"The Queen of Back Flying" Ma Yunwen, this resounding nickname comes from her eye-catching specialty on the volleyball court - she is good at back flying offense. As an outstanding representative of the "Bronze Generation" of the Chinese women's volleyball team, she has twice qualified for the Olympic Games, namely the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2012 London Olympics.
On the field in her hometown of Beijing, Ma Yunwen and her teammates experienced a series of arduous struggles, and finally after the heavy blow of losing out of the group stage, they fought hard to face the difficulties, and in the knockout round, they defeated the two strong teams of Russia and Cuba, and finally won the coveted bronze medal for the motherland! When Ma Yunwen held the medal in her hand and smiled proudly, the audience was boiling and applauded.
Four years later, in distant London, Ma Yunwen once again wore the national team jersey and embarked on a new journey. Although she finally reached the quarterfinals, her outstanding performance won the applause of the audience.
In addition to the honor of two Olympic Games, Ma Yunwen also won the bronze medal in the 2011 Women's Volleyball World Cup with the team. That year, before the game, the Chinese women's volleyball team suffered four consecutive defeats, and the situation was sluggish.
The germination and growth of sports
On October 19, 1986, Ma Yunwen was born in a sports family in Luwan District, Shanghai. Her mother was a Shanghai women's basketball player, and her father played for the Shanghai men's basketball team.
Perhaps inheriting the excellent genes of a sports family, Ma Yunwen has shown extraordinary athletic talent since she was a child, whether it is explosive or bouncing, she is far better than children of the same age.
Keen parents quickly spot the difference in their daughter. When she was 6 years old, they sent Ma Yunwen to Luwan Youth Amateur Sports School and began to learn basketball systematically.
Ma Yunwen's enlightenment teacher Zhou Ling praised this talented girl, not only teaching her basketball skills herself, but also caring for her life like her own daughter.
Ma's mother is considerate, always carefully cooks nutritious supplements, and then rides them to school herself, instructing Ma Yunwen to drink them on time to ensure that every drop of nutrition is absorbed by her.
For 6 years, Ma Yunwen has been focusing on basketball.
However, just when Ma Yunwen was highly anticipated and ready to join the Shanghai Oriental Women's Basketball Team, a turning point appeared. Teacher Zhou Ling saw Ma Yunwen's outstanding physical fitness and suggested that she switch to volleyball: "Compared with basketball, the Chinese women's volleyball team has more development prospects, which will open a brighter path for Ma Yunwen."
After careful consideration, Ma Yunwen finally chose to join the Shanghai women's volleyball team. Due to her talent, she soon became the team's main assistant attacker at the age of 14 and began her wonderful volleyball career.
The pinnacle of his national team career
In 2005, 19-year-old Ma Yunwen entered the national team because of her outstanding performance and started her brilliant national team career. In the same year, she went to Switzerland with the team to participate in the prestigious competition of the women's volleyball elite.
Three years later, Ma Yunwen came to Beijing to play for her hometown and compete in the 2008 Olympic Games.
The atmosphere of the scene was suddenly ignited, and Ma Yunwen stared at the Russian camp at the opposite corner of the court, her face full of battle. In the subsequent semi-finals, although the Chinese team lost to Brazil 0:3, in the final third-place battle, Ma Yunwen played the best level of the game, scored 10 points, led the Chinese team to defeat Cuba 3:1, and finally won the coveted bronze medal at home! When Ma Yunwen held the trophy in her hand and her face was filled with a proud smile, the audience burst into boiling applause.
Time flies, and in 2011, Ma Yunwen and her teammates once again entered the World Cup. At the World Grand Prix before the game, the Chinese team suffered four consecutive defeats, and morale was once low.
The coaching staff immediately made personnel adjustments, and the new setter Zhang Lei and Ma Yunwen's back fly ball became the team's biggest offensive weapon.
After the hard work of the whole team, the Chinese women's volleyball team finally won the third place in the World Cup and won the qualification for the London Olympics two years later. Although Ma Yunwen failed to advance to the semifinals in London, her wonderful performance won the applause and applause of the audience.
A bumpy emotional journey
Since 2011, Ma Yunwen's love life has been highly concerned by the media and fans. The first is the scandal with fellow sports star Liu Xiang. It is said that the two met because the head coach of the national team, Chen Zhonghe, intended to match Ma Yunwen.
Chen Zhonghe found that there was a little girl who favored Liu Xiang. One day, he happened to meet Liu Xiang who was eating in the cafeteria, so he introduced Ma Yunwen to the other party.
Since then, Ma Yunwen and Liu Xiang have interacted frequently on social media, and their intimacy has naturally sparked speculation about their relationship.
Two years later, Ma Yunwen was revealed to have a leg with Shen Qiong, the deputy attacker of the Shanghai men's volleyball team. Whenever asked about the relationship between the two, Ma Yunwen always responded with a smile: "We are just good friends and sports partners, pure nonsense."
It wasn't until May 2018 that Ma Yunwen finally met the object of her crush - Ret, a physical trainer from the United States. This tall and mighty man is not only hot, but also more than 1.92 meters tall, which is completely Ma Yunwen's ideal "perfect man".
The two hit it off at first sight and soon got to know each other.
In 2019, 33-year-old Ma Yunwen finally married into the "good family" of LET. The groom is not only successful in his career, but also a man with a warm family of extremely wealthy families.
Ma Yunwen followed in her husband's footsteps and settled in the Netherlands with him, and soon gave birth to a lovely daughter "Ammonium".
Ma Yunwen's exotic life
After marriage, Ma Yunwen's family of three lived happily and peacefully in the Netherlands, and her husband Leiter's career gradually improved, becoming the physical fitness coach of the Dutch women's national volleyball team. Everything seems to be beautiful, but it also makes Ma Yunwen feel a little uneasy.
As a girl who has been rooted in the land of Shanghai since she was a child, Ma Yunwen has an incomparably deep attachment to the motherland.
She often thinks that when her daughter "ammonium" grows up again, she must take her back to China and let her see the places where she once lived.
Unfortunately, the good times were short-lived. In 2020, due to the failure of the Dutch women's volleyball team to reach the Tokyo Olympics, LÄRT was forced to end his tenure there. For the sake of career development, he decided to return to his hometown in the United States with his family, so Ma Yunwen and "Ammonium" could only temporarily settle in a foreign country.
In a mansion in the United States, Ma Yunwen lives a comfortable and peaceful life. The husband's family was considerate to them and wrapped the mother and daughter in a warm embrace in a hospitable way.
However, Ma Yunwen still inevitably thinks of her parents who are far away in Shanghai, and her attachment to her homeland makes her regretful.
She looks forward to one day stepping on the land of her motherland again, holding the little hand of "ammonium", letting her see the place where she once struggled, and feeling the smell of memories wafting in the familiar air.
However, no one expected that the new crown epidemic in 2020 would be so serious.
For safety, Ma Yunwen and her daughter could only be "imprisoned" in the United States, and had no chance to return to China to visit relatives.
In a blink of an eye, the lovely "Ammonium" is three years old, but she has never seen her once amiable grandparents, which makes Ma Yunwen feel very regretful and regretful.