2017-2018 China Volleyball Super League new season is about to start, the Beijing men's volleyball team ushered in a new lineup, this season the team introduced five internal and external supporters, of which, Zhejiang men's volleyball freeman Ding Hui has attracted much attention. The far right of the figure below is Ding Hui.
Ding Hui was born in 1989 to a single-parent family in Zhejiang, where his mother is from Hangzhou. As for her father, Ding Hui had never seen it, only heard that it seemed to be from South Africa, and the rest did not know or want to know. Ding Hui followed her mother to Chinese nationality from an early age, and although he had dark skin, this did not prevent him from speaking fluent Mandarin and Hangzhou dialect.
Ding Hui's physical fitness is very good, his flexibility, physical fitness, and bounce are among the few domestic players. In 2003, Ding Hui entered the Zhejiang Youth Men's Volleyball Team, in 2004 he entered the National Junior Team, and in 2006, he entered the Zhejiang Men's Volleyball Team with Bian Hongmin and others, and soon occupied the position of the main free man. In 2009, he was drafted into the national team by Zhou Jian'an, and he also became the first true mixed-race player in China's three major national teams.
The picture below is a picture of Ding Hui of the Nanjing Station of the World Men's Volleyball League on July 11, 2009.
However, Ding Hui's skin color has brought him great pressure, and the racial attacks of the Internet mob have made it difficult for him to accept, and there are any ugly words. In early 2012, there was an explosive news from the Zhejiang men's volleyball team, and Ding Hui did not quit, left the team, and went to the United States to study. However, Ding Hui returned for a time and represented the team in the 2013 National Games, after which he completed all the retirement procedures and went to the United States to study again. The then 24-year-old wanted to "increase his depth and thickness and become a higher-level person." ”
Ding Hui said at the time: "I have also been to the national team, like me honestly play until retired, the best mix is the team to give a coach the establishment." When the time comes, I want to do something else, and when I am older, the age of study has passed, and I am not willing to live like this for the rest of my life. ”
The coach of the team also understood Ding Hui when chatting with reporters privately: "Our coaches and team members can also understand his decision, after all, the living environment of the men's volleyball team is now clear to you, and the basic salary of the team members every month is more than a thousand yuan, if there is no sponsorship, it is even more unimaginable." ”