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Olympic champion Chen Xiaomin: Sold all the gold medals for 3.99 million yuan and resigned from public office to immigrate to the family

author:Xiao Li still loves life

Being able to win a gold medal in an Olympic event is a lifelong dream of many athletes. But you know what? On the mainland, there is a weightlifter named Chen Xiaomin. It took her seven years to win Grand Slams from regular events to Olympic events.

Olympic champion Chen Xiaomin: Sold all the gold medals for 3.99 million yuan and resigned from public office to immigrate to the family

After achieving fame, she held a grand retirement ceremony. Just when everyone thought that Chen Xiaomin would turn to the background and continue to shine in China's weightlifting industry, a surprising news came out: she sold all the medals in her career, and finally received a high price of 3.99 million yuan, and then resigned from public office to immigrate to the family. Why?

1. The birth of the Olympic champion

Chen Xiaomin was born in February 1977 to an ordinary family in Heshan, Guangdong Province. Chen Xiaomin's mother gave birth to four girls in succession, of which Chen Xiaomin was the second eldest in the family. In rural families, if there are no boys in the family, even girls have to do manual work, not to mention that Chen Xiaomin is still the sister of two younger sisters.

Olympic champion Chen Xiaomin: Sold all the gold medals for 3.99 million yuan and resigned from public office to immigrate to the family

Since she was a child, Chen Xiaomin has to help her parents do farm work, and she has to suffer no less than the boys in the same village. Perhaps because of this, Chen Xiaomin, who was thin and weak, was more energetic than other girls when she was a child, and was sent to a sports school near her home.

At that time, children from poor families had only two ways to get ahead, one was to learn, and the other was education. Chen Xiaomin's academic performance as a child was not excellent, and practicing sports was her only way out at that time.

Olympic champion Chen Xiaomin: Sold all the gold medals for 3.99 million yuan and resigned from public office to immigrate to the family

Sporting events are varied, and some are somewhat more suitable for children from poor families, such as weightlifting. Chen Xiaomin once recalled: "At that time, I didn't want to practice weightlifting, but I didn't need to prepare too many instruments for weightlifting, as long as I had two pairs of dumbbells at hand."

In 1988, Chen Xiaomin officially underwent weightlifting training, and five years later won the women's weightlifting championship at the National Games. Since then, Chen Xiaomin has won a number of weightlifting championships in succession, and finally achieved the Grand Slam that all sports athletes dream of.

Olympic champion Chen Xiaomin: Sold all the gold medals for 3.99 million yuan and resigned from public office to immigrate to the family

In 2003, only three years had passed since Chen Xiaomin won the Olympic title. Instead of continuing to pursue sporting events, she auctioned off all her medals.

2. Medal auction

On March 9, 2003, the city center square of Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province, was crowded. In this popular landmark square in Jiangmen City, Chen Xiaomin decided to officially auction all the championship medals of her career.

Olympic champion Chen Xiaomin: Sold all the gold medals for 3.99 million yuan and resigned from public office to immigrate to the family

Medals are a symbol of honor for athletes, and among the medals that Chen Xiaomin auctioned to the outside world, even included the Olympic gold medal, is it that Chen Xiaomin has no money to spend? In fact, this is not the case, the entire income of this auction, Chen Xiaomin announced that it will be used for public welfare.

In just a few months, all the medals in Chen Xiaomin's career were auctioned for 3.99 million yuan, including the Olympic gold medal that sold for 1.28 million yuan. In the eyes of the outside world, Chen Xiaomin's decision to auction medals this time is equivalent to officially announcing the complete end of his sports career.

After completely ending his sports career, where will Chen Xiaomin go?

Olympic champion Chen Xiaomin: Sold all the gold medals for 3.99 million yuan and resigned from public office to immigrate to the family
Fight for yourself

In fact, Chen Xiaomin's weightlifting training career over the years has brought many injuries to her body. Especially after winning the Olympic championship, Chen Xiaomin's body has been difficult to support high-intensity weight training.

Therefore, as early as 2001, Chen Xiaomin had already deliberately withdrawn from weightlifting competitions and went to Sun Yat-sen University to study law. In 2003, by the time she decided to auction the medals, Chen had earned a bachelor's degree in law.

Olympic champion Chen Xiaomin: Sold all the gold medals for 3.99 million yuan and resigned from public office to immigrate to the family

That is to say, at this time, Chen Xiaomin has successfully completed the transformation of identity, from a weightlifter in the past to a bachelor of law with professional qualifications. Subsequently, at the invitation of the director of the Yangcheng Evening News, Chen Xiaomin became the secretary of the youth league committee of the newspaper.

In the next 3 years, Chen Xiaomin has been working in the newspaper, such as carrying out a number of projects such as education assistance, public welfare, fitness and mountaineering, which has been recognized by many people. However, in order to pursue a more exciting life, Chen Xiaomin chose to resign from the Yangcheng Evening News 3 years later and go to a broader stage.

Olympic champion Chen Xiaomin: Sold all the gold medals for 3.99 million yuan and resigned from public office to immigrate to the family

Chen Xiaomin set her sights on overseas, she immigrated to Australia with her family, engaged in immigration, investment and other businesses abroad, and mixed well in the business field. In 2016, Chen Xiaomin even took the initiative to sign up for the 10th China Pleural Competition.

epilogue

Chen Xiaomin, who was born in an ordinary family, went through five levels and slashed six generals under arduous training, and finally reached the highest point that an athlete can touch. After becoming famous, Chen Xiaomin can resolutely retreat and continue to shine in other fields, which can be described as a benchmark for strong women in the new era.

Olympic champion Chen Xiaomin: Sold all the gold medals for 3.99 million yuan and resigned from public office to immigrate to the family

In our daily lives, there are many more cases of such people. Their colorful lives have fascinated countless people. When we face all kinds of things, we should also learn from their spirit, do you think?

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