On July 18, 2023, Wei Qiuyue, the former captain of the Chinese women's volleyball team, posted a photo of the women's volleyball match.
This photo shows the 2012 women's volleyball team losing 3-2 to Japan at the London Olympics.
At that time, Wei Qiuyue was the captain of the women's volleyball team, and after that game, the Chinese women's volleyball team did not qualify for the final four, which made the morale of the team extremely low, and all the team members left tears of unwillingness, and Wei Qiuyue, as the captain, even had the idea of retirement.
The father felt sorry for his daughter, who had always been strong, and jokingly comforted Wei Qiuyue: If he can't play volleyball, he will come back to inherit the family property. But Wei Qiuyue did not admit defeat, and she decided to fight again.
In 2013, after Lang Ping coached the national team, Wei Qiuyue actively asked to return to the national team, and was recognized by Director Lang, allowing her to lead the women's volleyball team to fully prepare for the 2015 World Cup, and finally won the championship, regaining the glory of the Chinese women's volleyball team.
In 2017, Wei Qiuyue, who was constantly injured, decided to retire and soon entered the marriage hall with his lover Yuan Lingxi.
At the wedding, Director Lang and Wei Qiuyue shed tears at the wedding, they both lamented the difficulty of the women's volleyball team's hard work and adherence to honor, which touched thousands of fans.
In those years of conquest, how did Wei Qiuyue regain her strength and reach the peak of honor? How is she doing now?
From setter to national team captain
Wei Qiuyue has been tall since she was a child, already 1.7 meters tall when she was in elementary school, and in 1999, at the age of 11, she was selected to practice volleyball at Tianjin Sports School.
In the sports school, Wei Qiuyue received formal training, training for several hours every day, in order not to delay her studies, Wei Qiuyue often used the evening time to make up for homework.
Such a tense life, Wei Qiuyue insisted on it for 4 years.
In 2004, Wei Qiuyue was selected into the Chinese women's volleyball national junior team because of her outstanding performance, and at the same time, she was also selected by the Tianjin women's volleyball team and became a signed player of the Tianjin women's volleyball team.
Thus Wei Qiuyue began her volleyball career.
After entering the Tianjin women's volleyball team, Wei Qiuyue often participated in various domestic competitions, honing her will and improving her volleyball competition in the competition.
Just 2 years later, Wei Qiuyue was reused again.
In 2006, Feng Kun, the main player of the Chinese women's volleyball team, had to interrupt the game due to injury and went to the United States for treatment. Wei Qiuyue was selected by head coach Chen Zhongxiang to join the national team to replace Feng Kun's setter position.
At that time, many people envied Wei Qiuyue, and she was able to enter the national team at the age of 18, which was undoubtedly a recognition of her ability level.
Wei Qiuyue also lived up to expectations and became famous in the Women's Volleyball Classic in her second year of entering the national team.
In 2007, Wei Qiuyue played with the national team in the Swiss Women's Volleyball Classic, and on the court, Wei Qiuyue showed a ruthless and decisive style of play and helped the team win the runner-up.
Subsequently, the Chinese women's volleyball team won the runner-up in the World Women's Volleyball Grand Prix and won the qualification to participate in the Beijing Olympic Games.
In 2008, Wei Qiuyue, who had experienced many competitions, gradually became the backbone of the Chinese team.
In March, Wei Qiuyue was appointed by Cai Bin as the captain of the women's volleyball team.
But in those two years, it was catching up with the trough of the Chinese women's volleyball team, and its performance in many competitions was mediocre.
Especially in the 2012 London Olympics, the Chinese women's volleyball team lost to Japan by one point in the quarterfinals, which made fans across the country feel regretful.
After the game, Wei Qiuyue cried bitterly in front of the camera.
This defeat made Wei Qiuyue very sad, and once had the idea of retiring.
Seeing that his daughter was so difficult, the father who did business comforted his daughter as soon as possible, and returned home to inherit the family property if it was really not possible.
Wei Qiuyue knew that her father felt sorry for herself, but how could her volleyball dream be easily abandoned?
After all the hardships, create brilliance again
After the London Olympics, in order to further improve and train herself, Wei Qiuyue decided to play for overseas clubs.
She joined Azerbaijan Itisachi Baku Women's Volleyball Club.
But soon the club had multiple violations, and Wei Qiuyue had to return to the Tianjin team.
In 2014, Lang Ping coached the national team, and Lang Ping also liked Wei Qiuyue, who had a strong sense of responsibility and superb ball skills, and called her into the national team again.
In September, Wei Qiuyue participated in the World Championships with the national team.
Wei Qiuyue is still the second setter, and in this competition, the Chinese women's volleyball team won a silver medal.
All the female volleyball players showed excellent form, and the medieval women's volleyball team regained its confidence.
But at this moment, Wei Qiuyue's knee injury recurred and became more and more serious.
In order to allow Wei Qiuyue to prepare for the Rio Olympics in a better state, Lang Ping decided to temporarily withdraw Wei Qiuyue from the national team and concentrate on treating injuries.
Such a decision made Wei Qiuyue difficult to accept for a while, if he quit the team to treat injuries, it would mean that he would have to rest for several months, so that his technical level would drop significantly, and his age would become more and more important.
What made Wei Qiuyue even more anxious was that undergoing knee surgery was risky, and once the operation was unsuccessful, it would even affect her later life.
After much thought, Wei Qiuyue decided to gamble, and she could only continue to play if she had surgery.
In 2015, Wei Qiuyue came to Chicago for surgery accompanied by her mother.
During the operation, the doctor was shocked by Wei Qiuyue's condition.
Due to long-term high-intensity training and competition, Wei Qiuyue's knees were severely worn, and there were two large holes in the meniscus, which had to be replaced by surgery.
Fortunately, the operation was successful, but the subsequent recovery is the most difficult.
After the operation, Wei Qiuyue needed to walk and train, and with a few movements, severe fluid accumulation would occur in her knees.
This kind of rehabilitation training lasted for more than 2 months, and Wei Qiuyue suffered every day.
After completing her recovery, Wei Qiuyue returned to China to participate in training, and after not playing for several months, she needed to put in more sweat. In order to prove herself, Wei Qiuyue insisted on participating in the 2016 Swiss Classic with injuries.
Throughout the match, Wei Qiuyue suddenly had a high fever, headache and sore throat, but she still insisted on completing the competition and showed a strong level of competition.
At this time, Lang Ping was busy selecting team members to prepare for the Rio Olympics.
Considering that Wei Qiuyue had just finished surgery, Lang Ping was not at ease with her state.
Wei Qiuyue was also in the boring training every day, anxiously waiting for Lang Ping's call.
At this moment, Lang Ping called him to surprise her.
Lang Ping told her that the national team coaching staff agreed that her ability and experience no longer needed to be repeatedly proven and run-in by the competition.
At the same time, Director Lang also instructed her to stay in Beijing to continue her recovery, insist on training, and wait for the national team to return to Beijing from abroad before participating in the national team training.
In order to catch up with other teammates, Wei Qiuyue trained under pressure in Beijing while rehabilitating.
At this time, her only wish was to win the championship at the Rio Olympics.
This is also the unanimous voice of all women's volleyball players.
After winning the championship, retire and harvest happy love
On July 29, 2016, the Chinese women's volleyball team, led by Lang Ping, stepped on the Rio Olympic Games, which was also Wei Qiuyue's third participation in the Olympic Games.
In the first match of the Olympic group stage, China faced the Netherlands, in which Wei Qiuyue came on as a substitute, during which she accidentally suffered a calf muscle strain and a recurrence of her knee injury and severe fluid accumulation.
The doctor had to treat her urgently and draw fluid for her.
Affected by various factors, the Chinese women's volleyball team lost to the Netherlands 2-3 in this match.
The loss in the first battle affected everyone's emotions.
Wei Qiuyue, who was injured and sick, was even more anxious, and in order to increase the strength in her legs, she asked the doctor to increase the amount of protein powder she ate every day.
A week later, Wei Qiuyue's state had improved a lot.
Next, all the players breathed a sigh of relief, and when they faced the Brazilian women's volleyball team, everyone fought hard.
Unexpectedly, in the first game, the Chinese team fell behind by a big score.
At the critical moment, Lang Ping pushed the experienced Wei Qiuyue to the front.
Under the leadership of Wei Qiuyue, the Chinese women's volleyball team finally reversed the game and eliminated the Brazilian team.
This victory made the women's volleyball team more confident.
Soon, the women's volleyball team made it all the way to the final, facing her old rivals, Selvia.
With the experience of previous competitions, all the women's volleyball players calmly faced the enemy, fought more and more courageously, and finally disrupted the opponent's proportion with a fierce attack, and won the Rio Olympic championship with a score of 3:1.
When the Chinese women's volleyball team stood on the podium, many people burst into tears and waited for the championship for 12 years to return to the Chinese women's volleyball team.
After the Rio Olympics, Wei Qiuyue was 28 years old and had a serious leg injury, so she quit the national team and returned to Tianjin.
In 2017, after participating in the National Games with the Tianjin team, Wei Qiuyue officially announced her retirement on August 29.
After retiring, Wei Qiuyue continued her studies in the championship class of Beijing Sport University.
In September, Wei Qiuyue officially registered her marriage with her boyfriend Yuan Lingxi, who had been in love for nine years.
Yuan Lingxi is a former track and field athlete with a height of two meters and joined the Tianjin men's volleyball team in 2003.
Due to the weak foundation, Yuan Lingxi's performance in the Tianjin men's volleyball team was mediocre.
The coach considered his physical condition and asked him to specialize in being a women's volleyball coach.
Yuan Lingxi is also a very professional masseuse, when he was a coach, he often helped the female volleyball players to relax and massage and relieve their pain, and in the process he and Wei Qiuyue met and fell in love.
Wei Qiuyue's knee injury was very serious, and Yuan Lingxi always helped Wei Qiuyue massage physiotherapy.
After losing the 2012 London Olympics, Wei Qiuyue was very sad and even had the idea of retiring, Yuan Lingxi found Wei Qiuyue and encouraged her to persevere.
During Wei Qiuyue's surgery, Yuan Lingxi was always by her side to help her do rehabilitation training.
On September 26, 2017, when the women's volleyball team saw Wei Qiuyue posting a photo of her and Yuan Lingxi receiving a marriage certificate, everyone sent their blessings.
On October 2, Wei Qiuyue and Yuan Lingxi held a wedding ceremony in Tianjin.
At the wedding ceremony, many female volleyball players, including Lang Ping, came to the scene to send blessings.
He still loves volleyball
After getting married, Wei Qiuyue had a public office. At the beginning of 2018, careful netizens discovered that Wei Qiuyue was already the deputy secretary of the Tianjin Municipal Committee of the Communist Youth League. She also has another identity - deputy dean of Tianjin Sports Vocational College.
In their spare time, Wei Qiuyue and her husband often appear as live commentators in some important competitions.
In 2020, Wei Qiuyue came with good news again.
On January 20, he and her husband had their baby born. At this time, her husband also became the national women's volleyball assistant coach, and because he often accompanied the team to participate in competitions abroad, the responsibility of taking care of the children fell to Wei Qiuyue.
Although it was very hard, Wei Qiuyue never complained, and she knew that her husband was also pursuing his own volleyball dream.
In February 2022, Wei Qiuyue posted a video on social platforms, in which Wei Qiuyue's father took his grandson to Hainan for vacation.
The family met to celebrate the Spring Festival in Hainan, and the grandfather took his grandson first, and after a period of winter vacation, Wei Qiuyue and her husband went to join them again.
Wei Qiuyue often participates in some public welfare activities in her spare time.
In May 2022, Wei Qiuyue was invited to be the keynote speaker of the "Classroom in the Sky" event held by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Tianjin CPPCC.
At this time, when the epidemic was serious, Wei Qiuyue told young students at home and abroad about her volleyball career through video connection, and the experience of overcoming hardships and fighting all the way made the young students very moved, and they also felt the spiritual connotation of the Chinese women's volleyball team through Wei Qiuyue's story of never say die and fight tenaciously.
In her usual work, Wei Qiuyue also serves as the public welfare ambassador of Tianjin's civilized traffic culture communication, and often promotes traffic safety common sense to everyone.
Wei Qiuyue is also an ambassador of Chinese sports culture, committed to promoting volleyball culture to the public and promoting volleyball.
Entering 2023, the epidemic has passed, and Wei Qiuyue is even busier.
On February 20, Wei Qiuyue walked into Wanquan Primary School in Heping District, Tianjin, and gave students an ideological and political class, encouraging them to "strive for a new era and strive for the future".
A few days later, she appeared in Mengzi, Yunnan, as a Chinese sports culture ambassador to participate in the "Olympic Champions Enter Campus" series of sports and culture activities, in Mengzi No. 1 Middle School, Honghe College, etc., Wei Qiuyue told young students about her struggle, so that everyone can have a deeper understanding of the spirit of women's volleyball.
On March 22, with the support of the team, Wei Qiuyue launched a set of Tianjin "Volleyball City" youth volleyball exercises, which were liked by primary and secondary schools around the world and won unanimous praise.
In June 2023, the World Women's Volleyball League began, and Wei Qiuyue came to Hong Kong for the second game to cheer for the women's volleyball team. The TV camera gave Wei Qiuyue many close-ups, and it can be seen from the camera that the female volleyball players on Wei Qiuyue's competition field are even more nervous.
Wei Qiuyue came with her husband and son, and on June 12, Wen Wei Po posted photos of their family of three.
In the photo, her husband Yuan Lingxi is holding the child, Wei Qiuyue is happily snuggling up to her husband, and the family of three is particularly happy.
Many netizens sent their blessings one after another, "Luna is getting younger and younger, Director Yuan's hair is a little gray, you can see that the pressure of being a coach is really great", "Wow, the family portrait taken during the VNL in Hong Kong is very commemorative."
In the women's volleyball league, the Chinese women's volleyball team won the silver medal and created a new record.
Wei Qiuyue immediately sent a blessing to the women's volleyball team.
In recent days, Wei Qiuyue has become busy again.
Nanhai.com reported that on the morning of August 13, Wei Qiuyue appeared on the volleyball court of Wenchang Middle School, where she observed students playing ball and gave guidance from time to time.
Wei Qiuyue spoke highly of the students' volleyball level, praising the students' sense of the ball very well, their technical movements and jumping ability are "above the level", "It seems that they can play volleyball in their bones." She said.
Hainan Wenchang has a strong volleyball atmosphere, on the evening of the 13th, the 2023 "Nine Nine Cup" Hainan (Wenchang) Township Volleyball League Finals were held here, and the final was held in Yuyang Park, Wencheng Town.
Wei Qiuyue, who loves volleyball, appeared on the scene and was invited as the award presenter.
Wei Qiuyue likes the strong volleyball atmosphere here, and in an interview, Wei Qiuyue said that as early as the evening of the 12th, she secretly went to the arena to feel the atmosphere, which made her look forward to the finals.
In Wei Qiuyue's view, the whole country wants to create a strong volleyball atmosphere like Wenchang, she believes that the holding of this Hainan "village VA" has a strong driving force for the popularization of volleyball, so that more people know volleyball and fall in love with volleyball, especially the display of volleyball cultural connotation and the inheritance of volleyball spirit, has played a good interpretation.
summary
Wei Qiuyue was born into a wealthy family, but she chose a hard-working career and worked hard for her volleyball dream, even if she suffered from a knee injury, it did not hinder her from pursuing her dream.
Her struggle experience is undoubtedly a microcosm of the spirit of the Chinese women's volleyball team, and it is under the inspiration of this indomitable spirit that the Chinese women's volleyball team has overcome one difficulty after another and finally created brilliance.