Xu Yaping, born in 1982 in Anji, Huzhou, Zhejiang, is a former world kayak champion who won the 2019 "Zhejiang Pride" figure. Now she is a teacher in the Department of Public Sports and Arts of Zhejiang University, and the first R4 female training officer in Asia for international water rescue.
Xu Yaping, as a national-level kayaker, has not only won the National Games championship and the World Cup finals, but also lit the most brilliant fireworks in her career. After retiring from the army, he continued to write a more gorgeous chapter of his life with a boat and a paddle.
The two variety shows of "Do Not Disturb" and "Run, Brother" made Xu Yaping red out of the circle. On the screen, she has a good face and a healthy body, and she has circled a lot of fans with her straightforward and frank personality and generous conversation. However, after the guests of the blind date program and the spicy teacher label, she is a full-fledged public welfare person. Nowadays, Xu Yaping, who has her own "hot search physique", insists on the promotion and popularization of water safety rescue and water sports health science knowledge, whether in the water or the podium, she has chosen the home field, she only cares about the wind and rain, and goes forward.
The girl who runs hard in the eyes of the coach
Day after day, gold medals are irrigated with blood and sweat
Winner of the 2005 10th Games, 2002, 2004, 2006 World Cup and World Cup Finals... After many years of sinking and floating in the waters, Xu Yaping has been surging forward.
"I'm not a talented player." Xu Yaping said that when she was a child, in the eyes of the physical education teacher, she was actually an ordinary girl who struggled to run 800 meters. "In the third year of junior high school, the coach came to the school to select materials, and considering that being an athlete could reduce the financial burden on the family, I mistakenly hit the sports team that I bumped into."
In 1998, Xu Yaping joined the Zhejiang Provincial Kayak Team, and "unobtrusive" was her definition of herself at that time, and sometimes her training performance even ranked last in the team. This obscure but stubborn girl can only redouble her efforts to prove her existence. Relying on the steady efforts step by step, Xu Yaping came to the top, and in 2001, she was selected to enter the national team. Recalling those days, she sighed: "There are no holidays, no weekends, no winter and summer vacations, and I have not returned home for the Spring Festival in 10 years in the team." Often the coldest and hottest times are the most critical times for us to train and play. ”
Whether it was hot or cold, she was training almost overloaded on the water. How many bursts of power were hidden behind a low hoarse roar. Occasionally, when she was about to persevere, Xu Yaping relied on her grandfather's letter to cheer herself up. "Grandpa is the principal of the primary school, and he often writes to remind me that I should think of the source of drinking water, be diligent and hardworking, insist on writing a training diary, and summarize the gains and losses. The old man used traditional education methods to influence and influence my growth and training. ”
What supports her struggle is half the support and encouragement of the people around her, and the other half comes from the sense of responsibility, honor and competitiveness that have been played again and again by the national song that has been played in training and competitions around the world.
After retiring, he switched to the home field to break through himself
Change the world and dare to fight
In 2010, Xu Yaping ushered in an important turning point in her life - retirement. For her who is about to enter the society, all the honors she receives on the competitive stage will be in the past tense.
Like most athletes, Xu Yaping, who lacks long-term planning for the future, is very confused about the future direction. However, to her delight, although her former career in sports teams indirectly led to her serious lack of social experience, it also forged her tenacious will quality, which made her dare to firmly climb the ladder at the peak of her life. "At this time, I was like a sponge, desperate for information and knowledge from the outside world. Although I can only feel the stones to cross the river in the future, in the process I have become more and more clear about what I want. ”
Participate in rescue efforts
After retiring from the army, Xu Yaping once joined the ranks of media people. Coincidentally, Xu Yaping and this newspaper also have a special relationship, and once served as an intern reporter of this newspaper. Speaking of this experience, she laughed that this was the fate planted during her career as an athlete. "When I was an athlete, I didn't have a mobile phone or the Internet on weekdays, and I could only keep learning through newspapers every day. The janitor, knowing my preferences, would collect a stack of newspapers for me, including the Sports Newspaper. In addition, Xu Yaping, who has the habit of "code words", also uses the blog as an "exit" to comb her mind, day after day, driving the text to familiarize herself with the road.
"I was interested in the media, literature, newspapers, and the journalistic profession happened to satisfy my idea of reaching out to different types of people, so I came to work at the newspaper with the mentality of learning." Xu Yaping recalled that those days of working in the media benefited her a lot, "Although she did not develop on this road in the end, in the days of being a media person, there were encouragements and doubts in my ears, which made me see the complexity of society and feel the variety of life." ”
If the "cross-border" media is Xu Yaping's experience of breaking through her self-enriched retirement career, then participating in the phenomenon-level blind date variety show "Do Not Disturb" is another bold attempt by her, making her quickly "out of the circle" with the kayak project to break into the public eye. "I'm definitely not hype on TV, a lot of female athletes are delayed in love because of training, and there is resistance to going on TV blind dates, I think I should be brave." 」 Luckily, she did find a life partner among her admirers.
Make water sports the gold business card of colleges and universities
Mission-driven active participation in public welfare undertakings
After going around for a round, Xu Yaping, who had precipitated herself, saw her heart clearly, and she was more convinced that she wanted to engage in water teaching and promotion. So, in 2012, she stepped into Zhejiang University, which is directly related to water from the name, and created the country's first student water sports club based on kayaking, using the university as the forefront of her promotion of water sports. Two years later, Xu Yaping opened a series of water sports courses such as kayaking, rowing, dragon boat, paddle board yoga and so on. Even, she also took the dragon boat team of Zhejiang University to appear in the domestic fiery variety show "Run, Brother", brushing enough sense of existence.
Nowadays, Xu Yaping's class has become a hot spot in the school, and she wants to register by "hand speed", and the probability of winning the lottery is comparable to "buying a house lottery". "Water sports have become a new business card of Zhejiang University, and there is even a saying among students that 'if you haven't rowed a kayak, you can come to Zhejiang University in vain'." Many students said that it was because I had a unique personality. Xu Yaping said with a smile.
From a world champion to a water sports promotion ambassador, Xu Yaping has done much more than that. She also provided water first aid and kayaking skills training for left-behind children and children of migrant workers; edited the easy-to-understand kayak introductory comic book "Learn Kayaking with World Champions"; created a kayak water sports public welfare base in her hometown of Anji; served as a rescue volunteer to participate in rescue work in areas severely affected by Typhoon Lichma; invested in the establishment of Qiushi Boating Water Sports Club, with the help of commercial power, to better feed the public welfare cause...
In addition, she not only served as the president of Huzhou Water Sports Association and the director of the Youth Committee of China Kayak Association, but also joined forces with the China Kayak Association and the University Sports Association to host the first national college coach training class.
Act as a coach
In addition to promoting water sports, Xu Yaping hopes to cultivate students to develop lifelong exercise habits while passing on the spiritual connotation contained in water sports. "As a sports educator, I have always believed that 'education' in sports is the most important. I think what I want to teach is more of a process of exploring the world, striving for excellence, and enjoying happiness. ”
In addition, as a "person who came over", Xu Yaping also gave the most sincere advice to her teachers and sisters with her personal experience. "In addition to training, athletes also have to make a detailed study plan for themselves in order to face the retiring life that will eventually come. In addition, it is necessary to continue to maintain the quality of athletes after retirement. The highest value of being an athlete is not just to compete for a gold medal, but to integrate the spirit of sportsmanship into future life and strive for the gold medal of life. ”
Sports Reporter: Hong Xuan