"Tiananmen Wall" Zhou Xiaolan: 5 consecutive titles, official to deputy director of the Sports Commission, why did you resign and go to the United States?

1995, when Lang Ping returned to China, Zhou Xiaolan, who co-founded the China Women's Volleyball Team with her, chose to resign silently.

This woman, known as the "Tiananmen Wall", was once the strongest blocking player of China women's volleyball team and the most beautiful player of China women's volleyball team in the world. Together with Lang Ping and others, she carried forward the "women's volleyball spirit".

But it is such a great female volleyball player who immigrated to the United States and settled overseas not long after silently resigning as deputy director.

Many people can't understand her choice, but in the face of many suspicions, when she mentioned this matter again many years later, Zhou Xiaolan admitted that she had no regrets.

So why did Zhou Xiaolan, a Muslim in Lang Ping, resign?

What kind of legendary experience has she had?

Nowadays, most volleyball players are at the age of 15 or 16. With their outstanding performance in the past, they have been successfully selected into the national team. As the strongest blocking player in China women's volleyball team, Zhou Xiaolan just started to contact volleyball at the age of sixteen.

Zhou Xiaolan was born in Nanjing, Jiangsu, but spent her childhood in Shanghai. Her parents are both highly educated intellectuals. In the fifties and sixties of last century, they devoted themselves to national construction, often traveling abroad, and had little time to accompany Zhou Xiaolan.

However, despite the lack of parents' company, Zhou Xiaolan got enough care from her grandmother in Shanghai to make up for her regret. It was not until Zhou Xiaolan was 9 years old that her parents began to take care of her.

Zhou Xiaolan's parents were a little surprised to see their long-lost daughter. Their daughter is very young, but much taller than her peers. At that time, the whole country was in a difficult period, and Zhou Xiaolan could not eat any nutrition. It grew up entirely on excellent genes.

In addition, she has regular facial features and stands out among her peers, just like a graceful flower.

When Zhou Xiaolan was 13 years old, there was a nationwide upsurge of "going to the countryside". Her parents were assigned to a mountainous area in Shanxi, where the location was remote and the living conditions were poor. Her parents were busy at work and needed Zhou Xiaolan, who was still a child at that time, to carry water from far away.

Zhou Xiaolan often walks through a long mountain road to a place with water alone after school. Once she went to fetch water very late, and there was no one else on the road around. While walking, Zhou Xiaolan suddenly noticed some anomalies in the surrounding environment.

Looking back, she happened to see a wolf with fierce eyes standing not far away, staring at herself. I don't know how long this evil wolf was hungry, and his mouth kept drooling and he quickly approached Zhou Xiaolan.

Zhou Xiaolan was so scared that she left the burden and ran. Her excellent height helped her a lot. Although Zhou Xiaolan was not as fast and patient as the wolf, she managed to get into a cave before the wolf rushed over.

The wolf lingered outside the cave for a long time, and Zhou Xiaolan dared not come out of the atmosphere. He held a stone in his hand until there was a voice outside the cave. Zhou Xiaolan slowly walked out of the cave and returned home under the escort of kind passers-by, and this just slowed down and began to cry.

The unique luck of escaping from the wolf's mouth may have predicted Zhou Xiaolan's brilliant future.

1April, 973, Zhou Xiaolan 16 years old. Because of his good height and physical quality, he was selected as an athlete by the school and sent to Taiyuan, Shanxi Province to participate in the sports meeting. At that time, Zhou Xiaolan had not been exposed to volleyball, and the events she signed up for had nothing to do with volleyball. This is the high jump that only tall people can jump.

Zhou Xiaolan, who is tall, is quite eye-catching in the sports field. Many school coaches noticed this young girl at first sight. She is a good prospect. Finally, Zhou Xiaolan was selected by Taiyuan Youth Sports School. At first, she was assigned to a basketball class, but there was no shortage of people in the basketball class, so Zhou Xiaolan transferred to a volleyball class.

Seemingly free to transfer, I didn't expect to choose a volleyball talent for my country.

When Zhou Xiaolan first came into contact with volleyball, he became interested in the sport.

Obviously, the contact time is relatively late, but Zhou Xiaolan has excellent volleyball talent, or her physical fitness is born for volleyball. Starting from a "layman" who doesn't understand the rules of volleyball, Zhou Xiaolan was selected as a young woman in Shanxi after one year's training with her outstanding talent and performance.

Zhou Xiaolan's career in professional volleyball began.

She is not complacent. On the contrary, Zhou Xiaolan is well aware of her actual situation. Even though she came into contact with volleyball late, she is very talented. Compared with other teammates who have practiced volleyball for many years, there is still a big gap.

In order to shorten these gaps, Zhou Xiaolan firmly grasped the time and practiced hard day and night after completing her daily training.

At first, she and volleyball were strangers. After being inseparable from volleyball and practicing basic skills for a long time, when Zhou Xiaolan picked up volleyball again, she seemed to be close friends with volleyball. After two years of contact with volleyball, she narrowed the gap with her teammates, even surpassed them, and stood out from her peers and became the main force of Shanxi women's volleyball team.

Zhou Xiaolan, 18 years old, is already 1.82 meters tall. Her outstanding performance on the court makes it hard to believe that she has only been in contact with volleyball for just two years.

Two years later 1977, 20-year-old Zhou Xiaolan was selected into the youth team of the national team as the main secondary attacker, and participated in the first youth volleyball championship held in Sao Paulo, Brazil in the same year, helping the national young women queue up to win the runner-up.

Back in China, Zhou Xiaolan hasn't recovered from the excitement of winning the prize, and then she was shocked by a bigger surprise-she was selected for the national women's volleyball team because of her outstanding performance.

From knowing nothing about volleyball to becoming a member of the national team, Zhou Xiaolan completed a feat in four years.

In the national team, Zhou Xiaolan is responsible for the position of the secondary attack, that is, the player who stands in front of the block and is mainly responsible for blocking. The athlete in charge of this position needs to be cool-headed, quick-thinking and, most importantly, tall.

And these, Zhou Xiaolan has excellent.

When she came to the court and stood in front of the block, she looked at her opponent calmly. The opponent always felt that she was facing not only the blocking player of the other side, but also a wall, an iron wall, and could not find the direction of attack at all, which made people feel scared involuntarily.

Her greatest feature is calmness. Whenever someone praises her for this advantage, Zhou Xiaolan always says in a joking tone: "This is all thanks to the wolf I met when I was a child."

At that time, China's women's volleyball team did not rank high in the world, and the strongest in Asia was the Japanese women's volleyball team. The China National Women's Volleyball Team, which has gathered outstanding players such as Lang Ping and Zhou Xiaolan, is almost unstoppable in the international arena.

198 1 1 At the Women's Volleyball World Cup held in Japan, the China women's volleyball team reached the final with a strong posture, and even the powerful Japanese team was no match for the China women's volleyball team. In the competition, Zhou Xiaolan, with his cool and wise mind, successfully blocked the blocks in succession, creating opportunities for Lang Ping as the main attacker.

China women's volleyball team won the first world championship in history, and Zhou Xiaolan, an insurmountable high wall on the volleyball court, was awarded the title of "Tiananmen Wall".

After three consecutive championships, Zhou Xiaolan also reached the retirement age.

From 65438 to 0988, retired Zhou Xiaolan entered the State Sports Commission and became the director of the volleyball department, engaged in volleyball-related work.

After Zhou Xiaolan took office, according to the actual situation of the national women's volleyball team at that time and her previous experience as a volleyball player, she carried out a series of effective reforms, which greatly stimulated the training enthusiasm of a new generation of players.

Her investment also paid off. By 1994, Zhou Xiaolan had become the deputy director of the Ball Department of the State Sports Commission, and was also the youngest CPC cadre at that time. Although the salary is not high, it is not only her favorite occupation, but also her favorite sport. Zhou Xiaolan feels energetic when she goes out to work every day, and there is always endless energy.

However, the good times did not last long. The old players of the women's volleyball team are all of age. After their heyday, they had to choose to retire. Although the new players have strength, their spirit always seems to be worse, and the glory of "five consecutive championships" in the past no longer exists. What is even more worrying is that the performance of China women's volleyball team continues to decline.

So Zhou Xiaolan was pushed to the forefront, facing the voice of fans demanding a coaching change all day.

Zhou Xiaolan has always maintained a very clear understanding of herself, and she is also very sad about the achievements made by the women's volleyball team. After careful consideration, she decided to invite her former teammate Lang Ping back to China as a coach.

At that time, Lang Ping was already the head coach of the American women's volleyball team, with an annual salary as high as 200,000. Zhou Xiaolan is not sure that she can persuade Lang Ping to come back. However, Lang Ping obviously still misses his motherland very much. Zhou Xiaolan promised as soon as she opened her mouth, and also compensated the US team for a penalty.

However, Zhou Xiaolan's practice has aroused strong dissatisfaction from the relevant leaders of the Association.

Now, Lang Ping has confirmed that he will return to China. When Zhou Xiaolan was ready to meet at the airport, she was told that someone would meet Lang Ping instead of her. However, Zhou Xiaolan insisted on going to the airport in her own name, but soon disheartened, she submitted her prepared resignation to her superiors and moved overseas with her husband.

After coming to the United States, Zhou Xiaolan gave up her volleyball-related work and began to do statistical analysis in a medical device company. Hard-working people shine everywhere. Zhou Xiaolan still shines brilliantly in her new post and soon becomes the department head.

Now she is in America, and her life is stable and calm. Both her daughters have grown up and have proud academic qualifications. Just because they grew up in the United States and have an authentic western way of thinking, Zhou Xiaolan, who still has a strong motherland complex, is a little worried. She allowed two children to practice, but only for fun, and never represented foreigners in the competition.

Zhou Xiaolan still cares about the volleyball cause of the motherland. Every time China women's volleyball team gets a result, she gives her heartfelt blessing.

Zhou Xiaolan won back the honor for her motherland. She paid and felt sad. Her past lives is her heartfelt choice. As an athlete, she devoted her youth to the volleyball cause in China, and we will never forget her contribution.