In 1981, the Chinese women's volleyball team won the women's volleyball World Cup that year with 7 wins in the third women's volleyball World Cup held in Japan.
Since then, the Chinese women's volleyball team has won the championship in the 9th World Women's Volleyball Championship in Peru in 1982, the 23rd Olympic Games held in Los Angeles in 1984, the 4th Women's Volleyball World Cup held in Japan in 1985, and the Volleyball World Championship held in Czechoslovakia in 1986.
The five consecutive championships of the Chinese women's volleyball team became the pride of the Chinese in the sports world of that era. When countless people recall those years, they will never forget the name of every athlete present in the Chinese women's volleyball team. So much so that many people of the older generation can recite the names of the Chinese women's volleyball players at that time when they mention the Chinese women's volleyball team.
Unlike many people who worship NBA stars now, the Chinese women's volleyball team at that time was definitely the most dazzling sports star in the country.
Among these dazzling volleyball women, Chen Zhaodi is definitely an important figure worthy of eternal memory.
"Desperate Saburo" Chen Zhaodi
Chen Zhaodi was born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province in 1955, and was selected into the Hangzhou One School at the age of 15 and joined the newly formed Zhejiang women's volleyball team.
In 1971, 16-year-old Chen Zhaodi was selected for the youth team of Beijing Institute of Sport and joined the Bayi team two years later.
Since her youth, Chen Zhaodi has won the coach's attention with her ruthlessness.
In 1979, the Japanese women's volleyball team and the mainland women's volleyball team met in the Asian Women's Volleyball Championship. At that time, the Japanese women's volleyball team has been in the top position in the world since defeating the Soviet women's volleyball team in 1962.
Later, since 1965, we invited the coach of the "Oriental Witch" team Hirofumi Omatsu to China to help the Chinese women's volleyball team conduct systematic training and plan training policies.
After nearly ten years of hard training and great development, this friendly match with the Japanese women's volleyball team has become a test of the hard development of the past ten years.
However, what people didn't expect was that Chen Zhaodi's hand was injured in this game, and the previous old injury caused Chen Zhaodi's lower arm radius to be directly broken.
Because the match with Japan was related to the honor of the Chinese women's volleyball team, Chen Zhaodi did not explain to the coach how serious the injury to her arm was, and insisted on taking the injury into battle.
Finally, in the match of the day, they defeated the then Asian and former world champion Japanese women's volleyball team 3-1 in the game of the day, winning glory for the country.
After the game, when the coach asked Chen Zhaodi about the hand injury, Chen Zhaodi said with a fine face: "If it really doesn't work, I'll play with one arm, and I can play with one hand!"
Sure enough, when two months later, when Chen Zhaodi returned to the People's Liberation Army to compete in the Fourth National Games, people saw Chen Zhaodi appearing on the competition field with one hand hanging. It was from this time that Chen Zhaodi got the title of "One-Armed General".
However, Chen Zhaodi's injuries are far more than just her hands, and after years of hard training, Chen Zhaodi has been plagued by injuries.
In 1981, she cooperated with Lang Ping in the Women's Volleyball World Cup held in Japan, and finally defeated Japan 3:2 by defeating China and winning the first championship of the Chinese women's volleyball team in the world competition.
In order to win this game, Chen Zhaodi on that day can be said to have risked her life and sprained her waist in the game. But Chen Zhaodi didn't squeak, just stopped the ball hit by the Japanese team again and again on the playing field. Even at the end of the game, Chen Zhaodi's waist was no longer obedient, but she still insisted on fighting until the last moment.
When the Chinese team defeated the Japanese team and lifted the trophy, Chen Zhaodi still limped onto the podium with the support of her teammates.
After this game, the Chinese women's volleyball team replaced Japan to become the world's leading volleyball team, and the volleyball spirit was passed on by the Chinese people.
However, at this time, Chen Zhaodi's back injury had reached a very serious level. At that time, the schedule of competitions and training was very tight, but Chen Zhaodi's back injury was getting worse. Every training session and every game, Chen Zhaodi's waist looks like it's about to break.
The doctor said to Chen Zhaodi: "You can't play anymore, if you play again, you will be paralyzed."
However, Chen Zhaodi still insisted on training and competing, and actively cooperated with the doctor's treatment. In order to be able to contribute a little more to the team. Relying on persistence and perseverance, Chen Zhaodi finally became the famous "desperate Saburo" of the Chinese women's volleyball team.
In 1982, the Chinese women's volleyball team won the championship in the 9th World Women's Volleyball Championship in Peru, making the Chinese women's volleyball team win the World Championship for the first time and the Asian Games again that year.
Since then, the Chinese women's volleyball team has begun the most glorious era, but at this time, Chen Zhaodi had to end her athlete career early due to injury and retired in 1983.
After retiring, she has always been concerned about the Chinese women's volleyball team
After retiring, Chen Zhaodi could have been the deputy director of the Hainan Provincial Department of Culture and Sports, but Chen Zhaodi refused to make such an organizational arrangement.
Chen Zhaodi loves volleyball, even if she can't play anymore, she must contribute to the development of the Chinese women's volleyball team as much as possible.
So Chen Zhaodi finally chose to return to the women's volleyball team and served as the deputy political commissar and captain of the Bayi team, as well as the assistant coach of the national team.
Since then, the Chinese women's volleyball team won the Olympic championship for the first time in 1984, achieving the "three consecutive championships" of the World Cup, the World Championships and the Olympic Games.
In the 4th Women's Volleyball World Cup held in Japan in 1985 and the Volleyball World Championship held in Czechoslovakia in 1986, the Chinese team won two consecutive world-class championships, achieving five consecutive championships.
It can be said that the most glorious era of the Chinese women's volleyball team at that time represented the bloody memory of an entire generation.
However, behind the huge victory, the crisis of the women's volleyball team looms. In 1986, Chen Zhaodi served as the head coach of the national youth women's volleyball team, leading the team to win the women's volleyball Asian Youth Championship and the third place in the World Youth Championship, cultivating a new generation of outstanding volleyball talents for the country.
And during Chen Zhaodi's return to the national team as the leader in 1989, the Chinese women's volleyball team also stood on the podium at the continental and world-class six times, winning the third place in the 1989 World Cup, the 1989 Asian Championships, the 1990 World Championships, the 1990 Asian Games, the 1991 World Cup and the 1991 Asian Championships.
However, with the retirement of former Chinese women's volleyball players such as Chen Zhaodi, Lang Ping and Liang Yan, the situation of the Chinese women's volleyball team becoming more and more obvious.
In 1993, Chen Zhaodi had to leave the national team because of rectal cancer, and worked in the Culture and Sports Bureau of the General Political Department of the People's Republic of China, successively serving as the director of the Culture and Sports Bureau of the General Political Department, the deputy political commissar of the Ministry of Direct Work of the General Political Department, and the deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the General Political Department of the People's Liberation Army.
The Chinese women's volleyball team also fell into an era of discontinuity after stopping at the quarterfinals at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, and even if Lang Ping returned to coach the national team in 1995, it failed to make the Chinese women's volleyball national team stand on the podium of continental and international competitions again after the Asian Championships in 91.
Chen Zhaodi, who left the national team, has been battling the disease, but fortunately, rectal cancer is well controlled and far less developed than other cancers.
So in this way, Chen Zhaodi has fought for herself for more than 20 years, even if she is not in the national team, she must promote the development of mainland volleyball as much as possible.
Before his death, he still paid attention to the future of the women's volleyball team
In 2009, the Chinese women's volleyball team fell into a trough again after a short period of revival from 20000 to 2008. In the four years from 2009 to 2013, he failed to win the continental and international championships, and even ranked very low.
At this time, Chen Zhaodi also became life-threatening because of the development of rectal cancer. During the time when she was fighting against the disease, Chen Zhaodi had been thinking about how to bring the Chinese women's volleyball team back to the top.
Finally, Chen Zhaodi called Lang Ping, who was still coaching overseas at the time, and hoped that Lang Ping could return to China to coach and lead the Chinese women's volleyball team to the top of the world again.
Unfortunately, while waiting for Lang Ping's reply, Chen Zhaodi's condition deteriorated, and finally died on April 1, 2013.
At 10 a.m. on April 5, 2013, the farewell ceremony of Chen Zhaodi's body was held in the Babao Shandong Auditorium in Beijing. Chen Zhaodi's daughter Guo Chen, who is not yet 20 years old, held the portrait of her mother and thanked the guests who came to mourn, and Chen Zhonghe was also present.
On this day, Yuan Weimin, the first coach of the Chinese women's volleyball team, brought Chen Zhaodi's former teammates in the national team to mourn. When entering the mourning ceremony, Yuan Weimin said: "Don't fall behind, keep up."
This is the most common sentence Yuan Weimin said when Chen Zhaodi and other members of the old women's volleyball team were playing games, and as soon as this sentence was said, all the members of the old women's volleyball team present couldn't help crying.
Lang Ping, who was present at this time, said, "We must be teammates in the next life."
After that, Chen Zhaodi was buried in the Anxian Cemetery in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, on the tomb of Chen Zhaodi, there is a dignified bronze statue, with his hands on his waist and his left arm holding a volleyball.
Chen Zhaodi finally stood in people's hearts forever with such an image.
After Chen Zhaodi's death. Lang Ping officially took charge of the Chinese women's volleyball team in May 2013. With the entrustment of his former teammates, Lang Ping finally ushered in the rebirth of the Chinese women's volleyball team after taking the helm of the Chinese women's volleyball team.
On August 11, 2013, after winning the 2013 World Women's Volleyball Grand Prix in Hong Kong, the Chinese women's volleyball team has won many championships in continental and international competitions.
However, due to the changes of the times, the world volleyball world has also ushered in great changes. As the opponent becomes stronger, although the Chinese women's volleyball team has worked very the field every time, the results have always come and gone, and they have not reproduced the majesty of the first batch of Chinese national teams "Women's Army". But despite this, the Chinese women's volleyball team is an invincible myth in the hearts of the Chinese people.
I would like to pay tribute to the Chinese women's volleyball team with this article.