In today's society, people are facing various pressures such as mortgages and car loans, so many of them are unmarried, which is not only common in ordinary people, but also among entertainment stars and sports stars.
Today, let's take a look at the four "golden leftover women" in the Chinese women's volleyball team:
One: Zhao Ruirui
When it comes to the golden leftover women of the women's volleyball team, the first thing that many people think of is Zhao Ruirui, not only because Zhao Ruirui is older, but also because Zhao Ruirui is famous.
Born in 1981, Zhao Ruirui is 43 years old.
Zhao Ruirui was born in a sports family, and her parents were volleyball players when they were young, so Zhao Ruirui inherited her parents' excellent sports genes after she was born.
Zhao Ruirui's parents originally didn't want Zhao Ruirui to practice volleyball, but Zhao Ruirui grew very fast as she grew older, and her height reached 1.8 meters when she was 11 years old.
At this time, whether it was Zhao Ruirui's parents' teammates when they played or the previous leaders, they persuaded them to let their daughter practice sports, and Zhao Ruirui's parents didn't want to waste their daughter's good talent.
So, when Zhao Ruirui was 11 years old, she was sent by her parents to the Bayi women's volleyball team to practice volleyball.
With such a height and the resources of her parents, Zhao Ruirui's future on the road of volleyball is definitely bright.
In fact, it is true that Zhao Ruirui, who was only 18 years old in 1999, was selected for the national team, and even at that time she was regarded as one of the hopes for the re-emergence of the Chinese women's volleyball team.
At that time, Zhao Ruirui's height had grown to 1.97 meters, and the Chinese women's volleyball team had never been such a tall athlete before that, so Zhao Ruirui was also called the "Great Wall of the Internet" by fans after entering the national team.
But there are many other problems with such height, on the one hand, Chinese are too tall and not as flexible as Europeans and Americans, and on the other hand, the taller they are, the greater the risk of injury.
This can be seen from Zhao Ruirui's other nickname "Glass Beauty".
Shortly after joining the national team in 1999, Zhao Ruirui suffered a recurrence of an old knee meniscus injury, and she was originally considered to be one of the main participants in the 1999 World Championships and the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
But after the injury, the relevant leaders considered the long-term interests and finally decided to let Zhao Ruirui recover from the injury and not participate in the 1999 World Championships and the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
After the Sydney Olympics, the head coach of the Chinese women's volleyball team became Chen Zhonghe, and under Chen Zhonghe's targeted training, Zhao Ruirui played well in the Athens Olympic cycle for several years, and it was also in those years that she won the title of "Great Wall on the Internet".
So, everyone was looking forward to Zhao Ruirui's outstanding performance at the Athens Olympics, but who knew that Zhao Ruirui's debut at the Athens Olympics only played two rounds and fell directly to the ground, her right leg was fractured, and she missed the next game, fortunately, the Chinese women's volleyball team finally won the championship at the Athens Olympics.
In the years after the Athens Olympics, Zhao Ruirui spent most of her time recuperating from injuries, and she was finally selected for the Beijing Olympics, but the Chinese women's volleyball team only won the bronze medal in the Beijing Olympics.
After the Beijing Olympics, Zhao Ruirui announced her retirement, and since then she has chosen to become a writer, and has also published novels such as "Doomsday Awakening" and "Colorful Feather Hero".
During the athlete's period, Zhao Ruirui had an affair with Yao Ming, it is said that both of them were famous "little giants" in Chinese sports, and some men's basketball players matched the two, Zhao Ruirui did not explicitly refuse this, and even said that they could get along for a while.
But Yao Ming had already liked Ye Li at that time, so the matter ended in nothing.
And Zhao Ruirui is still alone until now!
Two: Yan Ni
Born in 1987, Yan Ni is 37 years old this year.
Yan Ni was also born into a sports family, her father used to be professionally trained in football at a sports school, and her mother was also a member of the school basketball team when she was young.
Although their parents have not gone very far on the road of sports, their excellent sports genes have been passed on to Yan Ni.
Yan Ni was a head taller than her peers when she was very young, and after going to school, the physical education teacher in the school happened to be her father's teacher when he was young, so Yan Ni followed her father's former teacher and began to practice physical education.
At first, the teacher chose basketball for Yan Ni, because Yan Ni's mother used to be a basketball player, but after practicing for a few days, Yan Ni was not interested in basketball at all, but liked volleyball, which no one practiced.
It turns out that Yan Ni not only likes volleyball, she does have a high talent in volleyball.
After practicing volleyball for three years, Yan Ni was selected by the beach volleyball coach of Shenyang Sports School, and in this way, Yan Ni was selected for the Liaoning Provincial Youth Women's Volleyball Team after another 4 years, and a year later she entered the Liaoning Provincial Youth Women's Volleyball Team.
It was also at this time that the relevant leaders of the Liaoning team felt that Yan Ni's height was growing too fast and she was no longer suitable for playing beach volleyball, so they asked Yan Ni to play indoor volleyball instead.
After changing to indoor volleyball, Yan Ni has been practicing the main offense at first, but two years later, the coach found that Yan Ni has very good basketball and movement ability, so he asked Yan Ni to change to secondary offense.
In this way, when Yan Ni was 18 years old, she was selected for the Liaoning women's volleyball team and became a professional athlete.
After entering the Liaoning women's volleyball team, the next step for Yan Ni was to enter the national team, and a year later, she did enter the national second team, but she never entered the first team.
After the Beijing Olympics, the head coach of the Chinese women's volleyball team was changed from Chen Zhonghe to Cai Bin, and the 22-year-old Yan Ni was finally selected for the national team training squad for the first time.
It's just that this time Yan Ni only stayed in the national team for three months, and was returned to the provincial team by the head coach on the grounds of basic inaction.
From 2011 to 2012, Yan Ni scored first in the league and once again entered the training squad, but in the end she did not even have the opportunity to participate in the training camp.
In 2013, the head coach of the women's volleyball team became Lang Ping, and Yan Ni entered the national team again, because of the experience of being selected for the national team twice before, Yan Ni was a little unconfident in entering the national team again, so after playing a few more games, Lang Ping was very dissatisfied with her performance, so he returned her to the provincial team.
It wasn't until the 2014 Asian Cup that Yan Ni was recruited into the national team again, and this time she finally gained a firm foothold in the national team.
Under the guidance of Lang Ping, Yan Ni and her teammates won the World Cup, the Olympic Games and other major championships together, and Yan Ni also became the "first deputy attacker" of the Chinese women's volleyball team at that stage, and fans affectionately called her the "North Great Wall".
After the Tokyo Olympics, Yan Ni announced her retirement, and then someone spread the news of Yan Ni's marriage on the Internet, but Yan Ni stood up in time to refute the rumors.
Now it has been three years since Yan Ni retired, but there is still no news about Yan Ni's relationship.
Three: Xu Yunli
Xu Yunli, who was born in 1987, is 37 years old this year.
Xu Yunli and Yan Ni are not only the same age, but both of them also serve as deputy offensive positions on the field, and Yan Ni is known as the "North Great Wall", and Xu Yunli is known as the "South Great Wall", but Xu Yunli's career is much luckier than Yan Ni's.
Xu Yunli's parents are not athletes, just ordinary farmers, but Xu Yunli's parents are not low in height, so Xu Yunli's height far exceeded that of her peers when she was a child.
Xu Yunli was selected by the track and field coach of the sports school at the beginning, but after practicing track and field for a period of time, the coach found that Xu Yunli's height was still growing rapidly, and she felt that Xu Yunli would be a bit condescending if she practiced track and field with herself, so she recommended Xu Yunli to the volleyball coach.
After practicing like this for five or six years, 17-year-old Xu Yunli became the main force of the Fujian women's volleyball team.
Xu Yunli also practiced the main offense at the beginning, but after entering the Fujian women's volleyball team, the coach decided to let her switch to the secondary offense after watching a few of her games.
After changing to a secondary attacker, Xu Yunli's performance was even more eye-catching, and she was also favored by Chen Zhonghe, the head coach of the Chinese women's volleyball team at the time.
In 2006, 19-year-old Xu Yunli was selected for the national team training squad and became one of the key auxiliary attackers.
Chen Zhonghe also has high hopes for Xu Yunli: "After a few competitions, it has been proved that she is a talent that can be created." ”
Xu Yunli's performance at the World Championships this year was also very good, but after that, Xu Yunli fell into a trough, and the offensive rhythm was not coordinated with the whole team, so Xu Yunli became a marginal figure in the national team in 2007.
However, Xu Yunli still participated in the Beijing Olympics with the team, of course, as one of the six members of the team who participated in the Olympic Games for the first time, she could only be a substitute.
After the Beijing Olympics, the Chinese women's volleyball team fell into the most chaotic period, changing three head coaches in two years, but Xu Yunli has been a member of the national team during this period.
The Chinese women's volleyball team only finished fifth in the London Olympics, so after the London Olympics, the relevant leaders invited Lang Ping back, and after Lang Ping became the head coach of the women's volleyball team, Xu Yunli was selected for the national team for the first time.
During Lang Ping's coaching period, Xu Yunli's best round of games was the 2014 World Championships, as the oldest player in the team at that time, she started almost every game and played the whole game, which was a solid barrier for the Chinese women's volleyball team, and she also gained the reputation of "The Great Wall of the Internet".
However, after that, Xu Yunli was injured, and Lang Ping recalled Yan Ni again, it can be said that if Xu Yunli is not injured, it will be difficult for Yan Ni to return to the national team again.
Of course, Yan Ni's strength is definitely not weak, and since then, the two have joined forces to greatly improve the strength of the Chinese women's volleyball team's secondary offensive line.
After the Rio Olympics, Xu Yunli originally wanted to continue to persevere like Yan Ni, but who knew that in a competition in 2017, Xu Yunli was unexpectedly injured, and in the end she had to end her career early.
Xu Yunli was a substitute in the team for most of her career, but Lang Ping later commented on Xu Yunli: "Although Xu Yunli is not a starter, everyone knows that she is a fake substitute for Allah." ”
Now, Xu Yunli has been retired for 7 years, but there is still no news of marriage.
Four: Wang Yimei
Wang Yimei, who was born in 1988, is 36 years old this year.
Wang Yimei had good physical fitness when she was young, and her height was higher than that of children of the same age, so she was favored by the sports school coach when she was 7 years old, but she just started learning to swim.
After three years of practice, Wang Yimei was selected for the provincial sports school, and her height had grown to 1.75 meters at this time, so she was favored by the volleyball coach after entering the provincial sports school.
After discussing with Wang Yimei's swimming coach and parents, the volleyball coach asked Wang Yimei to join the volleyball team he led.
After two years of training at the Liaoning Provincial Sports School, Wang Yimei's height grew to 1.9 meters, and she was successfully selected for the Liaoning Provincial Women's Volleyball Junior Team this year.
After another two years, Liaoning was directly selected for the first row of the Liaoning women's volleyball team, and it was only four years after she switched from swimming to volleyball.
A year later, Wang Yimei entered the national youth team and participated in the World Youth Championships with the team, winning the runner-up, and she was also named the Most Valuable Player of the World Youth Championships.
As a result, Wang Yimei was favored by Chen Zhonghe, the then head coach of the Chinese women's volleyball team, and just after the Spring Festival in 2004, Wang Yimei's name was written on the national team's first training list.
At that time, there was only less than half a year left before the Athens Olympics, and Chen Zhonghe naturally couldn't let Wang Yimei, who was only 16 years old, participate in the Athens Olympics, he just wanted her to feel the atmosphere of preparing for the Olympics in advance.
But the closer to the Olympic Games, the more precious the place in the national team training squad is, because through the training camp, the coach can select the best athletes in the entire Chinese women's volleyball world to participate in the Olympic Games, and Chen Zhonghe can give Wang Yimei a place, which shows the importance he attaches to Wang Yimei.
After the Athens Olympics, Wang Yimei was once again selected for the final squad for the first training camp of the national team, and on the first day of training, Chen Zhonghe told Chongren that Wang Yimei was the latest "heavy gunner" he was looking for for for the Chinese women's volleyball team.
At that time, Wang Yimei was fat and very clumsy, so many team members didn't trust her very much, so Chen Zhonghe gave Wang Yimei special training in the next year or two.
Wang Yimei has also grown up very quickly, she is the absolute main force of the Chinese women's volleyball team in the Beijing Olympics, and almost every game is the highest score in the team, but in the end, the Chinese women's volleyball team only won the third place.
After the Beijing Olympics, Wang Yimei grew into one of the leaders of the Chinese women's volleyball team, but the London Olympic cycle is the most chaotic cycle of the Chinese women's volleyball team, and it can be regarded as a waste of Wang Yimei's talent.
After Lang Ping became the head coach of the women's volleyball team, Wang Yimei was also 25 years old, and many people thought that Wang Yimei would enter the national team, but at this time, Wang Yimei, whose weight skyrocketed, did not conform to Lang Ping's tactical system, so that she missed the national team.
In the following years, Wang Yimei just chose to play abroad, and since then she has been playing for her old club Liaoning women's volleyball team.
In 2019, Wang Yimei began to serve as the general manager of the Liaoning women's volleyball team, completing the transformation from player to management.
Wang Yimei is now 36 years old, but she is still single.
The above four are all athletes who have won glory for the country, and the reason why they are not married may be unmarried, or it is possible that they have not met a suitable other half.
In addition to these four athletes, which female volleyball player do you like, welcome to leave a message in the comment area to discuss!