In the world basketball arena, Yao Ming is the most influential player in the history of Chinese men's basketball, and in terms of Chinese women's basketball, it must be Zheng Haixia, because the attention of women's basketball is not as high as that of men's basketball, so many people think that Zheng Haixia's international influence is definitely not as great as Yao Ming, but in fact, this is not the case, in 2023, FIBA announced the World Basketball Hall of Fame induction list, Yao Ming became the third Chinese to be inducted into the Hall of Fame
The first two are Mou Zuoyun and Zheng Haixia, the originators of Chinese basketball, and Mou Zuoyun was inducted into the Hall of Fame as a coach, so Zheng Haixia became the first Chinese player to be inducted into the World Basketball Hall of Fame as a player, and such an honor is obviously the best proof of Zheng Haixia's basketball achievements and personal influence
On the evening of April 12, Beijing time, 57-year-old Zheng Haixia appeared in Cai Lei's live broadcast room, although the live broadcast room of Cai Lei, the former president of Jingdong Group and a patient with "ALS", is mainly to bring goods, but the purpose of Zheng Haixia's trip is obviously not for business, but for charity!
Cai Lei, as the former president of Jingdong Group, was unfortunately diagnosed with "ALS" in 2018, which cannot be treated by medicine today, Cai Lei, who was once disappointed in life, also left Jingdong Group in 2019 and embarked on the road of self-funded research and development of drugs to fight ALS, because ALS is a rare disease that cannot be treated in the world at present, so R&D funds are quickly stretched, so Cai Lei started live streaming in January 2022 to raise R&D funds, and countless "ALS" in the country and around the world Patients are looking forward to Cai Lei's miracle
Now 57-year-old Zheng Haixia has long been a colonel, and she enjoys the treatment of a full teacher, so her identity and treatment will not let Zheng Haixia sit in the live broadcast room for business, all of this is from Cai Lei's story, this year is the sixth year that Cai Lei has been diagnosed with ALS, and now Cai Lei claims to have lost the ability to take care of himself, and anytime, anywhere, death may befall him, so Cai Lei was ready for the future last year, including the establishment of charitable trusts, Signing body donations and writing books, etc., although life is no longer able to take care of itself
But Cai Lei still insisted on live broadcasting in person, paying attention to the research and development progress of the scientific research team every day, etc., it was this spirit and story that moved Zheng Haixia, so 57-year-old Zheng Haixia was a guest in Cai Lei's "Icebreaker Station" live broadcast room on the evening of April 12, not only chatting about her story, but also offering a love to Cai Lei
Because the two were born in Shangqiu City, Henan Province, they were very enthusiastic when they met, because Cai Lei could no longer raise his arms, Zheng Haixia affectionately claimed "Good fellow countryman!" as soon as she saw Cai Lei, and when Zheng Haixia hugged Cai Lei, there was also a small detail, now Cai Lei not only can't raise his arms, but the whole person is very weak even when he stands up, and he needs the assistant next to him to support him from beginning to end, so Zheng Haixia is also very careful when hugging him
What's more, Zheng Haixia also said a very weighty word to Cai Lei, Zheng Haixia claimed: "You are very inspiring to us spiritually, we are both giants, I am a giant in basketball, you are a giant in spirit!" This sentence is really inspiring for Cai Lei
Due to a serious knee injury in her career, Zheng Haixia's legs have begun to deform, and it is not the only situation now, as early as 5 years ago, Zheng Haixia appeared in basketball activities and friends in the game, and fans have found that her legs can only bend and stand, unable to straighten
And once when Zheng Haixia was met by fans at the airport, she was found by the fans to be limping and her movement was very inconvenient, but this still did not prevent Zheng Haixia from running around to promote basketball and charity activities
On basketball achievements alone, Zheng Haixia is certainly not inferior to Yao Ming, and even the national team honor is much higher than Yao Ming, Zheng Haixia was born in Shangqiu City, Henan Province in 1967, because her height is different from ordinary people since she was a child, Zheng Haixia entered the sports school at the age of 12, and was selected for the Wuhan Army basketball team the next year, only 2 years later was selected into the Chinese People's Liberation Army Bayi Women's Basketball Team and entered the Chinese Women's Basketball Youth Team in the same year, at this time Zheng Haixia officially entered the professional basketball road, from 1982 to retirement, Zheng Haixia's achievements in the national team can be described as outstanding！
In the entire national team career, Zheng Haixia has participated in a total of 4 Olympic Games, 4 World Championships, 4 Asian Games and 8 Asian Championships, so at the Asian basketball level, the Chinese women's basketball team led by Zheng Haixia can be described as invincible, and it also makes the Chinese people proud on the world basketball stage, compared with the best result in the history of the Chinese men's basketball team "Olympic eighth place", (Amway is a good place to watch the game: "link") Zheng Haixia led the Chinese women's basketball team won the bronze medal in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, In 1992, the silver medal in the Barcelona Olympics and 1 silver medal in the World Championships and 1 bronze medal in the World Championships, and Zheng Haixia's dominance under the basket was also favored by the WNBA league in the United States, and in the 1997 WNBA draft, Zheng Haixia was selected by the Los Angeles Sparks with the 16th pick in the second round
This resume is almost the same as Yao Ming, but the national team achievements Zheng Haixia is indeed higher than Yao Ming, during the WNBA in the United States, Zheng Haixia also won the 1997 WNBA Best Style Award, and Zheng Haixia herself recalled that during the WNBA in the United States, she had a special fan: the legendary player O'Neal of the Los Angeles Lakers!
However, it is precisely because of the frequent high-intensity games all year round that Zheng Haixia was forced to retire at the age of 31 because of a knee injury, and it is even more coincidental that Yao Ming, who was also forced to retire early due to injury, also retired at the age of 31, but the path chosen by the two after retirement is completely different, Yao Ming embarked on a career path, Zheng Haixia and Wang Zhizhi, who was also born in the Bayi team, served as the head coach of the Bayi basketball team, until the Bayi women's basketball team withdrew from the professional stage, and in 1999, Zheng Haixia's military rank was promoted to colonel and began to enjoy the treatment of a full teacher
In recent years, Zheng Haixia's career focus is mainly on the promotion of basketball and charity, she was not only inducted into the World Basketball Hall of Fame, but also was hired by FIBA as the promotion ambassador of the Chinese youth training program, but Zheng Haixia has a question that has always attracted a lot of attention, that is, although the 57-year-old Zheng Haixia has a sweet life and a very good relationship between husband and wife, the two have no children so far, which is not that they cannot have children, but Zheng Haixia took the initiative to put forward a choice
Zheng Haixia's husband is named Xu Qinghua, and he was also a Chinese basketball player in the past, but more importantly, Xu Qinghua used to be a die-hard fan of Zheng Haixia, although Xu Qinghua was 16 cm shorter than Zheng Haixia, but Xu Qinghua had a silent crush on Zheng Haixia for more than 10 years, and Xu Qinghua's way of pursuing Zheng Haixia back then was also very infatuated and traditional, that is, he kept writing letters, Zheng Haixia also received dozens of letters from Xu Qinghua, and finally agreed to come out to meet, so after the two confirmed that their relationship also developed very smoothly
On June 19, 2010, Zheng Haixia and Xu Qinghua held a wedding in Beijing, and their love finally blossomed, but the two have been married for 14 years so far, but they have never been willing to have children
Editor: Tang Bohu