Preamble:
Since China established a table tennis team in 1952, many famous table tennis players have been born, who have not forgotten to train hard and finally won hundreds of gold medals for the country.
The first place is the dream of all athletes, but there is an exception in the table tennis world, she is willing to be a green leaf, and is nicknamed "the second in the table tennis world".
However, if the Chinese table tennis world needs her, she will also step up and turn the tide, and finally end her career with a record of 11 world championships, she is Qiao Hong.
is such a table tennis heroine, who did not enter the marriage hall until she was 50 years old
So, how legendary is Qiao Hong's table tennis career?
Qiao Hong
"Ping Pong"
On November 21, 1968, an ordinary family in Hubei gave birth to a baby girl, she is Qiao Hong, her parents are workers, and she never expected her daughter to shine in sports.
Qiao Hong
Qiao Hong liked to learn Xi when she was a child, and when she was 7 years old, she happily ran to primary school with a small schoolbag, and she didn't expect that her fate with table tennis was about to open.
At that time, a wave of "table tennis fever" swept across the country, and Qiao Hong's school also responded to this "east wind" and set up a table tennis team.
Qiao Hong
At that time, Qiao Hong joined with a playful attitude, but the coach didn't think so, he always had a black face in front of these "table tennis seedlings", supervised them in daily training, and couldn't cut corners.
In addition, the coach took into account the height of the children and "artificially lowered" the table so that they could practice their Xi skills well.
Qiao Hong
At that time, although Qiao Hong was still a primary school student, her life was very busy, and after the school Xi, she would rush to the court and often train until midnight.
Sometimes when she came out of the stadium and found that the school doors were locked, she had to run home over the wall.
Qiao Hong
Qiao Hong trained so hard and soon had a reward, she showed her edge in the next district competition and won the first place, but she chose to follow the coach's advice and give the championship trophy to others.
Just when Qiao Hong's table tennis skills were getting better and better, the teacher's home visit put her family in a dilemma.
Children's Table Tennis Competition (Scenario Simulation)
It turned out that Qiao Hong was not only very talented in sports, but also had good grades in Xi, and the teacher's home visit was to make her give up table tennis, if she worked hard in her Xi, she might be able to get a guaranteed place.
Learn Xi Table Tennis (Scenario Simulation)
To tell the truth, who parents don't want their children to be champions? Faced with the teacher's proposal, Qiao Hong's parents were naturally moved.
Qiao Hong
But table tennis has become Qiao Hong's favorite sport, and in the end, with the help of the coach, Qiao Hong ensured that the practice would not delay the Xi results, and the matter was able to end.
Qiao Hong
In 1980, Qiao Hong, who was only 12 years old, showed her strength in the amateur table tennis competition, and finally won the second good result and successfully became a member of the provincial team.
Since then, her ears have been haunting what her parents said: train hard, fight for the first, and win glory for the country, however, Qiao Hong has been unable to enter the national team for a long time, what is going on?
Qiao Hong
Speaking of this, her coach's face was full of pity, not that Qiao Hong's skills were not good, nor that she didn't work hard, but that she was too nervous every time she was selected, which caused her to play too poorly every time, so she missed the national team.
Qiao Hong and Ma Long
And Qiao Hong is nervous, most of the reason comes from her parents, the expectations are too high, it is difficult for her to breathe, every time the competition results are not good, she feels that she has no face to come back.
Qiao Hong
Later, under the patient guidance of the coach, Qiao Hong slowly walked out of this "mountain", and she was like a dark horse in the 1987 National Games, ranking second in singles, and successfully got the ticket to the national team.
Since then, the glory belonging to Qiao Hong has officially kicked off.
Qiao Hong
Taking into account the overall situation, he has postponed his retirement many times
In 1989, Qiao Hong appeared at the World Table Tennis Championships, and many fans had high expectations for her, and she lived up to expectations, winning two gold medals in women's singles and women's doubles in one fell swoop, and the cheers on the scene were deafening.
At the end of the game, Qiao Hong told her parents the good news, and after hanging up the phone, the big stone in Qiao Hong's heart finally landed.
Qiao Hong and Deng Yaping
In 1990, she participated in the World Table Tennis Championships with her teammates and finally won the women's team championship.
With these achievements, reputation and applause have become Qiao Hong's "standard", but she did not indulge in them, and her requirements for daily training were higher.
Qiao Hong (right)
In 1994, she went to Barcelona with Deng Yaping, and finally brought back a precious women's doubles gold medal.
That year, Qiao Hong was 26 years old, which is a golden age for ordinary people, but for athletes, it is the age of retirement, so she came up with the idea of leaving.
Qiao Hong and Deng Yaping
In addition, if she leaves at this age, she can also seek better opportunities to earn money by playing, so that she can also have a good life.
However, the National Sports Commission rejected her retirement application and hoped that she could take care of the overall situation, and in the end, Qiao Hong chose to work hard for a few more years.
Qiao Hong
Soon ushered in the 1995 World Table Tennis Championships, when celebrities from all walks of life gathered, intending to compete for the shining gold medal, fortunately, Qiao Hong and her teammates played well and kept the women's doubles gold medal, but in the women's singles, she only won the second, the first was Deng Yaping.
Qiao Hong (right)
At that time, some people compared her with Deng Yaping, thinking that she was not "self-motivated", but she just smiled and responded to these, she knew Deng Yaping's "devil training", but as long as the gold medal was won by Chinese players, she was very happy.
Deng Yaping
Qiao Hong felt that her "mission" had been completed, so she wrote an application for retirement, but when she passed by the training ground, she saw that only a few veterans were still holding on, and the rest were young players, so she dispelled this idea.
Qiao Hong (second from left)
In the later Atlanta Olympics, the Chinese women's table tennis performed well, but fortunately, with the help of Qiao Hong, she was able to successfully retain the gold medal, and many fans respected this heroine very much.
Qiao Hong (right)
Since then, Qiao Hong seems to have "evaporated from the world", and there is no news of her until 7 years later, she "reappeared in the rivers and lakes", this time for Wang Nan.
Qiao Hong (right)
At that time, Wang Nan's performance in table tennis was very poor, and with Qiao Hong's company, she realized the "Grand Slam", the highest dream of table tennis people.
Qiao Hong and Wang Nan
In fact, in the years that Qiao Hong has disappeared, her identity has changed in multiple ways, from coach to student, it is her valuable experience, in 2003, Qiao Hong became a female table tennis coach, and joined hands with them to continue to write the myth of China in table tennis.
However, compared to her career, fans are more concerned about her love life, because at that time she was 35 years old and still alone.
Qiao Hong (right)
Low-key love
In 2008, when Qiao Hong held the torch high, the audience on both sides gave her warm applause, and her emotional problems were mentioned by everyone again.
Qiao Hong
In 2018, a reporter announced on his social platform that Qiao Hong had been married in a low-key manner, and fans were very happy after learning the news, this lonely "female hero" finally had a family at the age of 50.
They knew that Qiao Hong liked to keep a low profile, so they didn't bother, but silently blessed.
Qiao Hong (left)
After having a new life, Qiao Hong did not give up table tennis, she usually guides some children to train, but in the photo, she may not have the style she used to have on the field because of wrinkles.
Qiao Hong and the award-winning teenager
On New Year's Day in 2023, Qiao Hong suddenly appeared at the Ascending Fitness Conference, hoping to drive more people to exercise.
Today, Qiao Hong is 55 years old, she is still shining for table tennis, and she lives happily with her husband.
Qiao Hong (left)
Epilogue:
For Qiao Hong, she may have come into contact with table tennis with a playful mentality, but in the strict training later, she persevered and finally became one of the representatives of Chinese women's table tennis step by step.
Originally, she could have retired, but in order to take care of the overall situation, she postponed her retirement several times, and it was not until the women's table tennis "successor" that she left the arena she once loved.
Qiao Hong's career is very successful, she is also very successful emotionally, and after getting married at the age of 50, she and her husband live happily every day.