When it comes to diving queens, I believe that most people first think of Guo Jingjing, but in addition to her, there is actually a recognized diving queen, she is Wu Minxia.
As a well-known diving star in the mainland, in Wu Minxia's career, she has participated in the three major world diving competitions Olympics, World Cup and World Championships 20 times in a row, and has won 20 gold medals and 32 medals.
She is also the first female Olympic "hardware" champion in Chinese history, the first Chinese athlete in the Olympic global individual performance list, and was once named a "legendary athlete" by the British media!
Surprisingly, Wu Minxia, who is invincible in the sports arena, has achieved fame in her career, but she married an ordinary person after retiring from the military and entered the palace of marriage with her civilian husband.
Compared with Guo Jingjing, another diving queen who married into a wealthy family, Wu Minxia's choice was once incomprehensible, how is she doing after so many years? Does she regret not choosing to marry into a wealthy family?
One
Wu Minxia, whose ancestral home is Haining, Zhejiang Province, was born in Shanghai in 1985 and grew up in an ordinary family on Longhua Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai, to ordinary parents.
She has a lively personality since she was a child, she is more active, she likes to run around all day, and she gave her parents a headache when she was a child, but her parents especially doted on her.
In 1991, when Wu Minxia was 6 years old, the coach of Shanghai Junior Sports School came to her kindergarten to select seedlings, and she and other children participated in the selection test with curiosity about new things.
Probably because of the active nature of childhood, among the more than 100 children tested at that time, Wu Minxia was the tallest one, and the coach noticed her at a glance.
During the test, the coach tested her height, weight, body flexibility, etc., and the data were particularly good, determined that she was very suitable for diving, and immediately told her parents the idea of letting her take the path of athlete.
After learning that their daughter could take the path of athletes, Wu Minxia's parents were very happy, but before they could make a decision, another choice was placed in front of them.
Not long after the coach of the sports school met Wu Minxia, the teacher of the kindergarten dance class also fell in love with Wu Minxia, thinking that she was tall and flexible, and suitable for learning dance.
For girls, learning dance is also a very good way out, after all, even if you can't become a dancer in the future, it's good to be a dance teacher, at least have a stable job.
At that time, Wu Minxia's parents were very entangled and did not know which way to choose for her, and finally because the Shanghai Natatorium was closer to their home, it was convenient to pick up Wu Minxia, and chose the sport of diving for Wu Minxia.
Fortunately, Wu Minxia's parents chose diving for her, otherwise, we would not see the many miracles Wu Minxia created on the road of diving.
Two
In 1991, only 6 years old, Wu Minxia entered Shanghai No. 2 Diving School and began to receive professional diving training.
When she first started learning, due to poor technique, she suffered a lot, especially when diving into the water, her body was often photographed with bruises and purples.
Many people who trained together at that time could not persevere and cried all day, but Wu Minxia never cried out in pain, but silently insisted, just because she didn't want her parents to worry about her.
In order to learn the sport of diving, Wu Minxia has made a lot of efforts, and after each training, she will spend a lot of time alone to repeat the diving movements.
From the beginning of her movements to becoming more and more proficient, and then to the success of entering the water later, she slowly overcame these difficulties and played the basic skills very solidly.
In 1995, after studying in the diving school for several years, Wu Minxia was selected by the Shanghai diving team and entered the development of the Shanghai team.
After entering the Shanghai team, Wu Minxia received more systematic professional training and practiced her diving skills better and better.
In 1998, Wu Minxia, who had been practicing diving for 7 years, was successfully selected for the Chinese national diving team and became a member of the national team, and the coaches at that time were Wu Guocun and Wang Min.
When she first entered the national team, Wu Minxia did not have many opportunities to compete, and the main time was spent improving her technical level.
With the continuous improvement of diving skills, she slowly got the opportunity to participate, began to follow the national team everywhere, and emerged in various large and small competitions in China.
At that time, she often competed with Guo Jingjing, who had already participated in the Olympics at that time, it was the existence she looked up to, and she learned a lot from Guo Jingjing.
After three years of development in the national team, Wu Minxia finally ushered in her development opportunity and began to shine on the international stage.
Three
In 2001, Wu Minxia participated in the World Championships with the national team, although it was only her first time on the international stage, but she was not afraid.
In the women's double 3m springboard, she and her partner worked together seamlessly, and finally managed to win the event and began to write her career legend!
In 2002, Wu Minxia participated in the World Championships again, this time, she won successive victories, winning the women's single 3m springboard runner-up and the double runner-up, and won the team championship.
In the same year, Wu Minxia was arranged to partner with Guo Jingjing, and the two participated in the 14th Asian Games held in Busan, South Korea.
Originally, the two of them were invincible existences, and the two worked together to be even more invincible, the two won the double 3-meter springboard championship of the Asian Games in one fell swoop, and later won the silver medal in the single 3-meter springboard competition!
After achieving good results at the Busan Asian Games, Wu Minxia not only made a name for herself at home, but also on the international stage, but when it comes to what really makes her popular, it has to be on the Olympic stage.
In August 2004, Wu Minxia partnered with Guo Jingjing again, and the two participated in the Athens Olympics together, and the two of them cooperated tacitly on the field, and unsurprisingly won the women's double 3-meter springboard championship, and she was promoted to the Olympic champion and was more well known.
In addition to winning the two-man competition, Wu Minxia, who performed particularly well in the single 3-meter springboard competition, won the runner-up again, and it was her partner Guo Jingjing who won her at that time.
After becoming popular on the stage of the Olympic Games, Wu Minxia's career improved significantly, and her career developed very smoothly after that.
Four
Since 2005, although Wu Minxia's shine in the diving arena has not been as bright as her partner Guo Jingjing, she has also developed prosperously.
She has participated in many World Cups, World Championships and other competitions, and has achieved good results one after another, including many successful championship trophies.
In 2008, four years later, Wu Minxia partnered with Guo Jingjing again and participated in the Beijing Olympics together.
As at the Athens Olympics, the two of them won the gold medal in the women's doubles 3-meter springboard with an unstoppable trend.
In the following years, Wu Minxia continued to travel in various diving events at home and abroad, and achieved particularly good results.
In January 2011, Guo Jingjing, who had partnered with Wu Minxia many times, officially retired, and after Guo Jingjing retired, Wu Minxia no longer needed to look up to each other and ushered in her own era.
In 2012, Wu Minxia participated in the London Olympics, and under her leadership, she and her sister He Zi won the women's diving 3-meter springboard competition, and then she herself won the single 3-meter springboard.
After the end of this Olympic Games, Wu Minxia won a total of 4 Olympic gold medals, becoming the most in China's sports world!
Since 2013, Wu Minxia has successively participated in international events such as the World Championships and the World Cup, and has set many historical records.
For example, in July 2013, she won her sixth gold medal in the women's doubles 3m springboard at the World Championships, surpassing her former partner Guo Jingjing and becoming the first person in the history of the event.
In July 2014, she won the women's doubles 3m springboard again at the World Cup, achieving her fifth consecutive World Cup title.
In September of the same year, at the Incheon Asian Games, she and her partner once again won the women's double 3m springboard gold medal, becoming the diver with the most gold medals in the Asian Games.
In 2016, Wu Minxia, who is 31 years old, competed in the World Cup again and won the women's double 3-meter springboard championship again, becoming the first Chinese female diver over 30 years old to win the world championship.
So far, whether it is from the perspective of winning the most championships in the World Cup or the number of championships in the three major diving world competitions, Wu Minxia ranks first in the world,
Five
On August 8, 2016, Wu Minxia, who was not satisfied with her old age, participated in the Olympic Games again, which was her fourth appearance in the Olympic Games.
As before, Wu Minxia, who played steadily on the court, once again won the gold medal in the women's double 3-meter springboard, which was her fifth gold medal in the Olympic field and the most won gold medals in China's Olympic history!
On December 14, 2016, due to her growing age and the pain left by years of playing in sports, Wu Minxia finally stopped her career and officially announced her retirement.
At this point, the diving star who was invincible in the diving competition and once had no opponent faded out of the diving stage.
On the day after her retirement, she was named the best female athlete of the 2016 China Top Ten Lawrence Champions Cup for her contributions to diving, as well as her achievements.
After retiring from the arena, Wu Minxia finally began to prepare for her lifelong event, and her boyfriend Zhang Xiaocheng, who had been in love for many years, entered the palace of marriage.
Unlike Wu Minxia, who was born as an athlete, Zhang Xiaocheng, who is one year younger than her, graduated from Communication University of China with an English level of 8, and served as an English announcer and broadcast supervisor for many international competitions in his early years.
In 2008, when the Beijing Olympics were held, Zhang Xiaocheng worked as an announcer at the Water Cube, and it was in this year that Wu Minxia and he met.
For Wu Minxia, who has long been famous in the world, Zhang Xiaocheng has always been in love, but he has never had the opportunity to get to know her.
During the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Zhang Xiaocheng finally found the opportunity to meet Wu Minxia, and the story of the two began.
Six
After meeting Wu Minxia, Zhang Xiaocheng launched a crazy pursuit of her, and under his stalking, he finally succeeded in capturing Wu Minxia's heart.
When the two first got together, they did not officially announce their relationship, and it was not until 2016, when Wu Minxia participated in the Rio Olympics, that the two announced their relationship in front of the media, and then often appeared together in front of the public.
On May 12, 2017, the second year after Wu Minxia retired, Zhang Xiaocheng proposed to her, Wu Minxia happily agreed to him, and five days later, the two received a low-key marriage certificate and held a wedding on October 5 of the same year.
In the year of marriage, Wu Minxia and Zhang Xiaocheng successively established a sports culture media company and a sporting goods company, and with Wu Minxia's fame, the couple operated the company very well.
After the company operated normally, Wu Minxia handed over all the company's affairs to her husband Zhang Xiaocheng, and she put her mind on the family.
On December 19, 2018, she gave birth to a daughter for Zhang Xiaocheng, and after the birth of the child, the two shared the good news with everyone for the first time.
In 2022, Wu Minxia gave birth to a son for Zhang Xiaocheng again, and since then they have both children and daughters.
Over the years, Wu Minxia's life has been very low-key, the focus has always been on the family and children, seriously playing the role of a good wife and mother, grateful for her disgust and sacrifice after marriage, her husband has always loved her very much after marriage, never made her angry, and managed her feelings very well.
With the joint efforts of their husband and wife, they have been married for many years, and now the family of four is living very happily, and they are simply envious.
It is worth saying that although Wu Minxia's daughter is only 5 years old now, as she slowly grows up, it can be seen from her eyebrows that her daughter is very similar to her, and I believe that the future is also a big beauty.
I have to say that although Wu Minxia did not marry into a wealthy family like her partner and good sister Guo Jingjing and became a wealthy wife, but married a civilian husband and lived an ordinary life, her life was still very good.
She runs the company with her husband, now her career is developing steadily, there is no need to worry about the economy, the relationship with her husband is stable in life, and the children are growing up healthily, for an ordinary person, it is already very enviable to live like Wu Minxia.
And with her current state of happiness, she will definitely not regret choosing to marry an ordinary husband, after all, she is now much happier than many people who have joined wealthy families!
From a well-known world champion and diving queen to today's good wife and mother, Wu Minxia has now achieved a perfect transformation.
For her now, the glory and brilliance in the past in the arena have long been in the past, and she just wants to live her life well, nothing more.
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