At the ceremony of raising the national flag and playing the national anthem after the game, Wang Tao, the head coach of Bayi Table Tennis Team, took several disciples, including Fan Zhendong, Zhou Yu and Zhou Kai, with firm eyes and tall and straight military posture, and gave a solemn military salute to the national flag. This scene also touched the audience. Wang Tao, a 52-year-old Olympic table tennis champion, was a staunch supporter of table tennis in the low period before Kong and Liu were born. Now, his hair is gray, wrinkles climb on his face, and his posture is no longer vigorous. But he still sticks to the position of coach, leads the army to win the championship, and continues to win glory for the motherland and the army, which is admirable!
Wang Tao1967 198813 was born in Beijing in February. Wang Tao began to learn table tennis under the guidance of his father at the age of 3, 1980 joined the Bayi table tennis team, and1988 was selected as a national team player. Although Wang Tao is only 1.64 meters tall, he has excellent skills. He holds the racket horizontally in his left hand and uses fast break combined with loop ball. His backhand speed is extremely fast, which was recognized as the top in the world. The forehand is also good at grabbing the loop ball, and his singles and doubles are excellent.
Wang Tao is the witness and founder of China table tennis from low valley to glory. He persisted in the most difficult time of table tennis in China. At the trough, he stood up and defended the final dignity of table tennis. 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games, Cai Zhenhua, then the head coach of China men's table tennis, made an important strategy of taking doubles as the breakthrough of gold medal, and it was Wang Tao/Lv Lin and Ma/Yu Shentong who shouldered this heavy responsibility.
When Ma/Yu Shentong stopped the quarterfinals of doubles, Wang Taohe's burden became heavier. They withstood the heavy pressure, and even the French team's famous Gator/Ehlova and the Korean team's famous Liu Nankui/Jin Zezhu entered the finals. In the final, they faced German doubles champions Roskov and Fitzner who just won the 40th World Table Tennis Championships. In the end, Wang Tao/Lv Lin withstood the fierce attack of the German world champion in the men's doubles final and won a 3-2 victory, winning a precious Olympic gold medal for the China men's team, which has been in deep depression.
In 1995 Tianjin World Table Tennis Championships, with the rise of Liu Hekong, he finally got rid of the trough. In the final, China won the men's team championship by defeating Sweden in table tennis, and Wang Tao of persson played an important role in the deciding set. At the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, Wang Tao won both singles and doubles. He lost to young Liu in singles and Kong and Liu in doubles, and unfortunately won two silver medals.
At the Manchester 1997 World Table Tennis Championships, Wang Tao, who was getting older, was no longer brave and lost both singles and doubles at the last World Table Tennis Championships. Subsequently, Wang Tao announced his official retirement. After retiring, he entered Xi Institute of Physical Education and began to coach Bayi Table Tennis Men's Team. Wang Tao is the only table tennis coach at the level of Major General. In 2002, he was promoted from an advanced university to the rank of major general, with a high rank. Since then, Wang Tao has been appointed head coach of Bayi Table Tennis Team. During his tenure as the coach of Bayi Table Tennis Team, Wang Tao trained national famous players such as Wang Hao and Hao Shuai, and led the team to win the gold medal of the men's team in the national table tennis championship. 20 17 1 1 month, deputy director of the small ball sports management center of the state sports general administration.
Wang Tao's wife Hua Guan is also a table tennis player. She is also a beautiful table tennis girl with a high value. Wang Tao's wife is looking at Malik Li Yan, and looking at Gong Li from the side. Of course, when it comes to achievements in table tennis, Hua Guan may not be as good as Wang Tao, but when it comes to qualifications, Hua Guan is even higher than Wang Tao. Hua Guan entered the Bayi team earlier than Wang Tao, and his early sports performance was also better than Wang Tao. Hua Guan won the women's singles championship in 1985 and 1986.
Wang Tao joined Bayi Team on 1983 and became a teammate and comrade-in-arms with Hua Guan. At that time, Wang Tao was still young and only knew how to practice hard every day. As he grew older, he had more and more contact with each other. The age of the seed's love, both sides gradually like him. Hua Guan has a good impression of Wang Tao. She thinks that Wang Tao is a down-to-earth, sensible and self-disciplined person, and the relationship between them is gradually determined. Wang Tao and Hua Guan got married after retiring, built a love nest in Beijing, and had a pair of lovely children!