Zhao Shuai
Zhao Shuai
Zhao Shuai, born in Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province on August 15, 1995, is a doctoral student of physical education in Southwest University and an athlete of China's National Taekwondo team.
In 2004, Zhao Shuai began to contact with Taekwondo; In 2010-2011, he won the men's 54kg championship of the National Taekwondo Championship; in 2013, he won the men's 54kg-58kg gold medal of the Sixth East Asian Games; in 2015, he won the third place of the men's 58kg competition of the Taekwondo World Championships; in 2016, he won the men's 58kg championship of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, realizing the goal of Chinese men's Taekwondo The Olympic gold medal zero breakthrough in boxing. In June 2017, Zhao Shuai won the men's 63kg champion of the 2017 World Taekwondo Championship, which is his first world championship champion and the first gold medal of Chinese men's Taekwondo World Championship; in September, he won the men's 68kg champion of the 13th National Games. In August 2018, Zhao Shuai served as the Chinese flag bearer of the Asian Games in Jakarta.
In November 2020, it will be listed in the "2020 Forbes China under 30 elite list".
Early experience
At the age of 9, Zhao Shuai was discovered by Zhang Yanfeng, the enlightening coach, and began to contact Taekwondo.
Sports career
In November 2006, Zhao Shuai followed Zhang Yanfeng to Changzhou sports school Taekwondo team, and settled in Wujin HUTANG Town, Changzhou, to receive Taekwondo professional training. In 2009, Zhao Shuai joined the Jiangsu Taekwondo team and served as the accompaniment of Zhang Hua, a member of the women's team. In December 2010, Zhao Shuai won the men's 54kg class of the National Taekwondo Championship. In May 2011, the Taekwondo World Championships was held in South Korea. In the men's 54kg competition, Zhao Shuai lost to Thailand's khhavraul in the third round, and missed the final eight. In October, the Taekwondo event of the Seventh National City Games opened in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province. In the men's 58kg final, Zhao Shuai lost to song Weijie 3:8 and won the silver medal. In the National Taekwondo Championship, Zhao Shuai defeated Chen Tianyang of Guizhou team 12:4 And won the men's 54kg championship.
In September 2013, Zhao Shuai won the championship by beating Fujian's Xu Yongzeng 3:2 in the final of men's 58 kg Taekwondo in the 12th Liaoning National Games. In October, the men's 54-58 kg Taekwondo competition was launched in the Sixth East Asian Games. Zhao Shuai beat Huang Changqi of Chinese Taipei 6-3 in the semi-final to advance to the final. In the gold medal battle, Zhao Shuai won the gold medal by defeating South Korean athlete Quan Hejing 5-3.
In 2014, in the fourth round of Taekwondo competition of Incheon Asian Games, Zhao Shuai lost by one point to the champion Iran in the last five seconds, and finally won the fifth place of men's 58 kg Taekwondo. In November, Zhao Shuai won the men's 63kg final of the National Taekwondo Championship by beating Beijing's Hu Pengxiang 13-1. In March 2015, Zhao Shuai won the men's 63kg final of the National Taekwondo Championship in Huangshan, Anhui Province, beating Anhui player Zhou Tieyan 14-1. In May, Zhao Shuai won the third place in the men's 58kg Taekwondo World Championships.
In April 2016, the Asian qualification of boxing in Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games was held in the Philippines. Zhao Shuai won the men's 58kg class and was qualified for the Rio Olympic Games. In August, in the men's 58 kg Taekwondo competition of Rio Olympic Games, Zhao Shuai first defeated Spain's Tortosa Cabrera by 7:3 in the eighth final; beat Morocco by 8:1 in the quarter final to become the top four; in the final, Zhao Shuai won the gold medal by 6:4 against Thailand's hampraib. This is the first gold medal of Chinese Taekwondo in Rio Olympic Games and the first gold medal of Chinese men's Taekwondo in Olympic history.
In June 2017, Zhao Shuai defeated Iran's joseni 11-5 in the men's 63kg final of the World Taekwondo Championships to win the championship, which was his first world championship title and the first gold medal of Chinese men's Taekwondo. On September 5, in the men's 68kg final of the 13th National Games in 2017, Olympic champion Zhao Shuai won the championship 8-5 by Zhao Panfeng.
On August 16, 2018, the Chinese Asian Games delegation held a flag raising ceremony, and the Chinese athletes' trip to Jakarta officially opened. Liu Guoyong, Secretary General of the Chinese Asian Games delegation, announced that the Chinese delegation's flag bearer was Zhao Shuai, the Olympic gold medalist of men's taekwondo at the Rio Olympic Games; on August 22, Zhao Shuai lost to Iran 11-17 in the men's Taekwondo competition of the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games in the - 63kg class Hussain, runner up.
In March 2019, Zhao Shuai won the men's final under 68kg in the US Taekwondo open. On December 18, in the World Taekwondo Grand Slam championship series held in Wuxi, Zhao Shuai won the second place in the men's under 68kg class, and also won the qualification to go straight to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games with his top score in the Grand Slam of this class.
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Social evaluation
Zhao Shuai is China's breakthrough in the small level of Taekwondo and a good candidate. Zhao Shuai, who is 1.9 meters tall, is fast and flexible. (Sohu online review)
Zhao Shuai's playing style is mainly "attack". The characteristic of this kind of fighting method is that it is no longer blindly relying on the physical advantage to wait for the attack. Instead, it takes the initiative to attack and harasses the opponent constantly. When the opponent wants to fight back after falling into a passive position, he will catch the flaw and attack. The success rate is also greatly improved. (China news online review)
Zhao Shuai has been on the highest podium of the Olympic Games along this track, from the accompaniment to the main players, from the domestic arena to the ability to participate in the Olympic Games, and finally to win the championship. (CCTV online review)
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