Speaking of the coaches and athletes of the Chinese badminton team, many fans should be familiar with them, but if you talk about the other half of these athletes and coaches, some people may not be very familiar with them.
Some of the wives of these athletes and coaches are also badminton players, some are athletes in other sports, and some are outsiders.
Today, let's take a look at the "wife group" of the Chinese badminton team:
One: Li Yongbo's wife Xie Ying
Li Yongbo, born in 1962, is 62 years old this year.
Li Yongbo's wife, Xie Ying, was born in 1968, six years younger than Li Yongbo.
Xie Ying is also an athlete by training, a former rhythmic gymnast, and she also served as the head of the rhythmic gymnastics department of the General Administration of Sports of China.
Li Yongbo and Xie Ying met in 1983, when Li Yongbo was still an active athlete, and Xie Ying was also a member of the rhythmic gymnastics team of Liaoning Sports School.
It was also this year that Li Yongbo entered the national team from the Liaoning team, and returned to the Liaoning Provincial Sports School just after training in the national team.
The training place of the badminton team of Liaoning Provincial Sports School is next to the training place of the rhythmic gymnastics team, in order not to distract the male players of the badminton team, the relevant leaders at that time stipulated that the members of the badminton team are not allowed to go to the rhythmic gymnastics team.
After all, although there are female players in the badminton team, they generally practice similar to boys, while the members of the rhythmic gymnastics team are all in good shape and good looks.
Li Yongbo, who had just returned from the national team training, forgot about the rules of the sports school, and went directly to the rhythmic gymnastics team, and met Xie Ying, who was only 15 years old at the time.
"How old are you?"
"15-year-old monkey"
"I'm 6 years older than you and I'm a tiger"
This is the scene where Li Yongbo and Xie Ying met for the first time, and even if Li Yongbo went to the national team, the two never broke off their correspondence.
In 1991, Li Yongbo and Xie Ying, who had been in love for nearly 10 years, entered the marriage hall, and in 1992, Xie Ying gave birth to their son Li Gen.
Since then, Li Yongbo has been the head coach of the Chinese badminton team, leading the national badminton team to the peak, and Xie Ying has also served as the head of the rhythmic gymnastics department of the General Administration of Sports, and the husband and wife complement each other.
Two: Tian Bingyi's wife Zhou Jihong
Tian Bingyi, who was born in Wuhan City, Hubei Province in 1963, is 61 years old this year.
Tian Bingyi's wife, Zhou Jihong, is also a native of Wuhan, Hubei, born in 1965, two years younger than Tian Bingyi.
Compared with Tian Bingyi, Zhou Jihong may be more famous now, because Zhou Jihong is currently one of several "dream teams" in Chinese sports and the head of the Chinese diving team.
Tian Bingyi was a badminton player who was at the same time as Li Yongbo, and has partnered with Li Yongbo many times to win the men's doubles championship.
Tian Bingyi joined the Chinese badminton team after retiring in 1992, and served as the deputy head coach of the national team from 1997 until he left in 2017.
Zhou Jihong is also a diver, and also won the gold medal in the women's 10-meter platform at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, and is the first Olympic champion of the Chinese diving team.
Between Tian Bingyi and Zhou Jihong, it was Tian Bingyi who fell in love with Zhou Jihong first, but Tian Bingyi, who is introverted by nature, has never dared to express the love in his heart.
So, his doubles partner Li Yongbo specially found Zhou Jihong and listed Tian Bingyi's various advantages endlessly, which made Zhou Jihong moved, so Tian Bingyi and Zhou Jihong registered their marriage in 1990.
After marriage, in order to support her husband Tian Bingyi's work, Zhou Jihong worked as a housewife at home for five years, until 1998, at the invitation of relevant leaders, Zhou Jihong went out of the mountain to serve as the leader of the Chinese diving team, and since then the Chinese diving team has also changed from the "head coach responsibility system" to the "team leader responsibility system".
Under the leadership of Zhou Jihong, the Chinese diving team has become one of the teams with the most Olympic gold medals and world championships in Chinese sports.
Three: Zhang Jun's wife Hu Ni
Zhang Jun was born in Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province in 1977 and is 47 years old this year.
Zhang Jun's wife, Hu Ni, was born in Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province in 1981, three years younger than Zhang Jun.
Hu Ni's father was a gymnastics coach, so at a very young age, Hu Ni followed her father to practice gymnastics, tricks and other events.
Later, Hu Ni tried to practice synchronized swimming, and the coach found that she had a super high talent in synchronized swimming, so Hu Ni has been practicing synchronized swimming ever since.
Later, Hu Ni also joined the newly established Shanxi synchronized swimming team, but the good times did not last long In 1993, the Shaanxi synchronized swimming team was disbanded, and later with the introduction of the Jiangsu synchronized swimming team, Hu Ni came to Jiangsu from her hometown, joined the Jiangsu synchronized swimming team, and soon became the rising star of the Jiangsu synchronized swimming team.
As she grew older, Hu Ni's strength also improved rapidly, so she entered the national training team in 1998, won the individual championship of the Asian Swimming Championships in 2000, and won the collective championship of the National Synchronized Swimming Championships in 2003.
However, because synchronized swimming is a niche sport in the Chinese sports world, even if Hu Ni's results are top-notch in the entire Chinese synchronized swimming team, not many people know her.
What makes her well-known to many is her relationship with Zhang Jun, who won the mixed doubles championship twice at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and the 2004 Athens Olympics, and is now the president of the Chinese Badminton Association.
The reason for his love with Hu Ni is also very simple, it was one day in 1997, Hu Ni suddenly caught a cold, when she was unrelated in Jiangsu, Zhang Jun learned of this situation and bought a box of coral lozenges for Hu Ni, this move forcefully and completely hit Hu Ni's heart.
Later, in 2006, Zhang Jun and Hu Ni got married, and Li Yongbo, then the head coach of the national feather, personally witnessed the marriage of the two.
Four: Xia Xuanze's wife Jin Beilei
Xia Xuanze was born in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province in 1979, 45 years old this year, and his wife Jin Beilei is also a badminton player, both of whom were former players in the Zhejiang badminton team.
Xia Xuanze and Jin Beilei fell in love in 1997, and in 2006, the two ended their 9-year relationship and entered the palace of marriage.
Jin Beilei became pregnant more than a year after marriage, and in 2008, Xia Xuanze and Jin Beilei's son was born.
Xia Xuanze won the men's singles championship at the 2003 World Championships in his career, and in 2007, the 28-year-old Xia Xuanze chose to take charge of the shooting, and since then Xia Xuanze has served as the head coach of the national feather men's singles team, vice chairman of the Chinese Badminton Association, etc.
Five: Cai Yun's wife Wang Na
Cai Yun was born in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province in 1980 and is 44 years old this year.
His wife Wang Na was born in Langzhong, Sichuan Province in 1984 and is just 40 years old this year.
Wang Na is a synchronized swimmer who has won the double runner-up in the World Youth Championships, the sixth place in the collective of the Athens Olympic Games and the sixth place in the collective of the Beijing Olympic Games.
Because of long-term training in the water, Wang Nan's skin is white and delicate, coupled with her good looks, she was even called "the first beauty of Huayou" when she was an athlete.
Once, when Cai Yun was training in the strength room of the Training Bureau of the General Administration of Sports, suddenly a girl flashed in front of him, and Cai Yun was immediately attracted to this girl after just a glance.
Later, after inquiry, Cai Yun learned that this girl was Wang Na of the synchronized swimming team, because the badminton team and the synchronized swimming team usually have nothing to do with each other, so Cai Yun successfully got Wang Na's mobile phone number through friends in other projects.
In this way, every day before going to bed, Cai Yun would send dozens of sweet text messages to Wang Na, but on the other side of the phone, Wang Na kept muttering: Who is Cai Yun?
Until one day, when Wang Na was eating in the cafeteria, she saw a figure walking straight towards her, out of a woman's sixth sense, she felt that it was this person, and sure enough, this person opened his mouth and said: "Wang Na, hello, I'm Cai Yun, I just came back from training." ”
In this way, from texting to phone calls to frequent dating, the distance between Cai Yun and Wang Na is getting closer step by step.
Later, until both of them retired, the two who had been in love for eight or nine years in 2010 finally got married.
Six: Lin Dan's wife Xie Xingfang
Lin Dan was born in Longyan City, Fujian Province in 1983 and is 41 years old this year.
His wife, Xie Xingfang, was born in 1981 in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, two years older than Lin Dan.
Lin Dan and Xie Xingfang should be the most well-known couple in Guoyu, not only because Lin Dan is the first person in the entire world badminton world, but also because of Lin Dan's derailment in 2016 and Xie Xingfang's forgiveness.
As early as 1998, Xie Xingfang was selected for the national second team, and when she went to the Fujian base for training, she was noticed by Lin Dan, who was also training with the Bayi team at that time.
Later, in 2000, Lin Dan also entered the national team, and after entering the national team, Lin Dan fell in love with Xie Xingfang, and he was just a crush at first.
At that time, Lin Dan was often seen looking for Xie Xingfang to train together, and he couldn't beat Xie Xingfang in training, and a discerning person knew what Lin Dan meant at a glance, but Lin Dan always didn't admit it, and Xie Xingfang, who realized it later, didn't feel anything.
Until one time, Lin Dan plucked up the courage to confess to Xie Xingfang, but at that time, both of them were just small team members and had no results, so Xie Xingfang rejected Lin Dan.
After being rejected, Lin Dan was not discouraged, he not only often helped Xie Xingfang cook, but also wrote love letters to Xie Xingfang.
Until one time Xie Xingfang said: "What I'm looking for is the kind of tall Prince Charming." ”
Lin Dan said to Xie Xingfang affectionately: "Although I am not six feet tall, I will be good to you." ”
In this way, Xie Xingfang was moved by Lin Dan, and the two began to fall in love.
Later, as Lin Dan's results got better and better, especially after winning the men's singles championship at the Beijing Olympics and the London Olympics, the relationship between the two became more and more concerned.
Xie Xingfang retired in 2010, and the two also got married in this year.
It can be said how sweet the love between the two was in the early stage, and how bleak it was after Lin Dan's derailment.
Seven: Zhang Nan's wife Tian Qing
Zhang Nan was born in Beijing in 1990 and is 34 years old this year.
Tian Qing was born in Yiyang City, Hunan Province in 1986, four years older than Zhang Nan.
Speaking of the relationship between Zhang Nan and Tian Qing, I have to mention one person, that is, Zhao Yunlei, all three are badminton players, and they have all won Olympic championships, and Zhao Yunlei and Tian Qing are women's doubles partners, Zhao Yunlei and Zhang Nan are mixed doubles partners, in addition to Zhao Yunlei is also Zhang Nan's ex-girlfriend.
It is said that at the beginning, Zhang Nan first partnered with Tian Qing in mixed doubles, and the two also had feelings because of this, but the relationship was not confirmed.
Later, Zhang Nan partnered with Zhao Yunlei in mixed doubles, and soon after, Zhao Yunlei partnered with Tian Qing in women's doubles, these two pairs worked well together, both won the World Championships and the Olympic Games, and were the trump cards of Chinese women's doubles and mixed doubles at that time.
Zhao Yunlei and Zhang Nan also developed feelings and confirmed their relationship in the long-term cooperation (it is rumored on the Internet that both of them have already received their certificates).
But then Zhang Nan broke off the connection with Tian Qing, so Zhao Yunlei, who was finally angry, gave up participating in women's doubles on the eve of the Rio Olympics on the eve of the Rio Olympics, on the grounds that the pressure of concurrent events was too great, and only mixed doubles were maintained.
In the end, the strongest women's doubles team did not participate in the Rio Olympics, and the strongest mixed doubles only won a bronze medal.
Despite this, the relationship between Zhang Nan and Tian Qing was not affected, and the two got married in 2018.
Eight: Chen Long's wife Wang Shixian
Chen Long was born in Jingzhou City, Hubei Province in 1989 and is 35 years old this year.
Chen Long's wife Wang Shixian was born in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province in 1990, one year younger than Chen Long.
Chen Long and Wang Shixian are both badminton players, and because they are of similar age, there is not much difference in the time when they entered the national team.
Probably when he was in the second team of the national feather, Chen Long, who thought he was the most handsome player of the men's second team, launched a fierce pursuit of Wang Shixian, the most beautiful member of the women's second team.
Not long after that, Chen Long and Wang Shixian were together, but the relationship between the two was really discovered by everyone in 2013, on a photo of Guoyu's outing, Wang Shixian and Chen Long behaved intimately.
Later, during the 2014 All England Championships, the media should directly use "Chen Long's girlfriend" to describe Wang Shixian, and after that, the two also generously admitted their relationship.
Wang Shixian's strength in the national women's singles was not bad when she was an athlete, but she was not very lucky, and she missed the Olympics twice and missed the London and Rio Olympics.
Wang Shixian, who failed to win the quota again in the Rio Olympics, also went to Rio with the team, and her main responsibility at that time was Chen Long's "nanny".
not only helped Chen Long cook, but also took on the role of helping Chen Long release pressure and soothe his mood, and it was under Wang Shixian's careful care that Chen Long finally won the Olympic singles championship in one fell swoop.
In 2017, the two got married, and in 2019, Wang Shixian gave birth to the crystallization of her and Chen Long's love.
Nine: Liu Yuchen's girlfriend Huang Yaqiong
Liu Yuchen was born in Beijing in 1995 and is 29 years old this year.
His girlfriend Huang Yaqiong was born in Quzhou City, Zhejiang Province in 1994, one year older than Liu Yuchen.
It is reported that Liu Yuchen also fell in love with Jia Yifan of the national feather women's team at the earliest, and later after the two broke up, Liu Yuchen was with Huang Yaqiong, who was one year older than him.
The mixed doubles pair of Huang Yaqiong and Zheng Siwei has been the top seeds in the mixed doubles for a long time, and the two have won almost every major championship except the Olympics.
Not surprisingly, the Paris Olympics is also the last major competition for the two, and I hope the two can realize their dreams.
After the Paris Olympics, Huang Yaqiong should hold a wedding with Liu Yuchen, after all, the two are not young now.
The above is the editor's inventory of the nine coaches and athletes' wives, what thoughts or suggestions do you have, please leave a message in the comment area to discuss!