News! Former Chinese gymnastics captain Lu Enchun died at home, the General Administration of Sports issued an obituary, and Li Ning was grieved
Recently, the General Administration of Sports and the Chinese Gymnastics Association suddenly obituary, and Lu Enchun, the meritorious hero of Chinese gymnastics, died in the family home of the General Administration of Sports. As soon as the news came out, it attracted heated discussions and attention from netizens and the media.
Lu Enchun was born in Beijing in 1931. In 1952, he was selected into the first batch of eight-in-one exercise teams. In 1953, Lu Enchun entered the national team and served as the captain of the Chinese gymnastics team. As the core of the Chinese gymnastics team, Lu Enchun has created many firsts in New China: the first men's free gymnastics champion in the national competition, the flagbearer of the Chinese gymnastics team's first overseas competition, and the first batch of athletes. In 1958, Lu Enchun retired due to injury and became the coach of the Chinese gymnastics team. On July 6, 1963, the International Gymnastics Federation awarded Lu Enchun an international referee certificate, and he became the first batch of international gymnastics referees in China to hold an international referee certificate. In both the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games, Lu was involved in the enforcement of gymnastics. In 1991, Lu Eunchun officially retired.
As the coach of the Chinese gymnastics team, Lu Enchun has cultivated many outstanding athletes. People like Zhang Jian and Gao Jian were his disciples. And Li Ning, the prince of Chinese gymnastics, is his apprentice grandson, and now that Lu Enchun has died, Li Ning is also very sad! At the Seoul Olympics, Lu Eunchun witnessed the glorious moment of Li Ning! In the Chinese gymnastics world, Lu Enchun can be called a peach and plum all over the world! For the development of gymnastics in China, Lu Enchun has made a great contribution! During his tenure as a coach and referee, Lu Enchun wrote nearly 20 monographs and was known as a "scholar-type coach". In his later years, Lu Enchun is still worried about the development of Chinese gymnastics! In 2000, Lu Eun-chun got cancer, and he overcame the illness and picked up the pen to write two books. They are "Half a Century of Gymnastics Collection" and "The Story Behind the Gymnastics Collection".
Obviously, Lu Enchun is the pioneer of Chinese gymnastics and the cornerstone of the development of Chinese gymnastics. The obituary released by the Chinese Gymnastics Association revealed that Comrade Lu Enchun passed away on the morning of May 8! His death is a huge loss to the development of Chinese gymnastics and world gymnastics!
Four years ago, there was also a gymnastics meritorious who died. He is Comrade Lu Shanzhen. On June 20, 2020, 63-year-old Comrade Lu Shanzhen died of a heart attack. Comrade Lu Shanzhen's more than 10 years of coaching career has cultivated many Olympic champions such as Liu Xuan and Cheng Fei. In 2013, he left his position as coach because he was promoted to deputy director of the gymnastics center. After retiring in 2017, she continued to help cultivate talents in Chinese women's gymnastics and figure skating. When Comrade Lu Shanzhen passed away, because of the epidemic, everyone did not say goodbye to the body! failed to send the teacher on the last journey, Cheng Fei, Liu Xuan and others still feel very regretful!
I would like to thank my predecessors for their efforts and contributions to Chinese gymnastics, and wish them to continue to carry forward their gymnastics careers in the next world!