These ancestors, some soldiers who wrote magnificent poems with blood, some powerful scientists who watered the motherland with sweat, and some athletes who came back alone with honor! Thanks to their efforts, more and more people in China have straightened up on the international stage. At present, every time China participates in the Olympic Games, she always wins the gold medal and the silver medal. However, before the 1980s, that is, nearly 30 years after the founding of the People's Republic of China, our country's gold medal record was zero, and it was Xu Haifeng, a well-known Olympic hero, who broke this situation.
extraordinary talent
Xu Haifeng, 1957, was born in Zhangzhou, Fujian. Like almost all boys, Xu Haifeng was very interested in toy guns and marbles since childhood. But unlike ordinary boys, Xu Haifeng's love for guns has been integrated into his life. Many boys will gradually forget their childhood love when they grow up, but Xu Haifeng has always kept it firmly in mind.
In the third year of high school, Xu Haifeng bought his favorite 40-dollar air gun with the money saved from his pocket money and lucky money. Later, more than ten years before he joined the provincial team, Xu Haifeng used this air gun to practice his shooting skills. They never give up in hot summer and cold winter. It is this persistence that makes Xu Haifeng's talent appear.
In the second year after entering the provincial team, Xu Haifeng entered the national team with excellent results, extraordinary talent and tenacity. 1984 is the most famous year in Xu Haifeng, and it is also a turning point in Xu Haifeng's life. Xu Haifeng not only entered the national team, but also won the first Olympic gold medal since the founding of New China in the same year as a teenager. That year, Xu Haifeng was a national hero.
Stadium legend
Xu Haifeng's project is the spread of 60 rounds of men's pistols, which made him the first champion of the China Olympic Games. When China's national anthem echoed in the stadium for the first time, and China's five-star red flag flew high as the national flag of the champion country for the first time, Xu Haifeng was not only a hero, but also a belief, which was the goal of countless latecomers-athletes.
Xu Haifeng is not only the first champion in the history of China Olympic Games, but also the first champion in the Asian Championships and World Championships in the history of sports shooting in China, winning the dignity for the people of China and holding their heads high for the people of China. But at the peak of Xu Haifeng's life, unfortunate things happened to him quietly. Xu Haifeng has been overtraining, leading to wandering retinitis. 199 1, Xu Haifeng's vision dropped to about 0.2, which is undoubtedly fatal for a shooter.
But Xu Haifeng didn't give up. Shooting is his passion and winning glory for his country is his mission. Even in poor health, Xu Haifeng has participated in many large-scale international competitions and won prizes. It was not until 1995 that he was forced to end his career as an athlete. However, although he is no longer an athlete, Xu Haifeng still contributes his strength. He became the coach of the women's pistol group of the national shooting team, so his burden was not reduced, but increased.
Give up a small family for everyone.
After becoming a coach, Xu Haifeng should not only pay attention to his own training state and performance, but also pay attention to the state, performance and psychological state of everyone in the whole shooting team. This Xu Haifeng is more forgetful than when he was an athlete. He supervises and guides the team members' training during the day, talks with them at night, pays close attention to their emotions and training status, and helps them solve their difficulties in training and life as much as possible.
Because of Xu Haifeng's hard work, Xu Haifeng never goes to bed before 12 in the morning. The women's shooting team led by Xu Haifeng has won more and more gold medals, and Xu Haifeng has more and more white hair. Xu Haifeng worked as a coach in the shooting team until after the Athens Olympic Games in 2004. In order to rest him, Xu Haifeng was transferred to the fencing center as the deputy director.
But Xu Haifeng, who left the shooting team, still couldn't let go of shooting, let alone the shooting team. Because of his health and eyesight, he can't shoot any more, but he often provides some materials for the development of the shooting team. It can be said that after becoming a coach, Xu Haifeng, like Dayu in the fairy tale, is often unable to get through the door.
Xu Haifeng's wife has been working in Shougang since graduation, but in order to support Xu Haifeng's work and take care of her family, Xu Haifeng's wife chose to quit her job and stay at home as a full-time wife. Although his wife and daughter live in the flat, Xu Haifeng is often too busy to go home and often sleeps in the dormitory. With his daughter and wife, only occasionally meet in the yard to say hello. It can be said that Xu Haifeng sacrificed his small family for his country.
The hero is dying: living in a flat.
After retiring, Xu Haifeng gradually faded out of everyone's sight, but a recent photo made everyone pay attention to him again. On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the founding of China, Deng Yaping, a famous table tennis player in China, exposed a set of photos, and netizens were immediately stunned by Xu Haifeng in the photos. In the photo of Deng Yaping and Xu Haifeng, Xu Haifeng, who is only 6 1 year-old, looks very old and completely loses the air in the textbook. Everyone should be concerned about the life in Xu Haifeng.
This concern does not matter, only to find that Xu Haifeng, as a national sports hero, is not doing well at all. His eyesight is getting worse and worse and he can hardly see anything, but he still lives in an apartment with his wife and leads a simple life. But after further investigation and understanding, we know that these are all the lives that Xu Haifeng wants. Xu Haifeng felt guilty about his wife because of his sports training and work when he was young. After her daughter grew up and moved away, Xu Haifeng and his wife lived the life they wanted at work.
Now Xu Haifeng is 63 years old. Although his eyesight was greatly affected, none of Xu Haifeng's hobbies fell behind. He likes photography and collection, and his spare time is very rich. In addition, he is very famous. Even after retirement, many people and companies still invite him to participate in some activities or give speeches. Although the hero is old, his spirit is always there, and he will always be the pride of China people.