As a basketball player, Zheng Haixia can be said to represent an era of Chinese women's basketball. With a rare height of 2 meters 06 and good strength, Zheng Haixia has been crowned by countless fans as the title of "female version of Yao Ming", but in front of Zheng Haixia, Yao Ming is actually just a junior.
Zheng Haixia, who is more than a teenager than Yao Ming, is an incomparably domineering presence on the court, and the "basketball giant" is not only her height, but also her dazzling achievements in the basketball world. But life is not always perfect, zheng haixia on the basketball court, life has experienced ups and downs.
The pitch is beginning to shine
Zheng Haixia comes from a rural family in Shangqiu City, Henan Province. Her parents were honest farmers. But it is this couple, whose average height is only more than 1 meter 6, who has given birth to a daughter like a giant. At the age of 12, Zheng Haixia reached a height of 1 meter 74, which also made her parents worried about her future way out.
Zheng Haixia's extraordinary height not only "became popular" in the village, but also the coaches of the sports school came to visit. When they saw Zheng Haixia's tall and agile posture, they concluded that she was born to practice sports, and Zheng Haixia entered the sports school and began to learn to play basketball. Although she is big, she is not bulky at all, and as the coach said, Zheng Haixia is the king of the stadium.
After winning consecutive titles at the World Championships and other international competitions, 16-year-old Zheng Haixia received an olive branch from the national women's basketball team. This is something that Zheng Haixia's family has never imagined, and her parents are proud to have such an excellent daughter. After consulting with her parents and thinking about it herself, Zheng Haixia entered the national team.
The scenery is hard to find
After entering the national team, Zheng Haixia quickly adapted to the training rhythm of the team, and the national team became more competitive internationally because of such a strong player. As an all-round player, Zheng Haixia can attack and defend, especially in the Barcelona Olympic Games, her shooting rate is extremely high, and even foreign media have called her "the Great Wall of Chinese women's basketball".
In 1998, Zheng Haixia regrettably retired due to physical reasons, but her contribution to Chinese basketball is unforgettable. During her service, Zheng Haixia has led the national team to participate in 4 Olympic Games, 4 World Championships, 4 Asian Games and other international competitions, and she herself has won many honors, which is a rare talent in the Chinese basketball world. In 2021, Zheng Haixia became the only Chinese player currently inducted into the FIBA Basketball Hall of Fame.
However, Zheng Haixia, who has a smooth career, has never met the right person in her relationship. Once in the player period, someone introduced Zheng Haixia to a young man who was also a basketball player, and he also became Zheng Haixia's first love, the two have a common language, and they get along very happily when they are together. However, later, perhaps because Zheng Haixia was too good, the other party could not accept that the woman was stronger than himself, so he proposed to break up. Since then, Zheng Haixia has not talked about feelings again.
The show is married to a male fan
Looking at her daughter, who is in her early 40s, her parents are anxious, and Zheng Haixia herself is also eager to harvest a sweet love of her own. In an interview with Lu Yu in 2008, Zheng Haixia, who has a straightforward personality, directly disclosed her mate selection conditions, and a marriage relationship quietly began from here.
A man named Xu Qinghua is a big fan of Zheng Haixia and has silently followed Zheng Haixia for many years. When he saw Zheng Haixia openly soliciting marriage in the program, he boldly began to send her letters and expressed his admiration. At first, Zheng Haixia felt very disbelieving in the face of such a way of showing love and rejected him, but Xu Qinghua was not defeated, but more enthusiastic. In the end, Zheng Haixia was also touched by his sincerity, plus Xu Qinghua was also a basketball player, and the two like-minded people slowly came together and became lovers.
In 2010, 43-year-old Zheng Haixia finally married her beloved lover, in order to take care of relatives and friends from all over the world, they held 4 weddings alone, and the wedding scene was full of basketball stars. After getting married, Zheng Haixia lived a sweet life, and did not have to worry about the affairs of the family, and her husband Xu Qinghua was also very affectionate with her. However, the only regret is that the two have not been able to have their own children after many years of marriage.
Now Zheng Haixia is more than 50 years old, and she has been injured by many years of playing on the field, especially her legs, which have also been seriously deformed due to knee injuries. Someone once met Zheng Haixia, saying that she has changed a lot now, and even some of them are unrecognizable, and she is less accompanied by her husband, so some netizens doubt whether there is a problem in their marriage. But no matter what, fans hope that Zheng Haixia, who has dedicated half her life to basketball, can have a happy and peaceful old age.