end here, and it was because of Lang Ping's guidance that Yan Ni was recalled again, and Xu Yunli did not give up and has been working hard to recover.
At the 2016 Rio Olympics, 29-year-old Xu Yunli was selected for the final list, and she played a total of 27 innings and scored 59 points throughout the Olympic Games, including 45 points for offense, 12 points for netting and two points for serve.
In the words of Lang Ping's guidance: "Fake substitutes Allah force." ”
In 2017, Xu Yunli retired due to injury, after which she chose to pursue a master's degree at Fujian Normal University and stayed on to teach, using her experience and ability to help more team members like her who came out of the countryside.
Two: Liu Xiaotong
Liu Xiaotong was born on February 16, 1990 in Dunhua Rural, Yanbian, Jilin Province!
Liu Xiaotong's father Liu Baofeng and mother Zhang Shufang are authentic farmers, and the reason why Liu Xiaotong embarked on the road of volleyball is that he has an absolute relationship with his father Liu Baofeng.
Liu Baofeng is a hardcore fan, and his daughter Liu Xiaotong has grown tall and large since she was a child, and her body is very strong, so her father Liu Baofeng has the idea of letting her daughter practice volleyball in her heart.
After practicing for a while, Liu Xiaoxia showed her super talent in volleyball, and at this time, Liu Xiaotong's parents wanted to send their daughter to the high-level team to train.
But at that time, Jilin Yanbian did not have a very good volleyball atmosphere, nor did it have a decent team and sports school, at this time Liu Baofeng and his wife thought of Liu Xiaotong's third aunt.
Because Liu Xiaotong's third aunt married in Beijing, Zhang Shufang told her sister about this idea, and Liu Xiaotong was also taken by her third aunt to Shichahai Sports School, but she was not admitted.
Just when Liu Xiaotong's family was desperate to leave Beijing, Beijing 1010 Middle School threw an olive branch to Liu Xiaotong, but the volleyball team of 1010 Middle School had just been formed.
But this also made Liu Xiaotong's parents overjoyed, after all, the conditions in Beijing are always better than Yanbian, so Liu Xiaotong stayed in Beijing 101 Sports School for training, while his parents returned to Yanbian to earn money to pay tuition for their daughter.
After training in 101 Middle School, Liu Xiaotong's potential was gradually explored, so in 2006, at the age of 16, she was selected for the Beijing women's volleyball team.
At that time, the Beijing women's volleyball team was not very strong in the league, but Liu Xiaotong still slowly became famous with his fierce jump serve and powerful slam.
And Liu Xiaotong also won the nickname of "Ermei", which is because Liu Xiaotong's playing style is very similar to that of Wang Yimei, the main main attacker of the national team at that time, so she also won this title.
In addition to "Ermei", for a period of time Liu Xiaotong was also called "Liu Yifei", which is because Liu Xiaotong's pass and defense are relatively poor, and he will fly after pass.
This shortcoming made Liu Xiaotong enter the national team trial twice in 2009 and 2011, but due to lack of skills, he failed to gain a foothold in the national team.
However, Liu Xiaotong seems to be kind, but she has a strong heart, she does not accept defeat in the face of these problems, and has received the guidance and training of Coach Cai Bin in the BAIC women's volleyball team, from a main attack that only pays attention to the attack, slowly participating in one pass after another, and participating in three rounds of one pass in the league.
In this way, Liu Xiaotong's shortcomings were slowly made up, so in 2013, when Lang Ping was in charge of the national team, Liu Xiaotong finally entered Lang Ping's vision and was successfully selected for the women's volleyball national team.
In the women's volleyball national team, Liu Xiaotong continued to practice a pass and defense, because Lang Ping liked players with balanced attack and defense, so Liu Xiaotong was very popular with Lang Ping.
Lang Ping also gave Liu Xiaotong a lot of opportunities, and at the 2014 World Women's Volleyball Grand Prix, Liu Xiaotong was selected for the best team after the game, which allowed her to follow the team to the Rio Olympics.
At the Rio Olympic Games, the Chinese women's volleyball team had Zhu Ting, Zhang Changning and Hui Ruoqi in the main offensive line, and Liu Xiaotong was used as a substitute and rarely had the opportunity to play.
However, in the quarterfinals against the Brazilian women's volleyball team, the Chinese women's volleyball team encountered difficulties in losing two consecutive sets, so Liu Xiaotong replaced Hui Ruoqi.
After replacing Liu Xiaotong, with his excellent self-connecting skills, disrupted the rhythm of the Brazilian women's volleyball team, and finally helped the Chinese women's volleyball team to defeat the Brazilian team, and after defeating the Brazilian team, the Chinese women's volleyball team finally won the Olympic championship again after twelve years.
With this battle, Liu Xiaotong was awarded the title of "Lucky General", and liu Xiaotong was present in almost all the world championships since then, but slowly Liu Xiaotong's state declined seriously, and the Beijing women's volleyball team began to play as a substitute.
Despite this, Lang Ping still did not give up Liu Xiaotong, and Liu Xiaotong participated in the 2018 World Championships, the 2019 World Cup, and the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games.
It's just that Liu Xiaotong was no longer able to show a "lucky general" style at the Tokyo Olympic Games, and after the end of the Tokyo Olympic Games, Liu Xiaotong announced his retirement.
On May 20, 2022, 32-year-old Liu Xiaotong announced on social media that he was married to his 3-year-old Chinese kayaker Wang Hao, a women's volleyball player from the countryside who also gained a beautiful love after ending his sports career.
Three: Lin Li
Lin Li was born on July 15, 1992 in Fuqing, Fujian Province, China to a peasant family (and Xu Yunli is a fellow villager)!
Lin Li's father Lin Xuemian and mother Lin Chen are ordinary farmers, Lin Li went to the fields with her friends to play, climb trees and go up the mountain with her friends when she was young, so she exercised a good body.
When she was in the second grade, because the running rhythm was very good, she was favored by Yang Xiangming, the coach of Fuqing City Major Sports School, when selecting materials.
Lin Li was selected to Fuqing City Junior Sports School because of running, so many coaches suggested that Lin Li choose athletics, but Lin Li, who was very assertive, chose volleyball.
When she first joined the team, Lin Li's foundation was very poor, but she trained very seriously, getting up at 5 o'clock every morning and being sent to the sports school by her parents, picking her up after dark, never arriving late and leaving early.
Parents look at their daughter so tired and don't want you to continue practicing, but Lin Li just wants to insist on training, and her parents finally have to respect her wishes.
In 2004, 12-year-old Lin Li entered Fuzhou Sports School, and after crossing a grade, the competitive pressure was even greater, which also stimulated Lin Li to work harder than before.
Hard work coupled with outstanding talent, two years later, 14-year-old Lin Li entered the Fujian Provincial Sports School, because she was not at ease with her daughter living alone in the provincial city, Lin Li's mother Lin Chen also found a job in the provincial city to facilitate the care of her daughter.
In the provincial sports school, many teammates with superior families are not accustomed to eating meals in the sports school canteen and go outside to buy meals to eat, but Lin Li eats three meals a day in the canteen and never spends more money on eating.
Her parents actually gave her a lot of pocket money, but these were saved by Lin Li, because she understood that it was not easy for her parents to earn money.
Later, Lin Li entered the Fujian Provincial Team, but at this time she encountered a big problem, that is, because she was much taller than her peers, she played the main offensive position in the team.
But after entering the provincial team, she became a professional athlete, and the height she was once proud of was no longer prominent, and she could only change from the main attack to the free man with a height of only 1 meter 7.
From the main attack to the free man Lin Li adjusted not only the position, technology, but more importantly, the mentality, at the beginning she could not accept the position of playing the free man, because before she was the main attacker, and she herself also liked to attack this position.
The free man and the main attack are like "spears" and "shields", not only the technical differences are large, but also the injury rate is relatively high, the exposure rate is low, the previous Lin Li is used to the brilliance of the main offensive position, the most important thing is that at this time when she was officially young, so it could not be changed at all.
But if you don't change at this time, then Lin Li's career may end in the end, in order to engage in the volleyball career she loves, so Lin Li gradually accepted this change.
After four years of hard work, Lin Li finally became the main free person of the Fujian women's volleyball team at the age of 18 in 2010, and Lin Li was selected into the Chinese youth women's volleyball team.
The national youth team is only a transitional stage for outstanding athletes, but Lin Li cannot be selected for the national team because of her height and provincial team results.
During that period, the free people of the Chinese women's volleyball team also had great problems, so in 2015, the Chinese women's volleyball team training list recruited 6 free people at one time, which shows how disappointed Lang Ping was with the original candidates for this position.
The 23-year-old Lin Li received a call from the national team for the first time, she worked very hard and seriously throughout the training, and under the targeted training under the guidance of Lang Ping, Lin Li's ability was further improved.
In the end, Lin Li successfully broke through these 6 free men, became a member of the Chinese women's volleyball national team, and also participated in the 2015 Asian Championship with the team, and she was also the only "newcomer" in the Chinese women's volleyball team who had not experienced the competition in that Asian Championship.
With the outstanding performance at the Asian Championships, Lin Li completely squeezed out another free person, Shan Dana, became the main free person of the national team, and participated in the 2015 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games with the team, at the Rio Olympic Games, Lin Li won the Best Free Man in the Olympic Games with her excellent defense, and was also the first Olympic Best Free Man in the history of the Chinese women's volleyball team.
Since the Olympic Games, women's volleyball players have rarely seen Lin Li in a series of reward activities, because she did not like such a scene when she was born in the countryside.
And after the Rio Olympics, Lin Li has always been a substitute in the national team due to serious injuries, even if Lin Li was not selected in the final Tokyo Olympic Games, but Wang Mengjie participated in the Tokyo Olympic Games as the only free person with the team.
Now Lin Li is 30 years old, although the age is not very big, but because of her perennial sports career, her injuries are very serious, so it is impossible to return to the peak.
As Director Lang Ping said after the Tokyo Olympics: "Wang Mengjie is our best free person at present." ”
Four: Zhu Ting
Zhu Ting was born in 1994 to a peasant family in Qiuqu Township, Qiuqu Township, Zhoukou City, Henan Province!
Zhu Ting's father, Zhu Anliang, and her mother, Yang Xuelan, are ordinary farmers, and Zhu Ting is the third oldest in the family, with two older sisters in front of her, and two younger sisters and a younger brother behind her.
Yancheng County belongs to the state-level poverty county, the economic situation of the entire county is relatively backward, Zhu Ting's family is naturally no exception, the whole family relies on their father to repair cars and mother to farm land to maintain their lives.
It's just that this kind of life is still very hard, Zhu Ting almost didn't wear new clothes when she was a child, she picked up the clothes worn by the eldest sister and the second sister to wear.
Even so, Zhu Ting did not complain to her parents, but was more frugal, but her parents looked at Zhu Ting very worried, because her height grew too fast.
When Zhu Ting was 13 years old, her height had grown to 1 meter 73, and her parents were very worried, but the teachers at the school thought that Zhu Ting's height was a good seedling for practicing sports.
After the recommendation of the school teacher, Zhu Ting came to the Zhoukou City Sports School, because she was worried that practicing sports was too expensive, Zhu Ting did not want to practice sports at first, but the coach of the Zhoukou City Sports School was very optimistic about Zhu Ting.
In the end, Zhu Ting's parents were persuaded by the coach of Zhoukou City Sports School, and Zhu Ting came here to train, during which Time Zhu Ting's only brother unfortunately died of leukemia.
After Zhu Ting learned of this news, the training was even harder, and in 2008, at the age of 14, Zhu Ting entered the Henan Provincial Sports School.
Zhu Ting was too old when she entered the sports school, plus she did not practice volleyball at the beginning, so her basic skills were very poor, fortunately, in the sports school, Zhu Ting met Coach Zhan Haigen, and with his help, Zhu Ting improved rapidly.
After a year in the provincial sports school, Zhu Ting entered the Henan Provincial Youth Women's Volleyball Team, at this time she began to get a salary, although it was only 500 yuan a year, but Zhu Ting was very happy to reduce the pressure on her parents.
A year later, 16-year-old Zhu Ting entered the Chinese junior women's volleyball team, and at the World Junior Women's Volleyball Championship held in Turkey in 2011, Zhu Ting scored 19 points alone in the semi-finals, and she scored 87 points in the whole game, which began to attract the attention of fans.
In 2012, Zhu Ting entered the national youth team, and at this time, Zhu Ting, who was only 18 years old, had grown to more than 1 meter 90 in height, which was the absolute core of the national youth team.
After the Asian Youth Championship and the World Youth Championship, Zhu Ting has played an excellent role, and after Lang Ping served as the head coach of the Chinese women's volleyball team in 2013, Zhu Ting was listed in the first national team roster announced.
The best main attacker of the previous Chinese women's volleyball team was Hui Ruoqi, but Lang Ping's coach quickly established a new national team with Zhu Ting as the core after taking over the Chinese women's volleyball team.
It is said that many veteran members of the national team at that time, including Hui Ruoqi, did not obey at all, and at the same time, as Lang Ping, they also encouraged the national team to compete internally.
It's just that Zhu Ting, who came from a peasant family, never competed with Hui Ruoqi, it was how the coach arranged her to do it, as long as she played 100% of her full level, it was in this mentality that Zhu Ting's performance in the game became more and more outstanding, and Hui Ruoqi slowly began to decline because of injuries and age.
The best attacker at the 2014 World Championships, the best athlete in the 2015 World Cup, and the most valuable player in the 2016 Olympic Games, Zhu Ting began to be called "MVP Harvester".
After the end of the Rio Olympic Games, Hui Ruoqi and a large number of veterans retired, Zhu Ting began to serve as the new captain of the Chinese women's volleyball team, and with the support of the national team coach Lang Ping, Zhu Ting went to the Turkish club with the highest level of volleyball in the world.
At that time, many people talked about it, but Zhu Ting's performance in Turkey hit a lot of people's mouths, and she did not miss the important matches of the Chinese team because she played abroad.
But maybe this is the reason, in those years, Zhu Ting's excessive competition, her wrist had a very serious injury, but at that time, many games the Chinese team could not lack Zhu Ting.
Therefore, Zhu Ting's wrist injury has always been conservatively treated, and this result has also continued until the Tokyo Olympic Games, who knows that in the Tokyo Olympic Games, Zhu Ting's wrist injury suddenly worsened.
As a result, the Chinese women's volleyball team has achieved the worst results in recent Olympic Games, and Lang Ping, Zhu Ting and others have also been wildly attacked by netizens.
After the Tokyo Olympics, Zhu Ting chose to go abroad for surgery, and according to media reports, Zhu Ting's wrist surgery in 2022 was successful and is expected to resume in September.
Today's Main Offensive Line of the Chinese Women's Volleyball Team is all supported by Li Yingying alone, and I believe that more than one person is looking forward to Zhu Ting's return.
Zhu Ting, who was born in 1994, is only 28 years old today, and if she recovers from a wrist injury, I believe she still has a strong dominance in volleyball.
Conclusion: These four women's volleyball players from the countryside are obviously more able to endure hardships and are more low-key than other team members, but unfortunately, there are fewer and fewer team members born in the countryside now, which is really "difficult to get out of the cold door"!
PS: See you in the comments section for any different ideas!