This morning, The news that Beijing Olympic champion and rower born in 1985 is planning to take up the position of deputy department leader of a unit directly under Jiangxi Province has become a hot search. In fact, it is not uncommon for Chinese outstanding athletes to embark on a career path after retirement, Yuan Weimin, Zhang Rongfang, Sun Jinfang, Chen Zhaodi in the old women's volleyball period, Cai Zhenhua, Deng Yaping, and Wang Nan of the table tennis team are all at ease in the official field, winning a good reputation, walking off the arena, and their B-side life is equally wonderful.
Jin Ziwei is unfamiliar to many Chinese netizens, born in 1985 as a rower. At the age of 17, Jin Ziwei won the national championship and performed well in the National Games. Rowing World Cup and World Championships, Jin Ziwei has also achieved good results.
At the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Jin Ziwei cooperated with her teammates to win the gold medal in the women's rowing four-person double sculls, which was the first gold medal of the Chinese rowing team in the Olympic Games, and Jin Ziwei achieved a breakthrough of zero Olympic gold medals for Chinese rowing. At the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, Jin Ziwei not only successfully won the gold, but also became the flag bearer of the opening ceremony of the Chinese delegation, becoming the first female flag bearer since China participated in the Asian Games.
In 2013, Jin Ziwei ended her rowing career and started another life. In 2014, Jin Ziwei served as deputy secretary of the party committee of the Jiangxi Provincial Water Sports Management Center, and two years later, she was promoted to the secretary of the party committee of the center, and later also served as the deputy secretary of the party committee. On April 19, the Organization Department of the Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee issued a pre-appointment announcement that Jin Ziwei intends to assume the position of deputy department-level leader of the provincial unit.
In fact, throughout the Chinese sports world, many outstanding athletes have turned around gorgeously after retiring, become officials, and opened a career path, where the women's volleyball team and table tennis examples are the most.
Yuan Weimin, the coach of the Chinese women's volleyball team who has won five consecutive championships, is the most successful model of "politics", he has served as the deputy director of the National Sports Commission, the vice chairman of the National Sports Federation, the vice chairman of the Chinese Olympic Committee, the director of the State General Administration of Sports, the president of the Chinese Olympic Committee, the director of the Anti-Doping Committee of the Chinese Olympic Committee and other important positions, and now he has retired.
Sun Jinfang, the second oldest member of the Chinese women's volleyball team, served as the deputy director of the Jiangsu Provincial Sports Commission after retiring, and in 2004, he served as the director of the Tennis Sports Management Center of the State General Administration of Sports, making important contributions to China's Jinhua solo flight. Zhang Rongfang has served as deputy director of the Sichuan Provincial Sports Commission, vice chairman of the All-China Youth Federation, and deputy director of the Volleyball Management Center of the General Administration of Sports.
In addition to the Chinese women's volleyball team, the table tennis team has also cultivated many "official elites". Cai Zhenhua and Liu Guoliang succeeded in table tennis after retiring, and Cai Zhenhua became an alternate member of the 17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and deputy director of the State General Administration of Sports. Deng Yaping won an important position in Beijing and once set off a wave of reform.
Chinese sports giants such as Xu Haifeng, Huang Yubin, and Li Yongbo have also successfully entered politics and achieved good results. It is worth mentioning that after the Beijing Olympic Games, Shandong Province collectively promoted several Olympic champions, and Du Li, Zhang Juanjuan, Xing Aowei, Tang Gonghong, Lin Weining, Xing Huina, etc. were "promoted" at the same time. In the words of the Shandong Provincial Sports Bureau, this is the concern and love of the provincial leaders for them.