Huang Zhihong

Huang Zhihong

Shot putter of Chinese track and field team. In 1978, he entered Zhejiang amateur sports school, began to practice javelin, then changed to discus, and finally changed to shot put. He won the title of master athlete in 1984. In 1986, he won the title of international athlete. In 1989, the Asian Track and Field Coaches Association awarded her the title of best Asian woman track and field athlete from 1987 to 1989 in New Delhi, India. In 1986 and 1987, he was awarded "national excellent track and field player". In 1989, he was rated as one of the ten best athletes in China.

Early experience

He took part in track and field training in his youth. In 1978, he joined Zhejiang amateur sports school and began to practice javelin, then discus, and finally shot put. His initial coach was coach Wang Shuiqi of Zhejiang sports school. He joined Zhejiang track and field team in 1979, and then was selected into the national training team by national team coach Chong Xiuyun. The coaches were Chong Xiuyun and Kan Fulin.
After retiring, he married former national team mate Cheng Shaobo and now lives in Australia. Living in Sydney since 2002.

Sports career

I took part in track and field training when I was young. In 1978, he joined Zhejiang amateur sports school and began to practice javelin. Later, he changed to discus. He was dizzy because of rotation, and finally shot put. His initial coach was Wang Shuiqi of Zhejiang sports school. She joined the Zhejiang track and field team in 1979, and then was selected by national team coach Chong Xiuyun to train in the national training team. At that time, she was just a little fat girl who was not outstanding. After coach Chong Xiuyun was hospitalized in 1983, her training was taken over by her current coach, Kan Fulin. in the past few years, her performance has improved rapidly: 15.05m in 1981, 15.50m in 1982, and 16.12m in 1983. In 1984, her performance reached the standard of athletic master, and she won the second place in shot put with 17.04m in the National Youth Track and field championship. In 1985, he won the second place in the national track and field championship with 18.01 meters. In 1986, he won the gold medal of shot put with a score of 17.51 meters in the 10th Asian Games. In the same year, he won the third place with a score of 18.43 meters in the French Paris track and field Invitational Competition, and reached the standard of world-class athletes. The best result of this year was 18.89 meters, ranking first in the country. in March 1987, he broke the national record with 18.94 meters in the winter track and field Invitational Competition in Beijing. In July, he broke the 20 meter shot put mark with 20.22 meters in the track and field competition of excellent athletes in Beijing. In November, he won the third place with 19.55 meters in the Sixth National games. In 1988, he finally broke two Asian records and won the championship in Shijiazhuang elite track and field competition with a good result of 21.28 meters, ranking fourth in the world women's shot put at that time. But in the 24th Olympic Games of the same year, he won the eighth place with only 19.82 meters. It was a big blow for her to get this position. She put in harder training. In March 1989, she took part in the second world indoor track and field championship, competing with the world's strong players again, and won the second place with 20.25m. In August of the same year, in a competition in Beijing, he showed his strong strength with three trial shots exceeding 21 meters, and achieved the first good result in the world with 21.28 meters. Then she won the championship in the 15th Universiade in Duisburg, Germany, with a score of 20.56 meters. In September of the same year, she defeated many of the world's best athletes with her last 20.73 meters in the fifth World Cup in Barcelona, and won the championship again. She became the first woman athlete to win gold medals in three major track and field competitions in the world, and also the first gold medal won by Chinese and Asian athletes in the history of World Cup. In June 1990, she won the national track and field championship with 21.52 meters, ranking second in the world. after she became famous, she trained more seriously and assiduously. In a year, besides competition, she trained. In 1991, at the Tokyo world track and Field Championships, she lived up to expectations, defeated the world record holder, Olympic champion and many world-class athletes with 20.83 meters, and won the championship again. She broke the record of "zero" gold medal in the world track and Field Championships not only for China but also for Asia. In the final of the International Grand Prix held in Barcelona, Spain on September 20, 1991, she won the women's shot put championship with 20.06 meters, ranking first in the total score of the international grand prix that year. Huang Zhihong, the only athlete in Chinese track and field history who won medals in the world cup, world championships and Olympic Games. For an athlete, it is very rare to be able to create such a good performance in his sports career. But for Huang Zhihong, she once had a chance to upgrade the title of "three major medal winner" to the great cause of "three crown" in history. Unfortunately, in Barcelona in the midsummer of 1992, Huang Zhihong failed to grasp this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The gap of 60 cm made her miss the title of "Treble". Huang Zhihong is the biggest hope for China's track and field team to win gold in the 1992 Olympic Games. When everyone thought that she would win the first gold medal of Chinese track and field Olympic Games and make history, she failed to give full play to her own level and gave the title of "first gold winner" to Chen Yueling, a woman walking racer. Huang Zhihong's effort to throw only in exchange for the result of 20.47 meters, but her main competitor unexpectedly threw a good result of 21.06 meters. It is this 60 cm gap that makes Huang Zhihong miss the Olympic gold medal with regret, leaving a lifelong regret. Huang Zhihong was not depressed by her failure in the Olympic Games. In the fourth world track and Field Championships in Stuttgart in 1993 and the Seventh World Cup in London in 1997, Huang Zhihong once again proved her king position in the field of women's shot put. In addition to creating brilliance time and again in the track and field, "Huang's smile" has also become a beautiful scenery. Her smile even makes her more enigmatic and puts more pressure on her opponents. Even if she loses, it's hard for Huang Zhihong to let people see her depression and realize her strong spirit of enduring any setbacks and striving forever.

Award winning record

He won the title of master athlete in 1984. in 1986, he won the title of international athlete. In 1989, the Asian Track and Field Coaches Association awarded her the title of best Asian woman track and field athlete from 1987 to 1989 in New Delhi, India. in 1986 and 1987, he was awarded "national excellent track and field player". In 1989, he was rated as one of the ten best athletes in China. in 1993, he was awarded the gold medal by the Asian Track and field Federation; in 1994, he was rated as one of the "top ten female figures of the year 1993" and "45 heroes of the 45th Anniversary of the founding of the people's Republic of China"; in 1999, he was selected as the "50 sports stars of new China". Baidu Encyclopedia content is shared by netizens. If you find that your data content is inaccurate or incomplete, you are welcome to use your own data service (free) to participate in the correction. Go to > > now

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