At the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games, China's "Five Golden Flowers", composed of Zhuang Yong, Yang Wenyi, Wang Xiaohong, Lin Li and Wang Xiaohong, achieved the "zero breakthrough" of the Chinese swimming team's medals in the Olympic Games with three silver and one bronze achievement, and began to emerge in the international swimming world. As the most famous of the "five golden flowers", Zhuang Yong defeated the then world record holder Taperson at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games and won the gold medal in the women's 100m freestyle, which was also China's first swimming Olympic gold medal at the Olympic Games, when Zhuang Yong was not yet 21 years old.
However, what is surprising is that in the second year, Zhuang Yong, who was at the peak of the sport, announced his retirement, which also became a major regret in the history of the Chinese Olympic Games. However, Zhuang Yong, who bid farewell to the pool forever, is still beautiful and blooming, and now she has become a strong business woman worth more than 100 million.
After retiring from the military, Zhuang Yong came to Hong Kong, China to develop a new career, when she declined the invitation of the Hong Kong Swimming Association of China to serve as the host of the sports program of Phoenix TV and made cameo appearances in several movies. More importantly, Zhuang Yong also gained love, she married Liu Yong, a Hong Kong basketball player with the Chinese men's basketball team, and then went to Singapore with her husband to develop. But in Singapore, their careers and marriages are lit up with red lights. In 2000, zhuang Yong returned to China after the divorce. At the invitation of friends, Zhuang Yong began to start her own business, set up her own media company, she used the olympic champion status of the next many large-scale events advertising operation rights, of course, her "integrity of business, trustworthy people" concept, but also let her business more and more wide.
Emotionally, Zhuang Yong has also ushered in a new chapter, she and the former national team teammate Shen Jianqiang fell in love, because both are athletes, so there is an endless common topic. In 2004, Zhuang Yong gave birth to a lovely son in the United Kingdom, and after consideration, the couple decided to let their son Shen Junyan join the British. Subsequently, Zhuang Yong gave birth to another daughter, who also became British.
Today, Zhuang Yong is already the executive director of Tulip, one of the top LED advertising media companies in China, and his husband Shen Jianqiang is also very successful in his career, he has 6 swimming clubs at home and abroad, and each club has a very good turnover.
In addition to strong women, Zhuang Yong also has an identity - a mother of two children. As a mother, Zhuang Yong is very bright and gets along with them like friends on weekdays, and in terms of education, she attaches the most importance to the cultivation of her children's independent and brave character. Zhuang Yong said that when she was younger, she was more arrogant and domineering, but since becoming a mother, her personality has changed a lot, becoming softer and more patient, which is completely different from her image in the sports or business world.
It is worth mentioning that after Zhuang Yong retired, her appearance has undergone a very big change, and even the whole person has shown a state of reverse growth, and the 48-year-old has become more and more youthful and beautiful, and her temperament is extraordinary. Although Zhuang Yong has always caused a lot of controversy because of plastic surgery and her children's admission to the United Kingdom, she lives a very free life, cherishes what she has now, learns not to be true with herself and others, enjoys her own small happiness, and life is enough.