Recently, a love action organized by Shanghai Charity Foundation, Youth Daily Youth Shanghai and Shimao "Glasses Brother" welcomed a special guest, she is the swimming Olympic champion Le Jingyi. Le Jingyi came to the "Glasses Brother" Magic Theater public welfare space of Shanghai Children's Medical Center to give gifts to the children, and brought specially choreographed public welfare health exercises, and also shared his inspirational story of fighting against injuries and diseases.
Le Jingyi is 46 years old this year, although he is nearly half a hundred years old, but from the photos, there is no trace of age. She wore a long white and blue striped shirt and blue jeans, with long shoulder-length hair, and waved to the children, showing a gentle temperament. In recent years, Le Jingyi has focused her work on the Shennaijian Sports Club, which she founded, and in her spare time, she will participate in some public welfare activities to transmit positive energy in her own way and promote swimming at the same time.
Although many netizens are unfamiliar with the name "Le Jingyi" today, in the 90s of the last century, Le Jingyi was famous in the Chinese swimming world and was the leader of the women's swimming team. In her career, she has broken world records 9 times. Le Jingyi began to receive professional training at the age of 7, was selected for the Shanghai swimming team at the age of 12, and officially became a member of the national team four years later.
In 1993, at the age of 18, Le Jingyi made a name for herself, and at the first World Short Course Swimming Championships, she broke 5 short pool swimming world records and won 5 championships. At the 1994 World Championships, she won a total of 4 gold medals and broke three world records, becoming a leading figure in The Chinese women's swimming scene. At the 1995 World Short Course Swimming Championships, she won three more titles.
The highlight of Le Jingyi's athletic career was at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games in the United States, she broke the women's 100m freestyle Olympic record and won the championship with a time of 54.50 seconds, winning the only swimming gold medal for the Chinese team, and she also won the runner-up of the women's 4×100m freestyle relay competition and the runner-up of the women's 50m freestyle competition.
In 1998, the 23-year-old Le Jingyi retired from the rapids and officially announced his farewell to the field. She studied in the Department of Foreign Languages at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and taught at a professional swimming club in the United States after graduation. After returning from the United States, Le Jingyi opened a comic bar and a health club, and then after the birth of his son, he had to spend more time running the family and spending time with his children.
As the children grew to adulthood, Le Jingyi also had more time to pick up her favorite swimming sport again. She joined the Pacific Insurance Swim Team of swim divinity clubs and served as the captain of the swimmers, and the team members rode the pool. In 2018, she announced her "comeback" and participated in the World Championship Masters in Gwangju, South Korea, with her teammates, once again attacking the gold medal, and hoping to make more people love swimming through herself.
Nowadays, Lejing is suitable for living and working, in addition to running its own club, it also actively participates in public welfare activities and swimming promotion activities, and continues to shine with its own strength.