Olympic champion Wu Minxia chose to marry Zhang Xiaocheng, who has always accompanied her, after she retired. The two are peers, so there are many common topics, and the two not only share similar interests, but also get along very well on a daily basis.
Today, Wu Minxia is a mother of two children, and since the birth of her daughter, she has put down her work and devoted herself to her role as a mother, focusing on taking care of her family.
As a new mother, Wu Minxia also faces many challenges. Once, she told netizens on social media about her daughter's illness. Because of her own negligence, her daughter once had a high fever, which caused the virus to invade the brain and had to be hospitalized for four lumbar puncture operations. Whenever Wu Minxia mentioned her daughter's condition, her face showed a touch of pain and self-blame.
On November 10, 1985, Wu Minxia was born in Shanghai to a poor family. Her father was an ordinary worker, while her mother was in poor health and had to spend a lot of family expenses on medical treatment, and the family was struggling to survive.
When Wu Minxia was six years old, a children's sports school in Shanghai came to her kindergarten to select diving seedlings. After a series of tests, the coaches were surprised to find that Wu Minxia's resilience and endurance were excellent.
So at the suggestion of her family, Wu Minxia began to learn to dive, and at first she was quite stupid. Due to her technical inskill, her body would be covered with bruises and bruises after each training. But Wu Minxia has had a character of not admitting defeat since she was a child, and she persisted for several years. Finally, at the age of sixteen, she was transferred to the Beijing diving team to prepare for the National Games.
In fact, Wu Minxia does not have a particularly outstanding diving talent, and her career is full of setbacks. He was defeated in the Sydney Olympic trials and was injured before the Ninth Games. However, she always has a tenacious heart and insists on training hard every day.
In 2001, Wu Minxia cooperated with her sister Guo Jingjing to win the women's 3-meter springboard double championship at the World Championships. It also marked a new beginning in her career. Subsequently, she set dazzling records in major competitions such as the World Cup and the Asian Games.
The 2004 Athens Olympics were arguably the highlight of her career, when she teamed up with Guo Jingjing to win the women's 3m springboard double championship and also finished second in the singles.
Today, Wu Minxia has surpassed Fu Mingxia and Guo Jingjing, becoming the person in the history of Chinese athletes who has won the most gold medals in the Olympic Games. It is worth mentioning that because Wu Minxia is not dominant in physical strength and talent, she was persuaded to give up diving in 1995.
In 2014, after Wu Minxia won gold at the Incheon Asian Games, she finally confessed her relationship in front of the media. Unlike Guo Jingjing who married into a wealthy family, Wu Minxia chose a young man in the circle, called Zhang Xiaocheng, who is one year younger than her and can be called the representative of sibling love.
At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Zhang Xiaocheng made his debut as Wu Minxia's boyfriend. He specially flew to the scene to cheer for Wu Minxia. After the game, the two hugged warmly.
In fact, as early as the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Zhang Xiaocheng met Wu Minxia. At that time, just after Wu Minxia's competition, Zhang Xiaocheng took a photo with Wu Minxia as a fan.
Wu Minxia once confessed that the first time she saw Zhang Xiaocheng, she felt that he was really handsome.
Zhang Xiaocheng is also a very good young man. In 2003, he was admitted to the School of International Communication of Communication University of China with the result of "Champion in Liberal Arts", and entered the Chinese Athletic Association after graduation. Due to his excellent English ability, he was selected as a commentator for the Water Cube diving competition during the Beijing Olympics. This experience also contributed to the fate of the two.
It is worth mentioning that before this, Guo Jingjing had been planning to introduce his little brother-in-law Huo Qishan to Wu Minxia, but Wu Minxia always smiled and said, "I have no fate with Huo Qishan." ”
Throughout Wu Minxia's career, Zhang Xiaocheng has been silently supporting her. Although the two are in Beijing, they actually spend very little time together, because Mr. Zhang is so busy with work that they sometimes see each other every month.
When the relationship between the two was exposed, many people sent sincere wishes to the loving couple. Wu Minxia's parents also admire this young and mature young man.
When Zhang Xiaocheng took Wu Minxia to meet her parents for the first time, Wu Minxia appeared in front of her future in-laws and mother-in-law in a simple dress, not at all like an Olympic champion. And Zhang Xiaocheng's parents were also very satisfied when they saw a simple and kind girl like Wu Minxia.
At the end of 2016, Wu Minxia announced her retirement, ending her brilliant career in the diving field that lasted more than two decades. The diving legend, who started diving at the age of six and entered the national team at the age of thirteen, has now said goodbye to the arena where she poured her youth and sweat.
Soon after, on May 12, 2017, Wu Minxia's real life changed dramatically, and Zhang Xiaocheng successfully proposed to her. Just five days later, Zhang posted their marriage certificate on social media, officially announcing the encouraging news. After this, the "elderly" couple held a grand and warm wedding in Fuping, Shaanxi.
After Wu Minxia retired, she was assigned to work at the Shanghai Sports Bureau, while Zhang Xiaocheng still works in Beijing. However, in order to maintain the family of the two, Zhang Xiaocheng finally chose to drop everything and follow Wu Minxia to Shanghai, laying a solid foundation for love and the future.
In 2018, their daughter Cissy was born, bringing infinite joy to the family. Wu Minxia stopped all work and devoted all her energy to her daughter's growth.
However, on June 18, 2020, Wu Minxia shared a story on social media about her daughter Xixi who fell ill when she was a child. This story is a cautionary tale to all parents to be highly vigilant about their children's health. Wu Minxia shared a mistake she and her husband made when facing their daughter's illness, which almost caused her daughter to lose her hearing permanently.
Her daughter Sissy suddenly had a fever when she was more than a year old. Although fever is common in babies growing up, Wu Minxia's reaction at the time was very nervous. She consulted a friend who was a doctor, who advised her to give her more water and observe her child's condition. However, over time, Cissy's condition did not improve, but got worse, her body temperature continued to rise, and she experienced symptoms such as vomiting.
Wu Minxia immediately took her daughter to the nearest hospital. However, the doctor told her that the child's fever was normal, and after giving her some fever-reducing medicine, she was allowed to go home.
However, in the next two or three days, Cissy's condition did not improve, her body temperature continued to rise, and she vomited whatever she ate, and the whole person looked very weak.
Faced with her daughter's condition, Wu Minxia was also very anxious, so she went to Shanghai Children's Medical Center, and after some testing, the doctor requested immediate hospitalization, the cause of viral infection, and the previous symptoms were actually signs of central nervous system infection.
Over the next 20 days, Cissy underwent four lumbar punctures. This is a common method used in the diagnosis and treatment of neurological disorders, but it is undoubtedly very painful for a child.
The doctor told Wu Minxia that if she waited until the child had more serious symptoms such as convulsions or spasms, the consequences could be more serious and could even lead to permanent hearing loss.
The purpose of Wu Minxia's sharing of this story is to remind all parents, especially young parents, to be highly vigilant about their children's health. Even what appears to be an ordinary fever on the surface can hide serious health problems. Always pay attention to your child's condition and always seek medical attention if there are any unusual signs.
On February 7, 2022, Wu Minxia announced the good news of her second child on social media, attaching photos of a family of four to celebrate the arrival of this new life. Their son An An was born and became a new member of the family, making Wu Minxia and Zhang Xiaocheng's happy life more complete. The family of four held hands tightly, and the happy picture infected all fans.