The name Luan Jujie won the women's foil title for China at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, which also made her the first Asian to win the fencing championship at the Olympic Games, how proud.
After retiring from the military, Luan Jujie went to Canada to study, and her daughter became a Canadian citizen due to illness. At the time of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Luan Jujie at the age of 50 after a lot of competitions, won the opportunity to represent the Canadian delegation in China to participate in the competition, although the competition stopped in the top 32, but only because the Olympic Games were held in Beijing, the wanderer who went abroad still read the motherland, on the field she excitedly took out a red banner with the words "The motherland is good", so that the Chinese audience was moved, let the world know that she still remembers this land.
2008 Beijing Olympic Games Luan Jujie stadium greetings to the motherland - the motherland is good
The following is the story of Luan Jujie.
Early life
Luan Jujie was born in 1958 to an ordinary family in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, changed from badminton training to fencing in 1973, and won the individual runner-up of the women's foil sword national competition in 1974, with extraordinary talent and diligent training, allowing her to enter the Jiangsu provincial team in 1975 and the national team in 76.
Young Luan Jujie
Athletic career
In 1978, he participated in the 29th World Youth Championship and won the runner-up, and in 1984, he successfully won the championship at the Los Angeles Olympic Games in the United States, and became the first Asian to win the fencing championship at the Olympic Games, and won the championship again in the 23rd World Cup in the same year. Luan Jujie, who had all the best, retired in 1988.
Life brings a twist
After retiring, Luan Jujie should have lived happily, no more pressure, she studied in Canada, and served as a club coach of fencing, the head coach of the National Team of Canada, everything was so beautiful, but in 1991, because of luan Jujie's eldest daughter's physical problems, the child's heart was not good, and there may be problems with intelligence, because the raising of disabled children on the Canadian team had a very perfect normal, prompting Luan Jujie to make the choice of immigration.
The "Motherland is Good" of the Beijing Olympic Games
In 2008, the Olympic Games were held in Beijing, China, Luan Jujie was 50 years old at the time, she represented Canada in the foil competition, and she re-entered the arena, and it was very difficult or basically impossible to win the championship again, but she still stepped on the field of Chinese competition.
In Luan Jujie's first match, her opponent was 30 years younger than her, Tunisian inyna Bubéri, who won the first game despite being physically and endurance disadvantaged. The support and encouragement of the Chinese audience for the former Chinese Olympic champion were turned into applause throughout the arena.
Luan Jujie on the field
What makes the fencing fans in her hometown more moved is that after the game, Luan Jujie took out the red banner she had prepared in her backpack and showed it to the audience, which clearly wrote "The motherland is good", the audience boiled, Luan Jujie was also very excited, she could play on the field of her hometown, she expressed more thanks, pride, and satisfaction!
Although Luan Jujie finally stopped in the top 32, her love for her career and still remembering her hometown still moved us!
"Good motherland"
Outside the game
Under the arena, Luan Jujie and his wife and their 3 children also visited the Olympic Village of the Olympic Games, and the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee made an exception to hold a press conference for her, the sword of the legendary swordsman of that year is no longer for the championship, but for the profession and the land of love! Her life is still happy, she still maintains her love, and it is worth our happiness for her.
It is the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games in Japan, and I also wish China's Olympic athletes good results and glory for the country, and every athlete is proud. Because of the epidemic, this year is particularly different, and we also hope that the Olympic athletes will take care of their health and return safely! Cheers for The Olympic Athletes!