Top ten sports players from Jiangxi

The sports category is not considered a strength of Jiangxi, but a side of the soil to raise a side of the great, throughout the ages, Jiangxi is still a group of quite good athletes have appeared, relatively strong is diving, rowing and other projects.

Speaking of athletes from Jiangxi, I wonder who you will think of? In this article, I will be slightly organized, the inventory of the top ten sports from Jiangxi, for your reference. Of course, by the limits of space, if there is a debate or the pearl of choice, you are welcome to leave a message in the comments section to share.

Ten, Yu Chen (basketball)

Yu Chen, 32 years old, from Jiangxi Nanchang.

Has a ten-year CAB career, play center, has a very good half-basket gunk few, peak season average 8.8 points and 4.0 rebounds, career average 5.7 points and 3.2 rebounds per game.

Jiangxi sports in the popular project basketball is particularly low-profile, it is difficult to find first-class players, and long-term image of Jiangxi only seedling in the CAB game, Yu Chen is the best development of Jiangxi basketball players over the years, but also many fans of basketball in the heart of the Jiangxi generation role model, in Jiangxi's popularity and visibility is considered quite high in athletes.

Nine, Qian Ping (badminton)

Qian Ping, now 58 years old, from Jiangxi Nanchang.

Qian Ping is active in the 1980s female national badminton player, has helped the national women's team to take the 1984 Tuber Cup championship, is the first female athletes in the history of badminton in Jiangxi to play in the national team. The sad thing is that injuries are fiercer than tigers, because of knee injuries, Qian Ping's career is only five years.

After retirement, Qian Ping has long been engaged in badminton coaching work, in the national youth team has been listed in the coaching team for a period of time. It is worth mentioning that Qian Ping and Xiongnu Baobab were once a very well-known hometown couple in the Chinese sports world. Unfortunately, because of Xiongnu Baguio's long years of coaching abroad, the two get together less and less, the marriage did not last until the end.

Eight, Xiong Guobao (badminton)

Xiong Guobao, now 59 years old, is from Nanchang, Jiangxi.

For this one classic badminton player, I believe many Jiangxi sports fans and even sports fans around the country still remember it well. As a first-class men's singles player in the 1980s, Xiong Guobao excelled in the backhand technique and had the reputation of [King of Backhand], and had helped the Chinese men's badminton team win the Thomas Cup as the main force of the national badminton team for many times, which was called [Three Musketeers] together with Yang Yang and Zhao Jiangsu.

After retirement, Xiong Guobao coached in many places, as a badminton evangelist instructed many young people who love badminton, and finally also returned to his homeland to open a badminton training center, and the past many years has been committed to the promotion of badminton in the private sector.

Seven, Xu Shixiao (kayaking)

Xu Shixiao, 30 years old, is from Shanghai, Jiangxi.

As a kayaked, X Shinto's career can be described as one of ups and downs. Shortly after becoming a professional athlete, in 2013, Xu Shixiao retired early for the first time, choosing to go into corporate HR, which had to do with the lack of interest in women's kayaking and the difficulty for project athletes to make ends meet.

As time went on, the women's kayaking program gradually went up, and Xu Shixiao, who had not given up on her Olympic dream, also started to return to being an athlete in 2017. In last year's Tokyo Olympics, Xu Shixiao partnered with teammate Sun Menacing to win the gold medal, becoming a representative of the few athletes with Olympic experience in Jiangxi sports history.

Six, Tong Fei (gymnastics)

Tong Fei, now 61 years old, comes from Jiangxi Xiajiang.

As a famous gymnast in the eighties, Tong Fri was once called [twin stars] with Li Sing, although the career accumulated results and fame is not as outstanding as his former brother Li Sing, but Tong Fri's own achievements can not be ignored.

During his career, Tong Fei won the world championship five times, with the most representative honor being the 1985 World Championships in both free gymnastics and bars. In terms of consistency, Tong Fei was also quite strong, and in his heyday he was basically in the top three whenever he competed. In addition, in the pommel horse event, Tong Fei also developed the signature move of [pommel horse Tong Fei shift], in such a way to leave the history of the project forever.

V. Peng Bo (diving)

Peng Bo, now 41 years old, is from Nanchang, Jiangxi.

As a diving athlete, Peng Bo majored in the 3-meter springboard event and had outstanding performance in both the double and single events, and was known for his personal attributes of big heart and resistance to pressure. Peng Bo became famous at the 2001 World Championships, where Peng Bo and Wang Kernan teamed up to win the title.

Back in the 2004 Athens Olympics, Peng Bo, who had previously lost in the pairs event with Wang Kernan and was not seen as a favorite to win the title, put in a great performance in the individual event and won the gold medal for China in the single three-meter board. After retirement, Peng Bo returned to his hometown to start a business.

Four, Liu Hong (race walking)

Liu Hong, now 35 years old, is from Ji'an, Jiangsu Province.

In the history of Chinese track and field, Liu Hong is the third track and field athlete after Wang Jungian and Liu Xiang to combine the achievements of Olympic champion, world champion and world record holder. Further things worth mentioning, in the Tokyo Olympics held last year, the veteran Liu Hong got the bronze medal, becoming the first athlete in the history of the event to harvest medals for three consecutive sessions.

Three, Xu Yanmei (diving)

Xu Yanmei, now 51 years old, comes from Nanchang, Jiangxi.

As a child, Xu Yanmei was sent to gymnastics school by her family, first practicing gymnastics, and then switched to diving, winning the World Cup at the age of 16.

At the 1988 Seoul Olympics, 17-year-old Xu Yanmei won the gold medal in the 10-meter women's diving event with beautiful and precise movements, earning her the name "Ruby of the East", and three years later, at the Beijing Asian Games, Xu Yanmei won the championship and then retired in 1991 due to an eye disease. In the history of Chinese sports, Xu Yanmei was the first Jiangxi athlete to become an Olympic champion.

Second, Yang Wenjun (kayaking)

Yang Wenjun, now 39 years old, comes from Fengcheng, Jiangxi.

In the 2004 & 2008 Olympics, Yang Wenjun and Meng Guanliang formed a double team and won the championship in the men's double sculls 500m event for two consecutive times. For Jiangxi sports, Yang Wenjun is quite an iconic figure, and his hometown fathers call him a dragon in the water.

In the last competition of his career, in order to help his hometown to achieve glory, has retired Yang Wenjun in 2013 before the Twelve National Games resolutely comeback, and finally in the single sculls to 39 seconds 423 for the Jiangxi team won the title of the event, for the perfect end of career.

I. Wu Jingyu (wonderland)

Wu Jingyu, now 35 years old, is from Jingle, Jiangxi.

2008 eager; 2012 grinding; 2016 breakthrough; 2021 exploration, as a wonderland meritorious veteran who has participated in four Olympic Games, Wu Jingly won two Olympic gold medals in the 49kg class in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2012 London Olympics, in addition to her personal experience of two World Championships and two Asian Games.

In the history of the Olympic Games, Wu is the first female wonderland athlete to have participated in four Olympic Games, which predestined her to be a legend and iconic figure in the sport with two Olympic golds.