As we all know, the Chinese table tennis team is known as the dream team, the major events to win gold and silver is like probing the bag, although the mainland shooting team can not compete with it in terms of performance, but the strength of the project can not be underestimated, especially in recent years of rapid development. The Chinese shooting team at the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games won a total of 11 medals, and its total number of medals reached a record high. The first gold of the Olympic Games was born on the women's 10-meter air rifle, and Yang Qian won the championship of the project. This reminds us that the first Olympic gold medal in the history of the mainland came from shooting. At that time, the gold medal was Won by Xu Haifeng, who also became the first gold medalist in the history of our Olympic Games!
Recently, 65-year-old Xu Haifeng has returned to his hometown with his family to visit relatives, and he has always lived a low-key life, and he rarely appears in front of the public. 38 years later, Xu Haifeng has also changed from a vigorous and spirited young man to an old man with gray hair. From the photo, we can see that Xu Haifeng's mental state is still good, but his figure is somewhat blessed, his hair is thin, and he stands with relatives for a group photo, and the tall Xu Haifeng stands in the C position to lead Fan Shizu. In the face of the enthusiastic hometown relatives Xu Haifeng was very happy, accompanied by his relatives, he worshipped his ancestors and fulfilled his wish for this trip. It is worth mentioning that Xu Haifeng was engaged in the fertilizer industry when he was young, and his eyes were injured by toxic gases, leaving sequelae, and with the increase of age, Xu Haifeng's current vision is only 0.5!
Xu Haifeng was born into a military family and has been particularly fascinated by guns since he was a child, but when he was a child, he did not have that condition and could only play with the slingshot. When he grew up, he had his first air gun and has been associated with shooting ever since.
In 1982, due to Xu Haifeng's excellent performance at the Anhui Provincial Games, he was drafted to the national team to participate in the Olympic Training In the following year. He did not live up to the expectations of his countrymen and the expectations of the coaching staff, and successfully won the gold medal in the 60-round slow-fire event of the men's self-gun at the Los Angeles Olympics. Now when I see the video of Xu Haifeng's game that year, I am very excited about it.
Xu Haifeng, who was plagued by eye diseases, chose to retire in 1995, and after retiring, Xu Haifeng did not leave his passion for shooting sports, but chose to serve as the head coach of the shooting team and continue to bow to China's shooting sports.
Xu Haifeng's coaching career has also been very successful, training a number of world champions and Olympic champions. The meritorious old man still maintains a simple style of life, until now he still lives in the "unit room" arranged by the state for him, it is reasonable to say that the old man is not bad money, but he is not happy to enjoy the material life, and the unit house is more than ten years old. Life is simple and pure, low-key and kind, work conscientiously, wish the old man good health, eternal spring breeze!