Feng Kun

Feng Kun

Feng Kun, born in Beijing on December 28, 1978, is a famous Chinese volleyball player and Olympic champion.

In 1994, 15-year-old Feng Kun officially started his professional volleyball career. He was the main setter of the Chinese women's volleyball team and the core of the Chinese team's fast and changeable tactics. He helped the Chinese women's volleyball team win the Olympic champion in Athens. In December 2011, Feng Kun announced his retirement and embarked on the road of sports management.

On October 7, 2014, a Facebook account named "Thailand Volleyball" revealed that Feng Kun, the former captain of the Chinese women's volleyball team, will marry Gabon, the current head coach of the Thai women's volleyball team. In December 2014, the wedding will be held in Thailand first. At that time, the Thai princess will receive the couple and send her best wishes, which is a high honor in Thailand. On the morning of January 18, 2015, Feng Kun and Gabon held a Chinese wedding in Beijing. On December 12, 2018, Feng Kun gave birth in Ping An, Thailand.

Growth experience

Feng Kun was born in a family of senior intellectuals. In the summer vacation when he was 8 years old, Feng's mother took Feng Kun to the track and field class to sign up. Because the track and field class was full, she signed up for volleyball. Since then, Feng Kun has embarked on the road of volleyball. Her height and speed are very outstanding, she left a deep impression on the volleyball class teacher at that time, and this coach is Wang Guilan, Lang Ping's Enlightenment coach. After the summer vacation, coach Wang Guilan took the initiative to find Feng Kun's parents and told them that Feng Kun was a good material for volleyball practice and hoped that she would practice again. After consideration, Feng Kun decided not to go to the school team for track and field training, but to go to Wang Guilan's volleyball class. In the fifth grade, with the recommendation of coach Wang Guilan, Shichahai sports school, a key sports school in Beijing, selected Feng Kun. In January 1994, 15-year-old Feng Kun was directly selected into the first team of Beijing Women's volleyball team for her solid basic skills and tenacious competition style. At that time, her coach was Li Wenxiu, and she began her professional volleyball career.

Career

National team career

In 1994, Feng Kun was selected into the national youth team and won the Asian Youth Championship with the national youth team members. In 1999, the list of the new Chinese women's volleyball team was announced. Feng Kun, who had previously been selected for the national team led by Lang Ping, was not selected by the new coach Hu Jin because he was young and inexperienced. In 2001, Chen Zhonghe coached the new Chinese women's volleyball team. He also made a decision to let Feng Kun, the setter of Beijing Women's volleyball team, replace Zhu Yunying as the main setter of the national team. Only one year after he was selected into the national team, Feng Kun became captain. In 2003, Feng Kun's sports career reached the first peak. In the 2003 World Cup women's volleyball match, she and her teammates lien Ke the United States, Cuba, Italy, Japan, South Korea and other world strong teams. With 11 wins, she won back the world champion for China, which has been separated for 17 years. She also won the title of "world's best setter". In the 2004 Olympic Games, Feng Kun, the captain and main setter of the Chinese women's volleyball team, led the Chinese women's volleyball team to rebirth in the dangerous situation of losing two games first. He won three games in a row against the Russian team and realized the Olympic gold medal dream after 20 years. In 2006, a year of pain made Feng Kun feel unprecedented psychological pressure. The defeat of the world championships in 2006 is a blow to Feng Kun. On February 1, 2007, Feng Kun and Zhao ruiruirui went to the United States for surgery, according to Lang Ping, a former woman volleyball player. In January 2008, in order to prepare for the Olympic Games, the women's volleyball team began training in Zhangzhou, Fujian Province. Chen Zhonghe resolutely recruited Feng Kun into the team and handed over the armband to Feng Kun again. In the Swiss women's volleyball elite and World Women's Volleyball Grand Prix before the Olympic Games, Feng Kun's performance is very stable. At the Beijing Olympic Games, Feng Kun and the Chinese women's volleyball team won the bronze medal. In the first Asian women's Volleyball Cup, Feng Kun won the championship with the Chinese women's volleyball team as a substitute. Feng and Cai did not get enough time off to join the national team in 2009.

Club career

In 1994, after entering the Beijing team, the training density and intensity can not be compared with the amateur sports school. With unremitting efforts, Feng Kun undertook the important task of the main setter. With good physical fitness, clear field consciousness and flexible tactical scheduling, Feng Kun led his teammates to play well one after another. In September 2008, Feng Kun joined the Italian Novara club for the Italian women's Volleyball League, becoming the first Chinese woman's volleyball player to join an overseas team. In 2009, Feng Kun won the second place of Italian women's Volleyball League on behalf of Novara club, helped Novara club win the UEFA Cup championship of European women's volleyball club, and won the title of best setter with his outstanding performance. At the 2009 National Games, Feng Kun led the Beijing Women's volleyball team to the second place. In September 2009, Feng Kun joined Guangzhou Evergrande women's volleyball team and helped Guangzhou Evergrande women's volleyball team enter the National Women's Volleyball League in the first season. In 2010, Feng Kun, who has finished Evergrande A and B League, has been on a temporary truce. Lang Ping once again strongly invited Feng Kun to play. Guangdong Evergrande women's volleyball team, which participated in the National Women's Volleyball League for the first time, won the second place. On December 10, 2011, Feng Kun's retirement award ceremony was held in Beijing, marking the end of his 17 year sports career. He left the stadium and embarked on the road of sports management.

Become a coach

On April 27, 2012, Beijing time, the China Volleyball Association announced the 19 member training list of the second national women's volleyball team, with Feng Kun as the coach. In October 2012, Feng Kun led his team to win all eight games in the 16th Asian women's youth championship with only one game lost. He won the championship by an obvious advantage, and won the qualification of 2013 World Youth Championship in Czech Republic with Chinese Taipei, Japan and Thailand.

Technical features

advantage

Comprehensive technology, block, first pass, defensive ability are good, and have strong attack, adjust attack and other strong attack ability, can also play on the attack ability to meet the highest requirements of the second pass position.

weakness

If a pass is unstable or chaotic, Feng Kun is not flexible enough to distribute the ball.

Award winning record

Personal life

On October 7, 2014, a Facebook account named "Thailand Volleyball" revealed that Feng Kun, former Chinese women's volleyball captain, will marry Gabon, the current head coach of the Thai women's volleyball team, tentatively in December 2014. when Gabon led the team to participate in the international competition for the first time, it met "bride to be" Feng Kun. Feng Kun and Gabon are relatively low-key people. In fact, they have been in love for a long time. At first, the communication between Feng Kun and Gabon could only rely on English. However, in order to better communicate with Feng Kun and her family, and to have a deeper understanding of Chinese culture, Gabon began to learn Chinese. Now Gabon can basically understand Chinese chat content and speak some simple Chinese. "Gabon is a kind and friendly person with a strong sense of family responsibility," Feng Kun once told Xinhua although Feng Kun is more famous in the world volleyball arena, in fact, it is Gabon's persistence and love in volleyball that has a great influence on him. After Feng Kun retired from the national team, he wanted to change his environment and once considered leaving volleyball to develop in other fields. Later, influenced by Gabon's attitude towards volleyball, Feng Kun finally decided to continue to engage in Volleyball related work. on December 4, 2014, the two will "do business" according to the Thai wedding custom. On December 6, a wedding banquet will be held in armyclub, Thailand. At that time, the Thai princess will receive the couple and send her best wishes, which is a high honor in Thailand. In January 2015, the two will also hold a wedding in Beijing. on December 2, 2014, Feng Kun's Thai wedding photo was exposed. On the 4th, the couple will receive the Royal blessing of holy water, and the Thai princess will receive them and send their blessing; on the 6th, the couple will hold a wedding banquet at the Army Club; and next January, a Chinese wedding will be held in Beijing. Chen Zhonghe, the former head coach of Chinese women's volleyball team, Xu Li, the director of the front row management center, Zhao Ruirui and Zhang Ping, members of the golden generation, all gave their best wishes at the Thai wedding in Bangkok, Thailand on December 6, 2014. Zhang Ping also became a member of the bridesmaid group. Gabon played and sang the Chinese song "the moon represents my heart" at the scene, which moved the bride Feng Kun to tears. on the morning of January 18, 2015, Feng Kun and Thai women's volleyball coach Gabon held a Chinese wedding in Beijing, and CCTV celebrity Bai Yansong presided over the wedding. Several generations of volleyball players such as Yuan Weimin, Lang Ping and Zhou Suhong attended the meeting. At the wedding, a child who had autism gave them a gift. on December 12, 2018, at 23:26 p.m. local time, Feng Kun gave birth in Ping'an, Thailand.

External evaluation

"Those who win Feng Kun win the world" (Lang Ping's evaluation): "she worked very hard on the field. Although she was not at her best, she overcame a lot of difficulties, played her own level and played the role that a captain should play" (Chen Zhonghe's evaluation at the 2006 World Championships): "after Feng Kun came back, the overall strength of Beijing team improved a lot, and we can see it in the competition Here she is, she is very good at redistributing balls and organizing skills and tactics "(2009)

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