One
Zeng Chunlei, who was born in 1989, is 34 years old this year.
Zeng Chunlei was born in a wealthy family, so Zeng Chunlei basically bought whatever her parents liked since she was a child, and she was very happy.
But there are gains and losses, the family conditions are good, and the parents' work is also very busy, so Zeng Chunlei and her brother when they were young were basically brought up by their grandparents and nannies.
Although Zeng Chunlei's parents are businessmen, they also love sports, and their height is not short, Zeng Chunlei also inherited her parents' excellent height and sports genes.
When I was a child, other little girls liked toys such as dolls, but Zeng Chunlei liked to play with boys, and Zeng Chunlei was half a head taller than little girls of the same age.
In 1998, when Zeng Chunlei was 9 years old, the 13th Women's Volleyball World Championship was held in Japan, and the Chinese women's volleyball team passed all the way to the final under the leadership of head coach Lang Ping.
Although the Chinese women's volleyball team lost to the Cuban women's volleyball team in the end, the Cuban women's volleyball team in those years was in full swing and dominated the volleyball world, and the runner-up was also the best result of the Chinese women's volleyball team in the World Championships in those years.
Zeng Chunlei watched the World Championships in front of the TV with her parents, and she was also moved by the spirit of the Chinese women's volleyball team that never admits defeat, but Zeng Chunlei's favorite athlete at that time was the Dutch women's ranking team with the left hand of Lefe Link.
Lefe Link played chic, had a high hit rate, and was one of the main scorers of the Dutch women's volleyball team at that time, but Zeng Chunlei liked her more because she was also a "left-hander" like Lefe Link, and Zeng Chunlei at that time was looking forward to becoming an athlete like Lefe Link one day.
It was also in this year that Zeng Chunlei was favored by the volleyball coach of the Dongcheng District Sports School in Beijing because of her height and invited her to practice volleyball at the sports school.
This made Zeng Chunlei very happy, but Zeng Chunlei's mother disagreed, she was worried that her daughter's academic performance would decline because of the practice of volleyball, Zeng Chunlei in order to practice volleyball, so she assured her mother that she would not neglect her studies because of the practice of volleyball, and she would not let her academic performance decline.
In this regard, Zeng Chunlei's teacher also specially opened a small stove for her, sometimes Zeng Chunlei missed some classes because of training and competitions, and then the teacher would mark Zeng Chunlei with knowledge points.
Zeng Chunlei felt very painful when she first practiced volleyball, and the most important thing was that she felt as if she had been in a state of catching up with others.
The reason why this is so is because although Zeng Chunlei is relatively tall among her peers, after practicing volleyball, she found that although she is not the favorite among her teammates, it is basically the same.
Another point is that Zeng Chunlei was 9 years old when she started practicing volleyball, and some of her teammates who learned early have been practicing for two or three years, so at the beginning, Zeng Chunlei lagged behind her teammates in terms of height and technique.
Although Zeng Chunlei has lived in a wealthy family since she was a child, she is very able to endure hardships, when she first practiced volleyball, it was winter, and the sports school did not require them to come every day, but Zeng Chunlei reported to the sports school on time after class every day, and was never absent.
In addition, Zeng Chunlei's competitiveness is also very strong, because she is a new player, and some old people in the team bully her, which is common in various sports.
Although Zeng Chunlei's skills are not as good as others, she refuses to admit defeat and makes a bet with her teammates to see who enters the national team first.
Two
After training for a year or two at the Dongcheng District Sports School, one of the members of Zeng Chunlei's volleyball team was selected by the Beijing Sports School, which made Zeng Chunlei very unconvinced.
For this reason, she also specifically found the coaching theory, thinking that her skills are not bad for that player, why did the city sports school choose her instead of herself, it is worth mentioning that after Zeng Chunlei entered the Beijing women's volleyball team, she still lived in the same room with this player.
After this incident, the Beijing Sports School came to the Dongcheng District Sports School to select people several times, and several of Zeng Chunlei's teammates were selected, but Zeng Chunlei was never selected, and the coach had no idea about it, after all, Zeng Chunlei was still young.
But who knows, Zeng Chunlei has an idea, she didn't go to the sports school for several days, and the coach called Zeng Chunlei's mother to know that Zeng Chunlei was very depressed because of this incident, she couldn't eat or sleep well, and her anxious mouth was foaming.
After listening to Zeng Chunlei's mother's narration, the coach did not get angry, but felt that Zeng Chunlei was very pursuing, so he asked Zeng Chunlei's mother to tell her daughter that he would take Zeng Chunlei to the city sports school for training on Saturday until the end of the winter vacation.
After training at the Municipal Sports School for a period of time, the Municipal Sports School was also a little interested in Zeng Chunlei, coupled with the strong recommendation of Coach Zeng Chunlei, the Municipal Sports School finally agreed to let Zeng Chunlei train first.
The city sports school also has conditions for Zeng Chunlei to enter the team for training, Zeng Chunlei at that time was fat, a little fat man, the condition of the city sports school is that Zeng Chunlei must lose weight, if she can't lose weight to the weight required by the city sports school, they will return Zeng Chunlei.
It is also for this reason that during the period when she entered the Municipal Sports School, Zeng Chunlei wore weight loss clothes every day, and ran lap by lap on the track of the Municipal Sports School, Zeng Chunlei lost more than 20 pounds in just two months, and she also successfully kept up with the team's training rhythm and intensity.
Soon after Zeng Chunlei entered the city sports school, she learned that the National Youth Group B competition would be held in the summer, so Zeng Chunlei told the coach that she wanted to participate in this competition.
At that time, many teammates were not optimistic about Zeng Chunlei, but after Zeng Chunlei successfully lost weight, the Municipal Sports School signed her up for this competition and asked her to play the main force (Zeng Chunlei's position was the main attack at that time).
In 2002, in the Beijing Games, Zeng Chunlei represented the Shijingshan team, and all the teams knew that the Shijingshan team had an 11 that was "left-handed", but the Shijingshan team still handed over most of the key balls to Zeng Chunlei to play.
In this regard, Zeng Chunlei is also not stage frightened at all, and finally under the leadership of Zeng Chunlei, the Shijingshan team won the championship of the women's volleyball competition of the Beijing Games.
Because of her outstanding performance in the City Games, shortly after the end of the City Games, Zeng Chunlei, who was only 13 years old, was selected by the Beijing women's volleyball team.
After two years of training in the Beijing team, 15-year-old Zeng Chunlei entered the national girls' volleyball team, and it was also this year that coach Chen Zhonghe led the Chinese women's volleyball team to win the Olympic championship again after 12 years.
Zeng Chunlei has been watching the women's volleyball team in front of the TV in this Olympic Games, especially the final of the Chinese women's volleyball team against the Russian women's volleyball team, the Chinese women's volleyball team staged a shocking reversal.
At that time, the main setter of the Chinese women's volleyball team was Zeng Chunlei's senior sister in the Beijing team, which also made Zeng Chunlei yearn for the Olympic Games.
Three
In 2006, 17-year-old Zeng Chunlei suffered the first major setback of her volleyball career.
This year, she underwent surgery to clean her left knee joint, and she couldn't stand on the field for a long time, which made Zeng Chunlei very frustrated, and suddenly thought of retiring.
During this period, Zeng Chunlei was also invited by some universities in the United States, and Zeng Chunlei really thought about it seriously, and at this time, her father, who usually did not interfere with Zeng Chunlei's thoughts, suddenly said to her:
"From the beginning of playing volleyball until now, you know best how difficult it is, and now you give up before your dream is realized? There are many opportunities to go to school, but volleyball will not have a chance after giving up now. ”
Her father's words were not sensational, but it was these simple words that woke Zeng Chunlei up and rejuvenated her fighting spirit for volleyball.
Throughout the Beijing Olympic cycle, Zeng Chunlei has not been selected for the national team, after all, the national team was full of famous players at that time, and Zeng Chunlei was only a young player less than 20 years old.
It wasn't until 2009, when the national team was reorganized, that the 20-year-old Zeng Chunlei entered the national team for the first time.
After being adjusted out of the national team, Zeng Chunlei was accidentally injured in an intra-team training session that was about to start the new season, resulting in missing six rounds of the league.
In mid-January 2010, Zeng Chunlei officially made a comeback, and in the first game after the comeback, Zeng Chunlei led the Beijing women's volleyball team to victory, which made people see Zeng Chunlei's strength.
In 2012, Zeng Chunlei performed well in a series of warm-up matches before the Olympic Games, so she was also successfully selected for the Chinese women's volleyball team to participate in the London Olympics.
During the London Olympics, Zeng Chunlei served as a setter, and when the starting setter was restricted to Zhang Lei, Zeng Chunlei always opened the situation for the Chinese women's volleyball team after coming on the bench, although the Chinese women's volleyball team did not perform well in the London Olympics, but Zeng Chunlei's performance was eye-catching.
After the London Olympics, at the invitation of relevant leaders, Lang Ping, a meritorious veteran of the Chinese women's volleyball team, became the head coach of the Chinese women's volleyball team.
Lang Ping's name was listed in the first training list of the national team as the head coach of the women's volleyball team, and Zeng Chunlei participated in the three training camps of the national team in 2013, which shows how optimistic Lang Ping was about Zeng Chunlei at that time.
In this year's Asian Championships, the Chinese women's volleyball team lost to the host Thai team in the semifinals, Zeng Chunlei as a substitute has been sitting on the bench without a chance to play, after the game, Zeng Chunlei kept asking herself: "Why are you so energetic, the coach just doesn't use herself?"
Regarding this, Zeng Chunlei later said in an interview: "I'm too rough, one foot in the sky and one foot on the ground, if I were a coach, I wouldn't dare to use myself." ”
After this match, Zeng Chunlei understood how important stability is for an athlete.
After the start of the national team training camp in 2014, Zeng Chunlei made up his mind to polish his skills, for which he also specially consulted the national team assistant coach An Jiajie, An Jiajie gave Zeng Chunlei some suggestions for improvement and improvement, Zeng Chunlei has been silently honing her skills.
Four
Before the start of the 2014 World Championships, Zeng Chunlei's goal was to win a medal, and in the end the Chinese team did win the silver medal, but it lost to the United States team in the final.
On the eve of the 2015 World Cup, the captain of the Chinese women's volleyball team, Hui Ruoqi, was unable to participate due to injury, so Zeng Chunlei was temporarily appointed by the coaching staff as the captain of the national team during the World Cup.
At this time, Zeng Chunlei was in very good shape, but the national team focused on cultivating Zhu Ting, after all, Zhu Ting had stronger potential than Zeng Chunlei in terms of skill and age.
Zeng Chunlei didn't care about these, as long as she was allowed to play, she would do what she had to do, and finally the Chinese women's volleyball team won the World Cup again after 12 years.
During the 2015 World Cup, Zeng Chunlei performed very well, but since entering the 2016 Zeng Chunlei has fallen into a trough, making frequent mistakes in several games, and some people thought that Zeng Chunlei might not be able to participate in the Rio Olympics.
In the end, it was indeed the case, Zeng Chunlei failed to participate in the Rio Olympics due to illness, but the Chinese women's volleyball team miraculously won the Rio Olympic championship, which is also the closest Zeng Chunlei has come to the Olympic championship.
After the Olympics, Zeng Chunlei's form gradually returned to the peak, so she returned to the national team again in 2017.
During this period, Zeng Chunlei followed the Chinese women's volleyball team to win the Grand Champions Cup, the third place in the World Championships, the World Cup championship and so on.
Especially in the 2019 World Cup, the Chinese women's volleyball team won all 11 games and won the championship, which coincided with the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and the Chinese women's volleyball team also boarded the float of the National Day parade.
At that time, there was only less than a year left before the Tokyo Olympics, and with Zeng Chunlei's state and the distribution of the Chinese women's volleyball team, everyone thought that Zeng Chunlei would most likely participate in the Tokyo Olympics with the team, but who knew that a disaster that swept the world hit in early 2020.
Later, the Tokyo Olympics chose to be postponed for a year, but despite this, everyone still felt that Zeng Chunlei would probably be able to participate in the Tokyo Olympics.
But who knew that it was at this time that Zeng Chunlei met a young entrepreneur from Fuzhou, Sun Shengjie, and soon the two established a relationship.
Not long after the two established a relationship, they encountered the epidemic, Zeng Chunlei has been training in isolation with the national team, and the two can only complain to each other through mobile phones, but despite this, the relationship between the two has not been affected.
On October 12, 2020, Zeng Chunlei, who had been in love for less than a year, got married to Sun Shengjie, and three days after the marriage, Zeng Chunlei returned to the Beijing women's volleyball team to prepare for the new season.
But who knew that halfway through the league, Zeng Chunlei suddenly disappeared, and the official said at the time that Zeng Chunlei was due to family reasons, judging from what happened later, Zeng Chunlei had already been checked out to be pregnant.
For this reason, Zeng Chunlei missed the Tokyo Olympics, and later after giving birth to a child, Zeng Chunlei announced her retirement.
In 2022, Zeng Chunlei was appointed as the leader of the Beijing men's volleyball team and started a new life after retirement.
Not long ago, Zeng Chunlei announced on social media that she gave birth to a second child, which shows that she and her husband's married life is also very happy.
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