She is a Mixed-Race Child of Chinese and American descent, many people say that she won at the starting line as soon as she was born, and her sat score in the U.S. college entrance examination was only twenty points lower than the full score, she was proficient in various talents, in addition to Nobun, she was also extremely talented in many sports, and she was even more accomplished in skiing, and was a well-deserved world champion.
So what kind of family background makes her so good? How did she do it? In this issue, the Ziya Children's Fun Sports Observer will take everyone to know the open life of this talented skier - Gu Ailing.
Gu Ailing was born in 2003 in San Francisco, USA, to a family of academic bullies, and her family also determined that her life was destined to be extraordinary. Her father is an American, graduated from Harvard University in his early years, her mother is a Beijinger, named Gu Yan, and Gu Ailing is also with her mother's surname, of course, her mother is not simple, graduated from Peking University, and later went to Stanford University to study, and thus met Gu Ailing's father.
In addition, Gu Ailing's grandfather also graduated from Stanford University, and his grandfather and grandmother graduated from China's famous universities, so strong family background and excellent genes, it is really difficult to think of not being excellent. The higher the education received, the easier it is to master the methods for educating children.
Gu Ailing's parents always believe that letting children develop freely is the best way to cultivate interest, so from a very young age, Gu Ailing can always try all kinds of things that interest her, and her parents never force her to do things she does not like to do, I think there is a difference compared to Chinese families in this regard.
So Gu Ailing learned a lot of skills, in terms of talent, piano, ballet, musical theater performance, etc. she is involved, in sports running, football, basketball, rock climbing, horseback riding and other sports she also particularly likes, sports make her feel happy, parents are also very supportive of her to learn to explore.
Gu Ailing's mother, Gu Yan, in addition to being a bully, also likes skiing, and when she was young, she also worked as a ski instructor at Peking University, and then went to the United States to practice this sport. When Gu Ailing was 3 years old, Gu Yan took her to skiing, but she did not expect that her daughter was extremely talented, and many times she had no teacher, and the most important thing was that Gu Ailing fell in love with skiing.
Although she learned so many sports, skiing made her really want to persevere, so she let her mother take her to learn to ski, which of course felt very happy for her mother Gu Yan, and she did not expect that her daughter actually liked skiing as she did, and the mother and daughter often trained together.
At first, her mother just thought that Gu Ailing's curiosity about new things made her like skiing, but she didn't expect her daughter to be so obsessed and wanted to stick to it, so when Gu Ailing was 8 years old, her parents let her join a professional ski club, although there was no companionship from her mother, but she met a lot of small partners, discussed skiing skills with them, practiced together, Gu Ailing's training strength is also greater, her own learning ability is super strong, and the progress is becoming more and more obvious day by day.
After a period of training, Gu Ailing's coach is very optimistic about her, he personally went to Gu Ailing's home to suggest that Gu Ailing join the professional ski team, such a good seedling should go to a big stage, the mother listened to the first hand on the gu Ailing progress is very happy, but on the other hand also has some concerns, after all, she has been a ski instructor, know its danger and uncertainty, a little careless will be injured, she is worried that Gu Ailing will be injured, she has not made a decision.
But day by day, Gu Yan found that her daughter really likes to ski, every day after skiing is visible to the naked eye happiness, she also tried to let her daughter skiing as an after-school hobby, but what she got was Gu Ailing's firm answer: "I like to ski, and have perseverance to persevere." She saw her daughter's very firm determination, and she changed her attitude and supported her on this difficult road.
In this way, Gu Ailing successfully joined the professional ski team in the Lake Tahoe region, and at the age of 8, she became the youngest member of the ski team, breaking the record of no girls on the ski team. Gu Ailing knows that he has entered a higher class, facing more rigorous training, not slacking off at all, although he is the youngest, but the effort must not be less.
Gu Ailing got up every day before dawn to train, and waited until everyone else was gone before slowly packing up her things and going home, the pain in her mother's eyes was visible, but she knew that this was the only way for her daughter.
At the age of 9, Gu Ailing signed up for the American Junior Ski Competition, although she practiced many times, but after all, it was the first time to participate in the official competition, tension was inevitable, but once she arrived at the field, Gu Ailing found a familiar feeling, the whole game can almost be described as perfect, and also successfully won the championship of the competition, which is a great encouragement for her, but also makes her more motivated, training is not slack, but more and more effort.
In 2014, when Gu Ailing was 11 years old, she won the National Under 13 Ramp Steeplechase Championship and the runner-up in the all-around, and a year later she won 7 gold medals in the Northern California Women's 13-year-old Double Board Obstacle Course, Rail Jam and Scramble, and at the age of 14 she had already won 50 medals, including 9 national champions, including a world championship, almost winning the prize.
Because her mother is a Chinese, Gu Ailing often follows her mother to China during the holidays, and is also very fascinated by China's scenic food culture, every time she comes to eat a lot of delicious food, her family will also tell her the history and culture of each dish, and usually take her to many scenic areas to punch cards, which makes Gu Ailing deeply fall in love with China.
Although Gu Ailing grew up in the United States, but speaks fluent Chinese, I think it is also under the influence of these cultures that Gu Ailing made a major decision, in June 2019 Gu Ailing decided to renounce U.S. citizenship, join Chinese nationality, and officially become a legal citizen of the People's Republic of China.
In August 2019, Gu Ailing represented China in the New Zealand Open in freestyle ski slope obstacle courses, and successfully won the championship, although she has won many gold medals, but this is her first gold medal as a Chinese citizen, so this time it is very meaningful to her.
In January 2020, Gu Ailing won the silver medal in the freestyle skiing women's steeplechase final at the Lausanne Winter Youth Olympic Games, the gold medal in the freestyle ski u-pool final, and another gold medal in the freestyle ski women's big jump final. In April of the same year, Gu Ailing was awarded the "Best Moment" of the season by the International Snow Federation, and in November, the United States released the "2020 Forbes China Under 30 Elite List", and Gu Ailing was selected, which was definitely worth it for her.
In March 2021, Gu Ailing won the World Championship Women's U-Shaped Pool Final, the first World Championship champion of the Chinese athlete in this event, she broke the record and let everyone see her glory. She even announced that she will represent the national team at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games and is actively preparing for the competition, and I think what awaits her will be a grand honor.
In terms of athletic talent, it is naturally not bad in terms of learning, and in December 2020, Gu Ailing received an acceptance letter from Stanford University with a score of 1580 on the SAT test, which is really gratifying. At the same time of training, Gu Ailing will not slack off in learning at all, in addition to training to eat and sleep time, almost all give learning, but she has never shouted tired, pay will be rewarded, she succeeded.
As the saying goes, one minute on stage, ten years offstage, we only see the honor of Gu Ailing in front of the stage, but we can't imagine the efforts behind her. Of course, since she chose to be an athlete, she will inevitably be injured, gu Ailing is also, she experienced a broken collarbone during training, a fractured foot bone, almost unable to move when in pain, she also cried silently countless times, but this can not stop her determination to learn to ski, love is the motivation to encourage her to persevere.
Even such an excellent Gu Ailing is working hard, what reason do we have not to work hard? I think it is also worth learning for our current teenagers, and when we set a goal, we will go forward bravely, persevere, and believe that there will be a rainbow after the storm.
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